Monday morning we nicked off with mum's car and headed South toward the New South Wales (NSW) border. We did organise a hire car replacement for her & dad. Hire cars have charges for high mileage so we left the hire car with them.
The Gold Coast Highway is now a multi lane carriageway all the way south of the border now. The latest section now cuts out from Tugan south to Tweed Heads allowing us to cross the border under an hour & fifteen (with peak hour traffic in Brisbane).
Cape Byron was our first target for the day & we managed to get there in well under 2 hours. I can't remember ever being there, although I may have as a youngster.
For those not in the know, Cape Byron is the most Easterly peninsular of Australia and the photo above is the most Easterly point on the most Easterly peninsular. I guess you could also say that the Cape Byron Lighthouse is the most Easterly lighthouse in Australia.
Cape Byron has great views in all directions including looking North to Brunswick Heads & Mt Warning (above) South to Lennox Heads (below). The Northern Rivers area of NSW has some absolutely magnificent beaches and awesome climate. If I didn't have to work I think somewhere along this hundred or so kilometre stretch of coast would be pretty high on the list.
There are also some great views across Byron Bay & back to the Byron Bay township.
