I decided to walk up to the lighthouse this morning. It was supposed to be an hour walk and I thought it would be good exercise. It was difficult though, walking uphill the whole way and I was breaking in some new flip flops so my feet were in pain by the time I got to the top. It felt good to get to the top though.

I walked back down and then spent a few hours at the beach before a thunderstorm hit and I was rushing back completely drenched! I headed out to the gig later that the guy I had met in the cafe had told me about. It was just at a bar nearby. At 1st I wasn’t so sure about going on my own. I would never go to a gig on my own back in London but I figured I would give it a try. I wasn’t actually on my own for too long, a guy came and sat with me and we got chatting. He was from Sydney but moved to Byron Bay for a job teaching and he loved it here. He liked how laid back it was compared to the city. I was quite amused about how normal it was to just chat to strangers here! 2 days in a row. He said he lived on a farm nearby and had come out because he had lost electricity during the storm. He was nice and was good company for a few hours but I drew the line when he offered to drive me to the airport the next day!

After the gig, I went to say hi to the guy playing who I had met the previous day. He introduced me to his singer and she was so excited to be chatting to a fellow Londoner! We were talking about our experiences in Australia and how different it was. She was encouraging me to move here for a while which I had already been thinking about! I can get a working holiday visa here as long as it is before I am 30 so I have less than 2 years to decide! It does seem like a cool idea…!