Byron Bay to Ballina

Distance travelled today 251kms
Distance travelled so far 6,989kms

Today was always a slow moving day to allow us time to look at both Byron Bay and Ballina. We started by parking at the new underground carpark at Woolworths. The issue with Byron Bay is parking, lack of and the fact that you have to pay for it everywhere near the main shopping precinct! But underground parking at least gave us an hour free - it ended up costing us $5 as we were there just under 2 hours. We headed back to Apex Park, walked along the beach - again a beautifully clean beach with clear water, not many shells and then headed back.

Visited the Rainbow Shack a wonderful shop with tie dye clothes and an array of bags; purses; anklets; bracelets etc we popped into the souvenir shop and then grabbed a coffee on the way back to the car.

We then drove up to the lighthouse to see if we could spot some whale activity, as the reception staff had said that they had been spotted daily. Well word of warning, the road to the lighthouse is narrow and winding, once at the top where the two small carparks are - there are not many opportunities to park. So unfortunately, we did not get the chance to stay and watch for whales, but if we visited again, we would probably park down the bottom and walk to the top (taking water and not much else as it is appears a hard slog). So we said farewell to Byron Bay and headed to Ballina.

We stayed at the Tasman Big 4 Holiday Park, a lovely one-bedroom unit that has single bunk beds in the lounge area and a well-equipped kitchen. As we arrived early, we unpacked and headed downtown to I Naii as K needed her infills done prior to next week and had a look around the shops. Visited the Book Warehouse Facebook and got a few bargains and the lovely toy shop where they have a lovely assortment of toys My Toy Kingdom Lismore, Ballina and Byron Bay – My Toykingdom. We headed back, had a spa and then got ready to go out for dinner at Hungry Jacks followed by the cinema to see Barbie for us while Simon went to the gym. Great cinema! Palace Cinemas | Australian Movie Theatre & Cinemas Got back and chilled...