Sunday, March 29, 2009

Day 5: Coastal Rainforest

Today we ate breakfast at another beachside cafe, Shelly's. In order to burn off the breakfast we hiked around Cape Byron. After meandering through the coastal rainforest, we stopped to take pictures at the eastern-most point in Australia. The vegetation was like I would imagine a coastal rainforest to look, I suppose - green, viney, exotic - overall very gorgeous. Brooke was attacked by a parrot, we saw dolphins playing in the surf, and I had no giant spider sightings.

Next, we hopped in the car and visited a near-by town that we heard was having a 'bikes & kites' festival. Lots of kites, lots of kids...it was hot and we were ready for some beach time. Back to Byron where we laid in the sand until we were nice and roasted.