Heading to the beach this weekend?
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Here’s a great website giving you all the safety information you need – http://beachsafe.org.au/beach/nsw013 . If you’re heading to another beach where you haven’t been before, it’s a great idea to check out the site before you go!
Byron Bay's Beaches
Byron Bay’s beaches are among some of the best in Australia. There are approximately 30 km of beaches stretching from Broken Head in the South to Brunswick Heads in the North. The beaches are clean and uncrowded (though you’ll see more people than usual on the more popular beaches at this time of year!).
The best part about beaches here is that no matter where the wind is coming from, there are still opportunities to get out on the water. This is because the headlands and coast shape makes surfing with offshore winds possible every day.
Tallow Beach is a long sweeping beach with cosy corner on the Northern end and Broken Head in the South. This is a great place to find your own stretch of beach. Also popular with fisherman, surfers and dolphins.
Broken Head is a beautiful beach protected by a rainforest headland and a series of rocky headlands. It’s a nice quiet place to relax with great waves with the right swell conditions.
Cosy Corner offers protection from the Northerlies. Facing East, it is also open to catching the biggest of swells.
Wategos is a very picturesque North facing beach popular with Malibu surfers. It is very protected and a great beach for learning how to surf. Its also an ideal place for a barbeque after a refreshing swim or surf. People like Tom Cruise, Richard Branson and Mick Jagger have holidayed here.
The Pass is one of Byron Bay’s more famous surf spots. On a good day, rides of three hundred metres are common. The view from the Pass lookout is sensational and a great place to watch the surfing action. Don’t forget to take a good camera for action shots.
Clarkes Beach is also well protected – it is an ideal place to learn to surf and good for swimming and relaxing. The snorkeling can also be good here at times.
Main Beach is right in town and very popular with all nationalities because it is so close to everything, including a quick beer, ice cream or coffee. Byron’s main beach is patrolled by surf lifesavers through the summer months. It is a great place to get a tan and watch the backpackers at play.
You can check out current surf conditions are all beaches on this Surf Cam
Do you have a favourite beach? Let us know!
Check out this great surfing information resource before you hit the sand!
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Byron Bay: http://magicseaweed.com/Byron-Bay-Surf-Report/541/
Tallows: http://magicseaweed.com/Tallows-Surf-Report/1019/
Do you know other pages? Let us know!
This is seriously advanced notice, but long term students should mark their diaries now…April 1 – 5 is the Byron Bay Bluesfest!
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The line up this year is amazing – some of the top musical talent in the country. Crowded House (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQOlwMKpmvQ ), Jimmy Barnes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwIdbN1QW24 ) Jessica Mauboy (http://www.youtube.com/user/jessicamauboy?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/7/kx99fEEN6bs ), Buena Vista Social Club, Jeff Beck, Gipsy Kings, Buddy Guy and much, much more. In fact, there are over 200 performances over 6 stages.
Tickets are on sale now, so if you are going to be in Byron then, make sure you get yours!
The official website is at http://www.bluesfest.com.au/ .
Hint: For the ultimate Byron Bay experience, check out the links to volunteer at the Festival. Students who did it in 2009 report that it was absolutely WILD.
So, you’ve been to the beach, spent a couple of nights at Cheeky Monkeys and enjoyed the odd beer or two down at the Beach Hotel….and, of course, you’ve been locked away working on your homework each night. It might be time to learn a bit more about all the things to do here in Byron!
Check out these sites for some great background information on Byron…
Byron Bay Tourism Official Site
All the markets in the Byron region
Do you have other links? Let us know!
Emi's Photo of a school of fish
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Snorkelling schools expedition
Byron Bay holds a few secret snorkelling spots which students from the school have recently discovered.
A surprising amount of fish can be seen not far from shore. Wobbengongs, clown fish and butterbream were amongst the species seen on a recent trip.
On previous trips, turtle have been spotted….much to the delight of the crew.
If you go out for a snorkel, make sure you pass on any photos that you take! This is a great time of year to get into snorkelling..the water temperature will be great for swimming now for the next 6 months!
Take a look at some of the great new high resolution images of Byron Bay available on our Flickr photo site at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gvqueensland/sets/72157622594783552/
Thinking of taking the board out for a paddle this afternoon?
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Here’s a great site where you can check out the beach conditions before heading out. It looks pretty good today, by the way!
http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera/cameras_large.aspx?cam=2200&state=NSW
One of Australia’s most famous triathlons is on again in Byron Bay on Saturday the 9th of May.
The Byron Bay triathlon is an Olympic distance event consisting of a 1.5 kilometre ocean swim, a 40 kilometre bike ride to the beautiful town of Lennox Head and back and then a 10 kilometre run. In Byron Bay things are always done a bit differently -every other Olympic distance triathlon that takes place in Australia is held early on a Sunday morning whereas the Byron Bay tri is held on Saturday afternoon to allow the competitors and their supporters to have a well-earned drink on Saturday night and take full advantage of Byron’s nightlife. The race attracts top triathletes from all around Australia and overseas. The start is up at the beach next to the Surf Club and the run involves 4 laps to Clarke’s Beach and back which makes it a great event for the spectators. Just take up a position anywhere along the path from the surf club to Clarke’s Beach and cheer the competitors on as they complete the run leg and race to the finish line!
