It’s followed by a bacon and egg roll at the Beach Kiosk overlooking Clarkes Beach. Then south, through Lennox Head and Ballina, past a couple of lookouts, all the way to Yamba. Fish and chips by the Clarence River. A swim if the weather’s playing nice. Ice cream in Maclean on the way back. “Then get back to Hotel Marvell in time for sunset. Cocktail at Horizon, dinner downstairs at Byron Bay Oyster Bar. That’s a pretty good Northern Rivers day.”

Even when the weather turns, Pearce doesn’t…

