Byron Bay

Its about a three and a half hour drive to Byron Bay. The place is about a 160 km south of Brisbane. The place was named by Captain Cook. Its an absolute surfers paradise, with a huge curving beach and rollers coming in for surfers to ride. The backdrop is green and in the distance mountainous. The colours at sunset are stunning with reds, yellow and orange. I have taken quite a few pictures and hope you like them. Some of them are taken from the lighthouse which is on a steep hill about 3km out of the centre of town. The weather has not exactly been great with quite a bit of heavy rain. However I have been able to get 2 jumps in. The view from 14,000 is spectacular. There are lots of tandems parachute jumps done here, but they do cater for experienced skydivers and they also do AFF training. All of the staff were very helpful and Steve the Chief Instructor (that's me and Steve by the plane) made me feel at home and got me onto the lifts I wanted. There is lots to see around Byron Bay, unfortunately I leave to-morrow for Sydney, but have enjoyed the experience of being here. I hope you enjoy the attached pictures. john 18/6