Lennox Head & suroundings – Lazy Paradise (OZ part 2)

The Wedding took place in the most eastern region of Australia, famed for hippies, surfers and a warm climate. June means winter in Australia – but we still had above 20 degrees in Lennox Head. Nice!
Due to Henriks work we were left with only 10 days for our first visit to Australia. Our main reason to go to Australia was to participate in the wedding, but since we were there, we might as well take a look around.
We booked an apartment for 5 days in a small costal town named Lennox Head, a somewhat lazy little place with a beautiful beach, and restaurants and delis that offered a great variety of healthy food. We found vegetable juices, fruit smoothies and chickpea salads not to mention a tasty date crumble made without sugar, wheat and milk. Heaven!
Henrik would do his morning runs on the beach, some days we would take walks there, looking at humpback whales or dolphins or just enjoying being close to the ocean.

One morning we spent near Lake Ainsworth, a brown colored lake, that got its color from the many tea trees surrounding it. The water is supposedly healthy for skin and hair, but we skipped the swim this time and instead enjoyed the rich bird life there.

The rainbow parrots are like color palettes.

One evening we meet up with G&C for an evening coffee, where we also got a chance to meet C’s friendly parents.

We had a few side trips from Lennox head. One was a tour with Byron Bay Wildlife Tours, which we cannot recommend highly enough. The owner kept all promises and we had an interesting day watching 5 different kinds of Kangaroos, wallabies, Pademelons, 2 kinds of Flying foxes, koalas, humpback whales and dolphins, all in the wild nature and not some kind of park. Also the owner/guide was a dedicated naturelover. He tried to do a difference for the endangered animals in the region like the koalas that are threatened by mining in Lismore and he also made us think twice in the future before investing in a house pet. Cats and dogs are a real threat to the wildlife. Not only because of their hunting, - but also because of the deceases they carry and spread.

Another side trip was to Byron Bay,- the most famed city in the region.


Known for its serious laidback hippie-surfer party culture, Byron Bay is a true gem when it comes to organic food and supplements, so we hailed everything from Goji berries to parabene free moisturisers down from the shelves. All to a fair price! The high prices on import goods in Japan can be hard to cope with.

We also went to the lighthouse in Byron Bay. THE most eastern point of Australia…or actually we tried to go there, we walked and walked, took one nature trail and then another, but we never made it there, but did end up at a point where we could see the light house from a distance. That must count too, right? Especially because we also saw a humpback whale.

OZ part 3