The 2 coolest places I visited whilst in oz was Byron Bay & Nimbin.
Lets start with Nimbin… Cannabis central. Such a surreal place. It’s basically a street, full of shops & cafes, all promoting drugs, in particular cannabis, lets be honest. I don’t do drugs and never have done but I loved it here. It’s like no other place I’ve been. People with dreadlocks & baggy trousers everywhere, people playing guitars, singing away, dealers approaching you “Weed? Cookies?”. I don’t know if I could stay here for very long but when you want to escape the ‘real’ world then visit Nimbin!
I went to Byron Bay twice whilst in oz, once with my friends and then I visited my cousin and my aunty & uncle who were visiting from the UK. It was a really special time both times I visited, it was our first trip as a group of friends together and it was also the first time I had seen my family from back home in a few months. So Byron created some happy memories for me. Not just this though. It’s a really nice place, it’s a town, with some nice pubs/bars and lots of cool bars, a chilled environment with a beautiful beach. I felt at home here. Crazy people everywhere, I slotted right in. It’s strange because its a family town too, a real holiday feel to it but then it also has all these extroverts living there too, nothing bad though, all happy and light hearted. We just chilled for the whole time whilst we were there. We stayed at our friends brothers place who lives there, he welcomed 4 people into his house who he had never met, we were really grateful for that. His house was beautiful, it was a wooden house in the trees, with a beautiful balcony. I would love to have a home like that. The weather wasn’t the best both times I visited but we managed to get a few sunny days which we made the most of. The boys went surfing, I got thrown in the sea just after I spent an hour drying myself off. The joys of having male friends. We had a night out too, very entertaining. We met an Australian called Morgan who had stolen some girls blue bike, very funny to see her shouting at him because he had stolen her ‘blue’ bike, she kept putting the colour in there each time she mentioned bike. I don’t know why she felt the need to keep reinforcing the fact that is was blue. Morgan was highly amused and very pleased with himself. We loved him to be honest, naughty but harmless.
I loved Byron & Nimbin because of the atmosphere when you were there. You have to experience it to appreciate it. 
RLizziHyatt 