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| Australian Scenery |
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| Safer than it looks, well.... |
Hinterlands of Byron
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| Myles and Jack adding perspective |
We started off the morning checking
out Cape Byron, the easternmost point of the Australian mainland. A
famous wave called 'The Pass' wraps around one corner of the cape but it
was a little too small for us to surf today. A couple of longboarders
were out there catching ripples. Around the cape on the more exposed
side we found bigger waves at our spot from yesterday, Tallow Beach. It
is very wild coastline here with no buildings. We all had a blast
surfing before hitting up a breakfast bistro back near our hostel. It
was here that we got some local knowledge on a good day trip from Byron.
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| Jack of the Jungle |
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| Way up... |
After exchanging some money (Australian money is quite
beautiful), and grabbing some snacks for the trip we set out inland to
the hinterlands overlooking Byron. Vast farmlands on rolling hills lined
the cou
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| Looking up inside a strangler Fig Tree |
ntry road. Cows layed around and horses ran through the fields.
Every once in a while we would pass through a grove of eucalyptus trees
and all look for koalas. No luck on a wild one yet.
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| Trickling Minyon Falls |
The last part
of the road to our destination was a bit rough but our Dualis handled it
well. We parked and followed the boardwalk about 50 meters to an
overlook of Minyon Falls plummeting 300 feet straight down beside us.
After soaking up the view we began the 4.5 km trek down to the bottom of
the falls. We weaved through all kinds of trees. Jack's favorite was a
strangler fig which was totally hollow and provided a climbable chimney
straight up about 40feet.
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| Rope Swing |
We finally made it all the way down to
the falls. There was a calm pool at the bottom which we could swim and
cool off in. The falls were pretty light but I could tell that there had
been pretty heavy rains lately. Jack and Myles climbed way up under the
waterfall which was perfect for showing just how huge the waterfall
was. We decided to run the stairs back up after stopping to climb even
higher in the strangler fig tree. Gotta get your workouts when you can
while on the road.
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| Australian Hinterlands |
The last part
of the road to our destination was a bit rough but our Dualis handled it
well. We parked and followed the boardwalk about 50 meters to an
overlook of Minyon Falls plummeting 300 feet straight down beside us.
After soaking up the view we began the 4.5 km trek down to the bottom of
the falls. We weaved through all kinds of trees. Jack's favorite was a
strangler fig which was totally hollow and provided a climbable chimney
straight up about 40feet. 
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