Beaches, Music and Street Art

It’s a gorgeous sunny day that greets us this morning, perfect for lazing on the beach so with sunscreen applied and bag packed we walk down to the start of Clarkes beach. There’s a few people already there but not many. We watch people doing yoga on the beach, people jogging and families playing. It really is the perfect place for children to grow up. One group of 4 small children are having simply the best time splashing in and out of a deep hole dug in the sand which has filled up with water, then chasing each other in circles through the shallow water at the edge of the sea. I’m enjoying watching the young men wandering by with their surf boards while Dave seems quite preoccupied with the slender blonde young woman sunbathing nearby!

Surfers Alley street art

Lunch is at the Byron Bay Café and I has fantastic views out to sea and along the coast. The pulled pork burger is equally good. After all this a stroll back to town, there is a great music scene here in Byron, busking (with a license) is encouraged, consequently there’s lots of live music around the town. There also seems to be a number of aborigines around, singing and playing musical instruments. There's also a lot of street art on buildings and utilitarian boxes, painted up to be VW campervans. This all adds to the relaxed vibe of the place.  

At sunset we’re watching a young man play and sing at Byron Fresh Café when the nightly cacophony of noise starts, the lorikeets are getting ready to roost in a tree just above the café, the tree is vibrating with noise and the number of them all fighting for a space in the tree. The tree looks like it’s changing colour from green to red and gold. An evening BBQ by the seaside next to Glad is a great way to end the day.