Casino to Lismore to Ballina to Byron Bay to Bangalow to Clunes to Lismore to Casino!
At Ballina we saw the big prawn. It weighs 35 tonne and is made from concrete and steel.
After a quick stop at the local Information Centre we took a side visit to the Ballina Lighthouse. Now this is not an overly big structure but it is all by itself in a huge grassed area and can be accessed by car if desired. Just as we arrived a white station wagon pulled up beside it and the occupants were not there to sight see. They sat in the car in the shade of the lighthouse to have a nice quiet chat without any consideration to folk who were genuinely interested in the actual structure. Getting photos without them in it was very difficult!
From there we headed north along the coast road to Byron Bay via Shelley Beach and Lennox Head, both well known and popular surfing beaches.
Byron Bay....boards, boardshorts and boobs! This area has lots of the pretty young things wandering barefoot and wearing as little as possible. And why not in such a lovely setting. Lots of places to eat and/or drink and shops selling surf boards and bikinis. People and traffic all move at a slow steady pace that is both soothing and annoying!
One of the more popular things to do here was to hike to the Byron Bay Lighthouse. We drove out and got to glimpse it as we did a go around because parking was very limited and we were not the only ones to drive out.
We went back into town for a fish and chip lunch then made our way back to base. We took the Bangalow road and found out too late that Bangalow has a very very popular Sunday markets. Traffic in the town was bumper to bumper and the entire town looked like one big parking lot and given that it only had a main street I have no idea where the actual markets were as all we could see was the mobs of people in the main street and cars cars and more cars along the main street and up every little side road available. There was no signage for the markets. Perhaps it is so well known that everyone knows and there is no need to advertise it any more. Our loss.
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