{"id":470,"date":"2015-11-19T05:53:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T05:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/three-blue-ducks-byron-bay-guide\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T01:14:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T01:14:04","slug":"three-blue-ducks-byron-bay-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/three-blue-ducks-byron-bay-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chef&#8217;s Guide to Byron Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the last couple of decades <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/Byron-Bay.d6138873.Destination-Travel-Guides?brandcid=blog.byronbay.threeblueducks_021215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byron Bay<\/a> has matured from a sleepy surf spot in Northern NSW into a sophisticated town. Just an hour&#8217;s drive south of the Gold Coast, the seaside town and its surrounding hinterland regions have become a hub for some of Australia\u2019s best food, art, music and design. Everyone from celebrity chefs to Hollywood&#8217;s biggest actors have left behind the big cities for a peaceful seaside life. That&#8217;s what we did when we decided to take our successful Sydney cafe, the Three Blue Ducks, to this beautiful part of the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re coming to Byron and want to see the best of it, bring your walking shoes and make sure you have a car, because while the centre of Byron swells with tourists year round, it\u2019s the surrounding areas where the natural beauty is matched with creative offerings from some of the most talented operators in the region. Expedia&#8217;s Kiwi\u00a0travellers spend 2-3 nights in Byron \u2013\u00a0here&#8217;s our guide to making the most of a few days in northern NSW&#8217;s bountiful Byron Bay.<\/p>\n<h2>Day One<\/h2>\n<p>The road sign on the way into town reads \u201cWelcome to Byron Bay \u2013 Cheer up, Slow down, Chill out\u201d and that\u2019s exactly what you should do. Make sure you get in before sunset, drop your bags at Atlantic Byron Bay, where every room is like the perfect beach house, and head off to view one Byron\u2019s most spectacular sites \u2013 the sunset. Get down to Wategos Beach and walk around the headland to Little Wategos where you can sit and watch the sun setting over the water and the Byron Hinterland\u2026 more often than not you\u2019ll be joined by dolphins surfing some of Australia\u2019s most famous waves in the last rays of sunlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last couple of decades Byron Bay has matured from a sleepy surf spot in Northern NSW into a sophisticated town. Just an hour&#8217;s drive south of the Gold Coast, the seaside town and its surrounding hinterland regions have become a hub for some of Australia\u2019s best food, art, music and design. Everyone from&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/three-blue-ducks-byron-bay-guide\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Chef&#8217;s Guide to Byron Bay<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2,4,30,6],"tags":[25,162,32],"authors":[],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destination","category-experiences","category-explore","category-food","category-oceania","tag-australia","tag-byron-bay","tag-foodie","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Chef&#039;s Guide to Byron Bay | Expedia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/three-blue-ducks-byron-bay-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Chef&#039;s Guide to Byron Bay | Expedia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the last couple of decades Byron Bay has matured from a sleepy surf spot in Northern NSW into a sophisticated town. 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