I’ve always been afraid of going camping. Mainly because of my crippling fear of spiders, but with the strongest can of outdoor spider spray I ventured out into the great outdoors.
My first camping experience (and alone, no less) started with a 12 hour (so much roadworks going on) drive to Byron Bay. That was way too long so next time I will need to stay a night in Coffs Harbour or somewhere halfway.
I made it to Byron Bay Tourist Village before it got dark and set my tent up pretty easily, I was so impressed with myself :)
As you can see from my photo above I prepared a lot of salads in jars. These kept reasonably well over the 5 days. I also took some Safcol Tuna in Olive oil pouches to put in the salad and was never hungry. For breakfast i pre-made some overnight oats with quick oats, quinoa flakes, coco-nutty milk, cacao, chia and raspberries, so so yummy and filling.
I mainly wanted to go to Byron for the health food. There’re quite a few health stores and cafes. My fav to buy groceries was Santos because you could buy in bulk. I emptied their coconut chip jar and had to send them out the back for more. I’m hoping they are available online at the right price because they would be perfect for my granola as they are quite big and thick and organic.
I really wanted to try Naked Treaties which I’ve had on my Instagram for ages and the food just looks so amazing. I had the buckwheat crepe with Raw Vegemite which was so yummy I wish I could buy it by the jar but I guess I will just have to figure out the recipe. I also had the Choc mint slice cake but it was too sweet as I suspect they use Agave syrup so that was a bummer. I also tried the mint thickshake but it was too thin because I asked for no banana. It was sweet enough but could have used some ice because it wasn’t cold enough, so that was a little disappointing because Byron was so hot even though it was only November.
I climbed my way to the infamous Byron Bay Lighthouse and helped a lady who had fallen on her way down. Do not leave these sorts of holidays till your older because you just might not be able to do some of the more challenging tracks. However, I did see a girl walk the track in high wedges, and I hope to be fitter in my 70s than I was in my 20s so it’s all relative hey.
On the way to the lighthouse is the most eastern point of Australia. It was so windy and just had a view of the ocean because most eastern point of Australia. Interesting (not so interesting) fact, I have been to the most western point of the European/African coast which is actually in Northern Ireland, it’s a very hilly place with lots of sheep, and I found 2 euro so a little Irish luck, hope I made a wish.
I tried a yoga class at the Byron Bay Yoga Centre but I went to the resort one which was a little cheaper. It had a pool and a restaurant and also trains new yoga instructors. The class was so hard and the Instructor kept tsking me because I told her I was a runner. Big mistake because she kept coming over and pushing me super deep into the positions, sooooo much pain :( but I’m sure it was good for me on some level. The room was also incredibly hot even though it wasn’t suppose to be hot yoga and I was basically dripping in sweat and slipping and sliding the whole time. Needless to say I headed straight to the beach after that.
I highly recommend camping, just try and go when it’s dry or else those spiders will come out and get you. Seriously, if I can do it, AND I DID IT ALONE, anyone can. I loved going to bed super early and reading on my iPad (got to love that night setting, eyes are so grateful) or just lying there in the quiet just thinking all snuggled up in my sleeping bag. Saying that, I didn’t realise that the G20 summit would be on and the whole of Brisbane would converge on Byron, but I guess it just added to the atmosphere, plus everyone quietened down by 10pm.
All in all, a very successful and relaxing trip that didn’t cost the earth. I’d never be able to get a decent bed for $15 p/n, and I knew this one would be good because it was mine :)
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