Our Australian Adventure: Port MacQuarie to Brisbane

Yummy Lunch in Byron Bay

Driving up the Pacific Highway on our way to Brisbane. Beaches are so beautiful and the water is so warm. Stopped to have lunch in Byron Bay. We feasted on Australian shrimp and lamb. It was luscious.

Other things that happened on the drive up were:

We stopped at an Opal Outlet outside of Port MacQuarie and saw some beatiful but expensive stones.
Passed Banana, Macadamia, Sugar beet & Coffee Plantations. So if they grow Bananas here, why are they soooo expensive?
Stopped at more beautiful beaches on the coast with Byron Bay being one of my favorites. Byron Bay is at the most easterly point of Australia. The water was warm, people were having a great time and the waves were gentle by strong enough for kids and those adults that want to be kids again to have a chance at getting up on a surf board. Next time that will be a must do.
Saw an iquana hanging around the picnic table waiting for a hand out.
Drove through a Scottish city named MacLean that has Highland Games at Easter & paints their telephone poles in tartan colors.
Realized that even Bisbane has rush hour congestion & that it isn't easy to find the Brisbane Holiday Inn even with a GPS.