31 Thoughts We Had While Watching Byron Baes

By now, you’ve heard something about Netflix’s latest reality series Byron Baes. Set on the idyllic coast of Byron Bay (or thereabouts, but more on that later), the 8-ep series follows a crew of influencers and creatives as they live, laugh and love. On a rainy Saturday morning, I charged my crystals, brewed a cup of supermarket chai and settled in to see whether the show lived up to the hype. And let’s just say, some thoughts were seriously had…

1. I didn’t realise how far the Gold Coast was from Byron Bay. Oh, wait…
2. They did not just call Kombucha ‘booch’...
3. Is that Nathan Favro from The Bachelor?
4. Yep.
5. That Simba guy, too. 
6. Oh, and Elias Chigros from Love Island? 
7. At least recycling is alive and well in Reality TV Land™…
8. Is she talking slow, or am I thinking fast…
9. So, turns out sound healing isn’t just throwing on some Carly Rae Jepsen…
10. Twitter is dead, apparently.
11. So is doing up any more than two buttons on your party shirt.
12. What if dinosaurs really were dragons?
13. Do Saskia and Frimmy know they’re wearing colour?
14. Telling someone to not fall in the pool guarantees only one thing…
15. Oop, guess not. They must walk for a living or something.
16. Guess the next Pilates class is warming up in the carpark, then.
17. Only true frenemies wear matching necklaces…
18. Kingscliff ≠ Byron Bay
19. Only riding into confrontations on horseback now.
20. Please never say “new squeeze” again.
21. I need another sound healing.
22. Damn, mermaids too? 
23. I’m learning so many synonyms for “fake” rn…
24. How old is too old for a slip ‘n slide? Asking for a friend…
25. Do they combust if they set foot on the yacht? 
26. They didn’t. Hannah brought the right crystal along then.
27. The roommate. It’s always the roommate…
28. Have Sarah and Nathan heard of long distance?
29. *Googles Byron Bay > Gold Coast*
30. Are those fireworks green screened?
31. I need a booch.