I am lucky enough at the moment to be on the tail end of a road trip...from the amusingly-named Dicky Beach, to Noosa, Surfers Paradise and now in the warm, encompassing bliss of Byron Bay.
If you don't know these places, look them up. Or better yet, go there - they are at once gaudy, appalling, breathtaking, tropical, cheesy as hell, and heaven. The best food can be hunted out and the strippers are suitably aloof. There are themeparks, caravan inlets, hot fish and chips to be eaten on the beach...
Feeling the sun on winter Melbourne skin is such a tonic.