This weekend, some friends and I rent some cars and went to Byron Bay. This point was discovered by Captain James Cook, as almost all Australia :P on May 15th, 1770. It deserves his name to John Byron, who circumnavigate the earth 4 years before, and also was the grandfather of the famous poet Lord Byron, the one who died fighting for the independency of Greece from the Ottoman Empire.
In fact, Byron Bay is the easternmost point of Australia Mainland (a kind of Australian Finisterre), with a very kind and famous lighthouse.
Me, relaxing a bit...you have to walk a lot to reach this point.
With some of the people around, all of them are studying in EF Brisbane, except the guy sat down. It's Matias, an Argentinian that we found in the Backpackers, that has been traveling for 6 months surfing in the Pacific...
Byron Bay is also famous for surfing, as one of the most famous beaches in the world. You can find the typical Byron Bay t-shirt from surfers brands as Billabong or Rip Curl. That's why Byron Bay is full of surfers, surfers shops, surfers renting stuff, and everything else for surfers.
This is Acuarius Backpackers, the hostel where we slept on Saturday, and it's like this, full of surfers, and Aussies, quite hippie
Personally, I think that it's the perfect place to disconnect from real life for 2 or 3 months... maybe when I'll get serious...
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