Byron Bay

This epitomises the sort of town I DONT like: very commercial and touristy. At one end of the scale there's the shops selling cheap new agey stuff and at the other there's the shops selling the very expensive designer hippy stuff: the place seems to abound with rich women wearing studiedly de-structured clothes. Oh, and arts are crafts are relegated to and 'Arts and Industry Village' outside town - you guessed it: an industrial estate... Hmmm

Luckily I was staying at Lennox Head, just down the coast, which was much smaller and had more of a villagey feel to it. Also a wonderful Persian deli...