Thunder Down Under!: Day 3

This morning we left Coffs Harbour. Having taken my shower the night before, I waited for the others to clean themselves off, especially Marco, Halley and Ryan who slept on the beach and were now thouroughly crusted in sand. Judith and Halley cooked breakfast, which consisted of toast, eggs, fruit and coffee. We ate at slow pace, being in no particular rush and enjoying our morning. Our next stop would be Byron Bay which was a solid 3.5 hours away. It was my day to drive, and just as we hit the road and were leaving town, the crew saw a sign in the shape of a giant banana that read, appropriately, The Big Banana. Quickly scanning her tourist map, Judith found a section on this attraction and decided we should stop and check it out. So having gone a whopping half kilometre, we were stopped again to explore a banana plantation, museum and souvenir shop. It was actually really cool. We got some cheap bananas, banana ice cream, frozen bananas dipped in chocolate, and a stuffed lemur who become the 7th member of our traveling circus. You might say we went bananas! (I know, but I had to say it.) After an hour or so, we hit the road again and made it to Byron Bay in one session. We got a camping lot for the night so we could shower (for the first time in two days) and a power outlet. We spent the day at the beach again, and at night we retired clean, fed and tanned.