Living a Dream . . . Well continuing on from the last chapter, we arrived in Byron Bay on the 15th of October with Jon Murphy and his friend Stewart. We had a nice leisurely drive of some 500 kilometers or so through lush farmland and green dairy country as we neared the coast. Byron Bay is the easterly most point in Australia and is sign-posted as such at the very scenic lighthouse on the point. BB has a real bohemian feel about the town.
Many people walk around in sarongs and no shoes, lots of body piercing and dreadlocks.
After relaxing the day away in BB, on Tuesday morning we ventured north aways to the famous Gold Coast area. There we wanted to meet Dan Dwyer, a fellow BMW rider we met on the Internet. Dan met us for lunch in a place called Surfers Paradise. The predominant color is pink and many of the street signs are names of cities in Florida. It's chock full of big holiday hotels and apartments, palm trees and older tourists.