Byron Bay

Arrived ~10am at Byron Bay, to be presented with the australian backpacker version of the hard sell for hostels and coffee shops and travel agents, which compared to the now-exploded Paharganj and the should-be-exploded Khaosan Road is soft as multiply toilet paper. I ended up in the YHA here; also am now in a travel agent which lures people in with as much internet as they can eat in order to get their custom for booking onwards travel. I said I was next going to "St. George" in Queensland. A map was produced. The town was eventually located. They mumbled, coughed politely and let me off to use internet for free...

In same area, next to big woolworths (I went browsing for supermarket food with the intention of perhaps buying some later on to cook for myself) I found one of the many many internet cafes (which is also a video rental store (all the other ones are also bars or also travel agents)) with a big "laptop access" sign. Hurrah!