Byron Bay

This past weekend we took a girl's weekend trip to Byron Bay. We had been to Byron in passing for a total of just a few hours after our surfing and skydiving trips, but hadn't really spent time there. It's only about an hour away so it wasn't too far, but it was still a new place to explore. It was finally a trip we could take that was just us girls, no tour guides, to do everything at our own leisure. We had considered going surfing over the weekend at Byron, but we found out that the weather wasn't supposed to be great. Fortunately, it really only rained on and off a little bit. However, it still wasn't good surfing conditions.

We got to Byron Bay on Friday morning and basically just spent the day at the beach. It was good to be able to go to a beach different than the ones we went to all the time and to be in a new town. We went out for a little while that night but our lack of sleep from the previous night slapped us in the face. The hostel we stayed at was really nice, too. (Oxymoron?) For real though, it was less than a month though and it even had a space theme. Pretty cool. Oh, and even the beds were comfortable. And we had a balcony. And there were 8 of us so we didn't have to stay with any randoms haha

Saturday was another beach day, of course. We ate lunch at a sushi restaurant, since all the girls are pretty much obsessed with sushi, and its starting to grow on me. I was never too fond of it, since I had never eaten much of it. But I'm slowly beginning to experiment, and I'm enjoying. The girls' sushi obsession is rubbing off on me. After the sushi restaurant we took a hike up to the lighthouse. It was a little hustle and a little bustle but we made it. It was gorgeous and all the views on the walk and at the top were amazing! We spent the night at Cheeky Monkey's, crazy little bar.

On Sunday morning, some of the girls went skydiving! The rest of us had already been or weren't interested in going so we got to sleep in. The skydiving trio left, went skydiving, and were back before we had even done our 10am checkout. We went out to a delicious breakfast and I had pancakes I had been craving. The rest of the day was spent shopping at lots of cute stores, more sushi, some ice cream, and a little beach.

All in all, it was just the kind of weekend I needed.

I can't believe its already April. I'm not sure where these 3 months have gone and I'm hoping I'm prepared for this one. I have lots of final projects and exams and I'm still trying to squeeze in last minute trips. 4 weeks left, here we go.