June 2, Gold Coast, Tweed Head South, Byron Bay

Today we drove out to the coast and south. First we had to drive through the mountains to get to the Gold Coast. This the is premiere Pacific resort area of Australia. Towns stretch along the coast by the many beaches. Surfers Paradise had a large concentration of high rise apartments. It looked like Miami and was just as congested. We went past Miami Beach and Palm Beach, just looking at all of the hotels and motels and shopping areas.

Tweed Head South had an unusual looking lighthouse and a walk to commemorate the naval ships lost at sea during WWII, including American, British and French.

South of town we went to Melaleuca Station. Our guide book said it was a tea tree plantation and distillery. Old information. It was memorial gardens and a crematorium. It did have some strangely shaped trees in front of the building. On the entrance road there was a field of small bushes that turned out to be tea trees.
Just down the road we went to Tropical Fruit World. We opted out of the train ride and petting zoo, but did buy some dragon fruit and custard apples. More about those when we eat them.

At Byron Bay we drove up a narrow one way road to Cape Byron, the easternmost point of Australia. There was a lovely lighthouse there. Samson didn't get to see it. He stayed with the motorhome because parking was so tight we were double parked. I hurried up to take pictures.

It was raining so we pulled into Lenox Heads and parked by the beach. We're hoping no one tells us to move on.

Pictures - View of Gold Coast from Tweed Head South, Lighthouse at Tweed Head South, Trees at Melaleuca Station, Samson & Big Avocado, Cape Byron Lighthouse, View from Cape Byron