Finally left Byron Bay a couple nights ago. I didn't want to, but it had to be done. We ended up spending a night in Nimbin before leaving the area. We had a dorm room all to ourselves, as well as a deck and backyard swimming pool. Met lots of crazies too. All in all it was a good time. When we got back to Byron Bay, we borrowed some bikes from the hostel and rode them out to the lighthouse, which is also the most easterly point on the mainland of Australia. Just as we got to the lookout, a school of around 30 dolphins came into view. They hung out around the point for a good 15 minutes, just swimming around and leaping into mid air. There were also around 5 or 6 sea turtles hanging out there.
We were hanging out at a park bench one night, and this guy emerged from the shadows and sat with us. He had a partially shaved head (except for the tuft at the top back) and was dressed in full desert garb...large blankets draped all around him, including a scarf around his head like a turban. He was also wielding 2 wooden flutes. We hung out for a while, and then he started playing his flutes...both at the same time of course. Ian and Sean started getting sketched out when two other people came out of the shadows, a couple in their late 40s high as kites and looking for another fix. Ian pretended to have to go to the bathroom, and then signaled to us from a far that we should follow. Sean did so immediately, so I said. "well, I guess we're leaving" As I walked away I heard the lady say. "I guess we scared them off with the drugs". I was disappointed that we had to leave so soon because I wanted to study them some more.
Anyway, Byron Bay was fun, but my funding is starting to drain, so I'm going to have to get a job in Melbourne as soon as I arrive. Probably be there around Monday or Tuesday.

Gotta go.

P.S. Bonjour Mami, Josee, Carmen et toute la famille en France! Excuse moi pour ne pas ecrire en Francais. J'espere que tout va bien la bas, et j'ai hate de vous voir cette ete.