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Hello Everyone,
After another long night bus we arrived in Coffs Harbour at 6.30am. We were collected from the bus by our hostel, which made a nice change! After kipping on the hostel sofas for a couple of hours we headed to the beach, which was very quiet and good for swimming as the waves were not as big as in Sydney. Went out for lunch in the Jetty area of Coffs then headed back to the hostel for a swim in the pool! In the evening we went out for a nice thai meal although we spent most of the meal picking the baby octopus which was too rubbery to eat. Sam was also not impressed with the Bisto-like sauce on her stir-fry!
The next day we decided to go and see the one and only toursit attraction in Coffs Hrbour; the Big Banana. Unfortunately, this did not go to plan as no buses went there due to the fact it was a Sunday and it was too far to walk. However, we were not put off by this and walked into the town centre in tthe midday sun and eventually found a taxi to take us to the banana! On arrival at the attraction, we were extremely disappointed by the size of the banana - it is not in any way big enough to warrant the name the 'Big Banana'! The only thing left for us to do was to sample one of the famous chocolate covered frozen bananas, which were very tasty. After about 30 mins we got a taxi back to the hostel and spent the afternoon by the pool.
So after an uneventful two days in Coffs Harbour we boarded the Greyhound bus to Byron Bay. The highlight of the bus journey was our stop at a service station where we saw the Big Prawn, which was a lot more impressive than the banana! We should mention here that in Australia there are in fact 62 Big things, including the Big Macadamia Nut, the Big Sheep etc etc. All very odd!
We are now in Byron Bay, where it is raining unfortunately - so not much to report. Our hostel is very nice though and it has access to a quiet beach with white sands - shame we can't fully appreciate this with the rain!
Bye for now, Lots of Love
Jen, Becki and Sam xx xx xx xx xx
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