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Goodbye beautiful.

This is it. Our flight is at 9pm today. We woke up a little late to pack stuff last minute, clean the apartment - we do have to clean it spotless and take out the trash. Reheat our last lunch and by noon we checked out from the apartment. I need to come back at 2pm to collect my deposit since I gave them in cash.

We decided to head off to Harbour Town again. Hehe tak puas shopping. So, we drive about 30 minutes to Harbour Town and the shopping galore starts again. Feeza and I bought two Rip Curl tshirts worth AUD10 a piece. Syima bought a lot of stuff plus another bag!We arrived back at the apartment at 2pm to collect my deposit, then we fill up the tank and off we go to cross the border to New South Wales.

We are intending to go to Cape Byron to see the Byron bay Lighthouse. During Spring, you can spot whales here. The journey took about 50 minutes per way. Here comes my biggest regret - My SJ4000 and camera were packed away and I miss the most beautiful scenery of NSW. You know you enter New South Wales when you see green and luscious farms on the side of the Pacific Coast highway. Syima was asleep and Feeza is trying to stay awake. It was late in the evening so we rush to the Byron Bay Lighthouse. I intended to stop at some beach but time does not permit it.

We went half way up and park at the parking bay provided - we were lucky that there are no crowd. We walk for 5 minutes and began to gasp for the beautiful scenery of the coast! Subhanallah!!! Truly magnificent view. The coast is stretch to as far as your eyes can see with waves rolling over. We walk up until we found the Cape Byron Lighthouse. First lighthouse for all of us.

We were standing on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. We went around the lighthouse and went down for some photos. There is actually a trail to go further down but as I mentioned, time just doesn't permit us.

Cape Byron Lighthouse

From the parking lot. Thats a cliff!

Below the lighthouse. The lights were switch on!

Sunset at Byron Bay

While we descend down to the car, we witness the beautiful sunset of that day. I really wish we could spent more time here. We went down and Syima and I again have to perform prayer at a local car park. Some surfer dudes were giving a weird look. We then went straight to Coolangatta Airport. We promised Europcar to return the car by 7pm. Since the fuel decrease a little, we filled it up a bit at the airport petrol station. Parked the car, drop the keys at Europcar and we checked our luggage.

We went inside and buy dinner at a cafe. We were then greeted by 2 ladies that is on the same flight as us. They are headed to Langkawi for a girls trip. Instantly I wish this was us when we are at that age. Being in Langkawi so much, I gave them loads of tips like place to go, where to eat and recommend them the spa. They were so friendly we ended up chatting for an hour while having our Fish and Chips.

8 hours later, we arrived to the land of Durian and Nasi Lemak at 4 a.m. We part ways and although tired, we find this adventure to be very pleasant and full of enjoyment.

Thank You Australia for a memorable trip. I do love Australia! Until next time.