{"id":3756,"date":"2010-01-29T16:24:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T05:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2010-01-29T16:24:08","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T05:24:08","slug":"walking-to-cape-byron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=3756","title":{"rendered":"Walking to Cape Byron"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last time I was in Byron Bay I decided to go up to the lighthouse for the first time in my life. However, when I got there, the winds were gale force and I did not date venture past the lighthouse to Cape Byron itself. This time I intended to rectify this situation. George and Ann dropped me off at the middle car park and I headed up to the Lighthouse. No wind today.<\/p>\n

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At the lighthouse keeper’s buildings I wandered through the tourist information section, but the shop was closed for lunch. I went down the to toilets thinking that I could change into my bathers there, but this was a bad idea as they are in a poor state, are small and not designed for such use. So I went up to the lighthouse itself.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>After the lighthouse is a path. This is where I had to stop the time before. But now I continued along the path to the lookout at the end. The path has steep sides, though I had my vertigo under control. There were some spots where I just had to put my head down and concentrate on getting to the other end.<\/p>\n

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At the lookout there were many tourists. It is still quite high and you can look down to see the point itself, at sea level. I tried walking down the path, but from here the path became steep and there was no handrail or vegetation. I decided not to walk down there because it was terrifying. I thought that there would be a sea level path, but I did not want to chance that I would have to also walk back up the hill. So I decided to head back and try the sea path from the start.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I headed back past the lighthouse. By now the shop had opened so I purchased a drink before heading down the road. I did not follow the foot trail because it bypassed the road down into the expensive part of Byron Bay that I wanted to take.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Down here I found a place to change into my bathers, and I walked towards the Cape and then out to the Cape itself.<\/p>\n

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On the way back I wandered along the beach back to the lookout<\/a> we had visited the night before. I went into the sea a few times to have a quick dip to cool down as the day was hot. But still the sea itself was too cold to stay in there for very long. I walked back into Byron Bay. I found Ingo and Cathy’s car but they were not at the beach, nor were they answering their mobile. It turned out they were shopping. So I started to walk back to Cape Heritage. I passed the disused railway with it’s painted box. Though it is not clear what the box is for.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Continuing out of town, I passes the roundabout.<\/p>\n

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All along here is the bike track. I did not have time to hire a bike and the weather was not really conducive. But I think that the infrastructure for the bike paths looked very good.<\/p>\n

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Next I came to the old water tower for the railway line. At this time Ingo and Cathy drove past so I accepted the offer for a lift back to where we were staying.<\/p>\n

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Byron Bay Walk 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

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