Byron Bay

We have spent the past few days in Byron Bay learning to surf! It has been so much fun, and surprisingly we both managed to catch the waves and stand up on the board quite a few times! Although we are now aching all over especially in our shoulders and will definitely be catching the free shuttle to the bus stop tonight! We now understand exactly why surfers are so hot.. :) Today we went body boarding for free (always good!) and had a great time in the huge waves, which seemed intent on removing our bikinis!! We didn't even stop for the torrential rain which came out of nowhere, but as we were already wet it didn't matter. Apart from that, the weather has been amazing and we are trying our best to soak up as much sun as possible before we leave!
We enjoyed Shrove Tuesday and managed to eat 6 (mini) pancakes each with sugar and lemon. We tried to check with the Australian check-out boy that we had got the right day, but he just looked at us blankly when we mentioned Pancake Day and asked if it was a place?!! Oh dear. We met someone (Dutch) we had done the Whitsundays with while we were eating them and she looked at us in disgust and told us we were very English! English and proud we replied :)
Part of the surf package was 2 free breakfasts and a free dinner at a local cafe. We have yet to sample our dinner, but the breakfast was amazing! We both had a bacon and egg roll (on both days) and I have to say, it was probably the best meal we have had in Australia :).
Tonight we jump on the overnight bus to Sydney where we will be looking out for any hungry sharks on Bondi Beach...