{"id":21916,"date":"2019-11-16T15:41:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T20:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=21916"},"modified":"2022-08-07T16:55:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T21:55:04","slug":"cape-byron-lighthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/cape-byron-lighthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Byron Lighthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Byron Bay NSW, Australia (October 1997)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Cape Byron Lighthouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cape Byron is the eastern most point on the continent, where “Australia greets the day.” Strange geographic trivia<\/a> has always fascinated me, so I dragged my wife as far along the cape as possible. We were running short on time so we missed our goal by a few hundred metres. Close enough though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lighthouse sat high atop the cape, with excellent views in all directions (map<\/a>). Immediately north sat Byron Bay and a town with the same name. The beach formed a large, attractive crescent of sand, and a shady park sat right behind that. Byron Bay, the town, seemed to be a throwback to the 1960’s hippie era and would have fit nicely somewhere along the California coast. Fascinating boutiques catered to a nomadic surfer lifestyle. The mood was pervasive and I could have easily spent a couple of days sleeping on the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we had to get back on the bus (Sara had to work so she couldn’t drive us, and remember I returned the rental car<\/a> earlier). An obnoxious unwashed smelly guy sat right behind us. That pretty well destroyed the mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Articles from the 1997 Eastern Australian Tour Series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n