BYRON FEATURE; Nightlife – Cocomangas

15 07 2010

So after your initial night at the Monkey you’ll be looking for maybe an alternative to either start or finish your night. Perhaps table dancing and wall to wall backpackers just isn’t your scene?
In which case these another club venue that will probably fit the bill – Cocomangas

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BYRON FEATURE; Nightlife – The Beach Hotel

8 07 2010

The Beach Hotel – or the Beachie as it’s more commonly known – is a great venue for a drink…or maybe two!

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BYRON FEATURE; Nightlife – Cheeky Monkeys

8 07 2010

After living in Byron for the last four months I’ve got pretty networked into this quaint little seaside town and have experience a lot of what it has to offer. So I thought I’d pass on my word of semi local wisdom to you all so that if you ever visit here you’ll be able to make the most of your time.
Over the next few weeks I’m going to put together a feature page which will include everything from drinking to things to do.

To kick it off I thought I might as well start with arguably the most famous of Byrons attractions – it’s nightlife – or more to the point, Cheeky Monkeys.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Aussie Slang

6 07 2010

When you and in a foreign country you are usually armed with a few sayings or phrases to get you through some basic conversations or questions. School boy French, possibly the odd bit of German and maybe some REALLY basic Spanish is the stretch of my linguistic skills. But when you come to Oz you think you’ll be fine – after all it’s and English speaking country. Much like counties across England Oz has it’s own slang abbreviations, so this week it’s my Top Ten Aussie Slang Terms.

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TOGA TIME!

19 06 2010


With my birthday on Tuesday and Kerri’s the following Tuesday the decision was made to have a joint party – the theory was it would be bigger, better and above all – cheaper for all our backpacker friends!

The next stage was a theme….whats an epic party without a theme?!

I put Ryan and Reefe on the task – and they came back with an epic plan to host an Aquarius Toga Party!

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Delayed Top Ten Tuesday – Drinks!

17 06 2010

Since drinking has been the main topic of my last week (including an article of mine being published in TNT Bakcpacker Magazine – “Goon; Is it Really that Bad?!” ) my delayed Top Ten Tuesday should probably reflect this. So this week I’m bringing you my Top Ten Drinks. So next time you see me please take your pick!hahaha!