Beaches, Mates, And Filming Down Under

Hands-down my favorite spot in Australia (so far) is Ballina/Lennox Head/Byron Bay. It’s sort of New South Wale’s version of Santa Cruz: Surfing, beach food, cool little boutique shops and quiet living. I’m secretly trying to get my wife to move there with me.

That area has some of the most beautiful coastline I’ve seen anywhere – similar to Carmel and Big Sur in California. The water is warm and very swimmable. The beach sand is very fine, and several shades of muted color.

I brought my drone to Australia, and didn’t know what to expect. Just like in the US, there is a lot of regulation of where you can fly. They have an app for that (!).

It all ended up in a video that could be used for Ballina’s travel bureau…if they had one.