Byron Bay, Bay

Here's the gameplan: Four Bondies (Joe, Lauren, Sarah, Jenna) and Myself get two tents and take a bus to Byron Bay. This is how it played out... Friday Morning started with econ class at 8am, and following that I had breakfast and packed up the trusty North Face for our pending adventure. Side Note: I also pounded down a record six peanut butter sandwiches in one sitting-yikes A little after noon, the crew took the bus to robina to buy a 30 dollar tent from a store called crazy clarks. Foreshadowing....not so much. Anyway Joe and I got into a chat with a salesman in the mall who tried to sell us a 1200 dollar toilet seat cover. All I'm gonna say is that it was disgusting, in a bad way. I'll leave the rest up to your imagination. Next, we caught the bus from Robina to the Beach at Burleigh Heads where our charter bus to Byron took off from. I've done some dumb stuff in my day, but my decision to get in a spinning teacup at a kids playground ranks pretty high. I didn't throw up, however, I felt pretty freaking miserable the entire bus ride to Byron which took almost an hour and a half. Blame it on the pea pea pea pea nut butter (must be under 25 to get that joke sorry moms). We arrived in Byron, and it is absolutely awesome. It's a surf town that somehow is exclusively run by people under the age of thirty. We made a trek to the beach to scout out our campsite, and ended up walking around for a while trying to find lockers for our stuff. At about 7ish we indulged in a 5 dollar dinner from a bar that runs deals for backpackers, which given my current life stage was pretty solid. I feel pretty far a way from my Hotel del Coranado and Beef Carpachio lifestyle. Everyone was pretty tired so we didn't stay out too late, and we had to work our way back to the beach to set up our tents. Camping on the beach is pretty awesome, windy, but awesome. If you've ever seen what the wind does to tents on everest it was pretty similar. My general trend of camping trips continued as I got about an hour of sleep, and was well awake at 530am. The girls were still asleep so Joe and I bear grylls'd our way to this look out point about 5 clicks north of base camp. We watched some surfers and then headed back. When we got back to the tent, I just curled up in the fetal position, outside the tent, and slept for a few hours. I was awaken buy some aussie who said to me, "you do know this is a walking entrance to the beach" as he points to our tents blocking the path. Half asleep still, I told him that I didn't know that and thanks for the heads up. Then I layed back down in the sand. When you camp out under the stars on one of the coolest beaches in the world you can't bother to investigate whether or not your tent is blocking some stupid foot path. I think everyone will agree with me on that last one. I woke up from the coma I was in, and we took down the tents and headed back to the locker. Brekky was the next mission, and guys and girls ended up splitting over differences in tastes. When traveling with women its good to take little breaks so you don't end up gouging your eyes out with a tent stake, ya digg? We ended up finding an unbelievable breakfast spot. Byron Bay Organic Doughnuts. They were unreal. I had a chocolate covered doughnut the size of a frisbee, and a chocolate filled one as well. Both dedicated Chappelle fans, Joe and I immediately recognized we had the itis and just sat at our table on the street corner fo about an hour people watching and enjoying the state of utter fullness. The girls informed us that they were taking a cab to the lighthouse, and we decided to walk and meet them there. We hiked about 5 or 6 miles I would say, but we finally made it. Along the way we saw some awesome views of the coast. The lighthouse was very cool. It is actually the most eastern point in all of OZ. We took some pics then headed back into town to get our stuff. Joe, Lauren, and I decided to hit the beach while Sarah and Jenna did some shopping. It was so windy that the waves were really choppy so we wound up sitting in a tidal pool of sorts because it felt like a hot tub...everyone was doing it, not just us. Then I fell asleep, when I woke up lauren was gone, and Joe and I packed up. We stopped for another doughnut on the way back to meet the girls. So good! You don't even realize. We hit up some dinner with the girls, and walked around Byron for a little while. We ended up at a cafe to kill some time, and stay dry from a quick burst of rain. We killed some time, went back to the bus stop and headed home. The bus ride back was much better, I slept and didn't feel like I was going to die. Pretty much the whole trip was perfect. Byron Bay is definitely one of my favorite places on this planet. Aight folks time to watch Clemson, GT. GO TIGERS!!! Later.