Capturing the Moment

Australian Scenery Safer than it looks, well.... Hinterlands of Byron 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. Jack of the Jungle 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 ...

Point Danger Overlook Myles and Jack going right Catching the rush at Byron Beach Heading south, leaving Brisbane behind   Coolangata to Byron Bay It was another 5ish am wake up for a morning surf sesh here in Coolangata. This town is home to a couple of Australia's finest waves, Kirra and Snapper Rocks. The world tour came through here and competed at these breaks a few months ago. What I didn't expect was just how many other waves this town could hold. The coastline here is beautiful and perfect for picking up wrapping swells from the south. Our room was on a big, rocky mount in between Kirra and Snapper rocks. We could walk out to the tip of the cliff and look both ways up and down the coast for a surf check. Things were looking pretty small, although surfable at snappers, but we decided to explore the coast a bit more to see if anything else looked better. The next beach we drove to was just past Point Danger and we saw sets of bigger waves coming in and sur...