East Coast

We stayed in Ballina for 3 days and used one of them to explore the surrounding area. We drove up to Byron Bay and visited the light house which is on the eastern most point of Australia. Apart from the historical aspect of the light house, you can look through the fully restored,100 year old light house keeper’s quarters. A big thrill for me was my first sight of a whale pod (5 hump backs) heading past on their way north and then there was a pod of 15 dolphins frolicking in the surf - a wonderful sight.
We then drove out to have a look at Nimbin. Having grown up in the hippie era the name of Nimbin and its surrounds is iconic. We found the countryside on the drive there very beautiful, lots of large trees but the town and its inhabitants are looking a little tired and a bit sad. Flower power seems to be fading away.
We are now in Brisbane, more later.