We are getting 30 minutes free internet which means I can write a post, how cool is that. As the title suggests we are in Byron Bay. Arrived lat night. Can I reccomend not arriving in Byron with the Bluesfest on and no accommodation. We learned the hard way that if you do that there is nothing left except the really posh places which cost a fortune. It was nice though I have to confess, a bit of a forced treat for us. I especially enjoyed my hot bath, listening to the waves crashing as I went to sleep and the biggest bed we have ever slept on. We also got to have dinner with Jess and her family. I was not expecting to see her again so soon so it was a wonderful treat. They were here for the Bluesfest but didn’t have tickets for the Sunday so we got to hang with them. We had a great meal at a place on Byron’s main drag. They also had to leave with still one night on their cabin so we are staying there tonight, a much needed free night after yesterday’s splurge. Thank you Browne’s. Today in Byron the weather hasn’t been great but we still did the two and a bit hour walk around the lighthouse and had some swims. Also managed a bit of a look in some hippy shops which I guess one has to do in Byron.

Apart from Byron we have been in Tamworth with the family. My father organised a BBQ at his place which was fun. He has a great place, I love it. From Tamworth we went to Myall Creek to spend some time at the memorial of the massacre that killed 30 indigenous people there. It is really well done I have to say. It was wet when we were there too but I think it kind of added to the mood. Then after a night in Inverell (there is nothing there it was just the first town after Myall Creek with somewhere to stay and we didn’t feel like going on in the dark and rain) we drove to Byron. It was a beautiful trip. It is all so green at the moment with all the rain and the leaves are beginning to turn orange. We had a fabulous lunch in a winery on the way looking over the rain coming down. I said to Martin that even though the rain isn’t what I would ask for I am trying to enjoy it as I won’t be seeing it much when I live in Alice.