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The Pass Cafe is bliss if you are walking up to the light house in Bryon, or if you have just walked up to the light house and back as its the only places for ages that you can get a drink and a...
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Retrospect is a tiny Gallery in Byron Bay but its well worth a look. I was amazed by the photos and artwork in there and wanted to buy everything! Whether you are looking or buying it doesn’t...
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This festival started in 2001 as a one day event but was quickly extended to a two day event due to its popularity. It's held around July each year in Byron Bay, the line up is always awesome and there's plenty to do and see while you're there.
Past line-ups have included the Yeah...
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The East Coast Blues and Roots Festival occurs for five days of the Easter long weekend in Byron Bay. You'll see both international and local blues and roots acts. Past performers have included James Brown and Ben Harper.
The festival has been running since 1990 and is one of the...
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This hostel is pretty big and has dorm rooms, singles, double and en-suites. I stayed in a double for $60pn, one with an en-suite is $65pn. Generally its best to book in advance as Byron is a...
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For such a small place Byron actually has quite a few shops, they are mainly surf shops though, however there are a few cool t-shirt shops and a couple of the usual high street shops like Supre. As you would expect there are also one or two ‘hippy-fied’ shops too. Besides clothes there are...
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‘Why Not’ is a great stop if you are after either just a coffee or for breakfast, lunch or dinner. They do the best coffee I think I have ever had and a pretty good breakfast too. They also...
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I was up pretty early and found it fairly hard to find somewhere that was open for breakfast, luckily enough I stubbled across the Byronian Cafe which to my luck was open. There was loads on the...
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Mokha is a cute little restaurant on Lawson Street and it has a really nice ambience to the place with candle lit tables and a dim setting for a bit of a romantic setting. It’s a fairly small...
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If you are in Byron Bay and looking for somewhere cheap to eat then your best bet is the Hare Krishna place. It’s called ‘Cardamon Pod’ and is on Lawson Street in a small arcade but they do...
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There are quite a few places that do massages in Byron Bay so it does make it pretty hard to choose which one to go to, and they offer pretty much the same. I ended up choosing a massage at Body Balance with Herbert, he’s the only one that works there but there is an area outside where you...
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The Hotel Great Northern has a bar, pool area and also does food and has a betting shop too, but the bit I liked most was the pizza! Mmmmm, wood -fried pizza in as many different options you can...
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I went on a couple of tours with Byron Bay Dive Centre and the staff were great, really friendly and helpful and they talked you through everything so you know what to expect etc and give you all...
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I went on a whale watching tour with Byron Bay Dive Centre. It costed $75 and lasts about 2 hours but sighting weren’t guaranteed. The season for whales is generally from June – November. We saw a whale before we even got on the boat! Then saw loads more when we were out at sea. The...
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There are loads of tours available but I went with Byron Bay Dive Centre as I herd it was the better one. I expected the tour to be around the shore or not too far from it but we were taken out in a boat pretty far to Julian Rocks. The water was really rough so snorkelling was hard so I...
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