Easter Roadtrip

Hello! I hope you had a good Easter (if you celebrate Easter. I personally don't celebrate Easter but embracing the holidays!). So, long story short, we bought a car, it was at Byron Bay, we flew to Byron Bay to get the car and drove it down to Melbourne. Technically, it is a small holiday for us!

Day 1, we flew up to Ballina Byron Airport from Melbourne via Jetstar (did not know there is an airport there and it took us just about one and a half hour). Weather was great, sun was shining and perfect temperature for me (about 25degree). We spent our very short time in Byron Bay, strolling by the beach, it was very busy as expected since it is peak season (Easter holidays!).

We had lunch with Keith's aunt and uncle at the Byron Beach Cafe. Facing the sea, it is a great cafe to dine in. Casual, relaxing and very busy in the mean time (who doesn't want to dine facing the great sea view?! Especially their food was awesome!). I had the slow cooked pork belly and Keith had their BBQ Mahi-mahi, we were totally blown away, the food was divine! It's always great to walk after a big meal. We walked to the local beach-side market and bought ourselves some chocolate dipped frozen strawberries. Perfect for the warm weather we had there (about 29 degree)!

We hit the road to Coffs Harbour after our dessert.

Spent a night at Royal Palms Motor Inn in Coffs Harbour. We were thinking of spending a night at Byron Bay but all booked out (it is Easter Holiday after all).

We start our journey to Sydney at 6am in the morning (after our coffee and breakfast).

We arrived Sydney at about 1pm after the 6 hours drive! After checking into the Hyde Park Inn (where we spent our night in Sydney), we walked to Pitt St and had our lunch at 3 Mama Chef's. It is a Thai restaurant and we loved the food there (probably one of the best we have tried so far! Highly recommend it!). We strolled around the city and took some pictures, we had a great day! We realized there's Din Tai Fung near us in Sydney, we had our dinner there (we have been missing their dumplings!).

After a night sleep, we started our journey to home - Melbourne! It was a 9 hour drive trip. We packed the car with some drinks and snacks, just in case.

We turned into Yass, a nice little town that is over 150 years old! We didn't really have any proper breakfast and we didn't want any fast food drive-thru on the highway. Wonder around in the town to stretch out those legs, we spotted Cafe Dolcetto! We had our breakfast there and wow! The food was so fresh, simple and yummy (another place we highly recommend!)! Then we continue our trip back with a satisfied and full stomach!

We arrived home finally! Tiring but it was a great experience!! That is how we spent our Easter weekend on the road. 

Love, Carol