 Best feet forward in Byron Bay (above); Taking in a perfect Byron Bay sunset (right); a dazzling performance at the East Coast Blues and Roots Festival (below); only the most literate come to the Byron Bay Writers' Festival (below right) |
 Visitors to Byron Bay, the most easterly town on the world's most easterly continent, sometimes wonder if they are still on Planet Earth. For starters, smiles and friendly greetings are the order of the day, even when the town bulges at the seams during the East Coast Blues Festival and other major events. Then there's the wrap-around surf scene, with white-sand, rolling-breaker beaches on three sides.
There are more healers in Byron Bay than there are those needing healing. Maybe these two categories overlap. From steamroller therapy to astral lotto, there is something for everyone.
Music and design arts in Byron Bay also seem to show extraterrestrial influences. Byron now needs to feed these creative bursts out to the rest of the world - and accept some much-needed feedback.
 
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