Valerie Morton

Blame it on the Rain: Tales and Photographs from Byron Shire. Exotic foliage. Crystal-clear water. Empty white beaches. Bright-blue skies. Endless sunshine. Northern New South Wales is a big, fat, subtropical, coconut-and turmeric-laced cliché of heavenliness. Where else can you surf with dolphins in the middle of winter, climb to the most easterly point in Australia to watch migrating whales,...