Today was a SPECTACULAR last day. But before I get to that, they end of the week was good as well. I wasn’t pressured to do much, I still need to do a bit of writing but there’s no immediate hurry. I should get it done soon regardless, but yeah. Friday a bunch of us went to get fish n chips on Raby Bay and apparently it turned into a farewell thing for me, unbeknownst to me. There was also a mini get-together thing at the pub that night as well which was good. People that couldn’t make it to the lunch got to come to that so it was good to chat with them one last time. One last time for now at least, I’m convinced I will be back and will see some them at some point. Again, hopefully sooner rather than later.
Today I went down to Byron Bay with the swim coach and a co-worker. SO AWESOME. A ton of people have kept telling me I had to get down there before I left but it just didn’t pan out before the offer to go today. The weather was absolutely perfect and the day as a whole was a definite win. Awesome views, delicious food and fabulous company. Everyone here has been so great, it’s amazing. I’m going to miss them, and this place, and yeah…everything.
I will add a few pictures from the day below, but we went to the lighthouse and walked around a bit there. I can now say that I have been to the eastern-most point of Australia, booya! Haha. As I said, the scenery was fabulous and it was a perfect day. I could definitely live there, as I could with pretty much every where I’ve been here. OH! We saw wallabies!! Good thing, I hadn’t seen any here yet. So cute, I really want to bring one home. There were a few that had little joeys in their pouches, adorable! Got a couple of good shots of them.
As a short side-note it’s been really cool to be here on my own and I have definitely learned a lot from it but overall I think I prefer travelling with people. Just based on my weekend trips travelling, it was good for independence and time to myself but with that, it’s also nice to have someone to share it with. This trip overall was perfect in that I was here on my own, working at CSIRO during the week and only travelling on the weekends. It ended up being the perfect amount of time to myself before heading back to work the next week. So that wasn’t bad and a couple weekends I found people to go with/hang out with (like the past couple weekends, definitely awesome). But in terms of going to another country just for holiday/travelling I would definitely want someone with me. But it does depend on the circumstances and who you are/how long you are going to be away/what you plan on doing. I have talked to heaps of people that say it is best to travel by yourself, you are more open to meeting new people, other travelers and/or locals, as well as just having that time to yourself and having a better or potentially more meaningful adventure. So yeah, I guess it can go both ways. I definitely want to try traveling with friends and seeing that I’m already antsy to get going somewhere else when I haven’t even made it home yet, it needs to be as soon as possible! Hence the beginning plans for the next adventure. Watch out Europe, here we come.
Fun Fact:
Australia and New Zealand have opposite possum problems. Australia, where they are native, is losing them to other large mammals and New Zealand, where they are introduced, is doing anything/everything to get rid of them. Interesting how that works.
Wallaby and a joey! SO ADORABLE!!!
Eastern-most point of Australia, if you were curious, haha
Lighthouse!
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