Blogs from Forster, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

On se réveille à Forster, au bord du lac Wallis, c’est vraiment très sympa pour démarrer la journée. On commence d’ailleurs par le lookout de Cape Hawke, pas mal du tout avec vue sur la mer (de Tasmanie) et le lac. Cette marche est trop courte, nous sommes sur notre faim, du coup on part faire un footing le long de la côte. Il fait super beau, super chaud, c’est bien chouette et bien sportif !! Après tant d’effort, on a bien mérité un bain dans les « ocean bath » !! Ca doit être au moins le 5ème que l’on voit mais à chaque fois il faisait trop froid pour en profiter. Eh bien maintenant c’est chose faite !! Ces bassins remplis d’eau de mer, entre la plage et les rochers, sont parfaits pour profiter ... read more

Hi everyone, yes we are on the move again. We left home at 2.20pm Sunday 31st July, after watching Corey play hockey. We were a bit sad having to leave our little Knox, Jasper and Goldie behind. We always miss everyone when we are away. We did not travel far; just up the road north 2 hours to Tuncurry / Forster. For my International bloggers; this area is on the north coast where the 2 towns are separated by a long bridge. It’s main industries is fishing and oyster cultivation. It is a very well known and popular tourist destination. The scenery is spectacular. We have spent 3 relaxing days in a caravan park on the beach. Once again Rodger has been fishing and had to throw his tiddlers back. Yesterday we spent time with my ... read more

Left Stockton and Newcastle heading North, towards Port Macquerie, at least I thought we were heading North but in fact I took us back to Nobby’s Head in Newcastle, I did tell Shenton my map reading skills left a lot to be desired. Anyway after the short detour we were on the road again. WE took the main highway until we saw a place called Tea Gardens. We thought this sounded like a good place to stop for lunch. Had some Barramundi by the river and the locals advised us to take the scenic route through the national park rather than taking the highway as this was much more picturesque. After driving over the whistling bridge (so called because of the noise it makes when the wind blows) we were pretty soon into the national park. ... read more

Surf Camp. Hey all! Sooooooo sorry that it has been so long since I last updated my blog, but because of the activities I have been participating in, I have had no access to the internet, phone or even cell reception. For the past 3 weeks I have been working as a "helper" at 'Waves' Surf Camp. It sounds more like "helpa" when the the aussie surf instructors are beckening for us with their loud whiny voices. The camp is located near Seal Rocks - between Sydney & Byron Bay - a beautiful beautiful location with a string of about 10 uncrowded, perfect beaches to surf at. The actual camp is in the middle of nowhere... literally. lol. It consisted of the owner's house, the Cabana/bar (where all the drinking & partying went down), the Billibong ... read more

we drove 700km from port macquarie to bathurst and all of us felt sick over the mountains on the oxley highway to tamworth. tamworth has a very pretty main street. just what jock had in mind for numurkah all those years ago i am sure. simon did some work at bathurst base hospital for 10 days. claudia and simon particularly had a great time at the fossil and rock exhibition in the old school building. a guy called warren somerville has put his lifetime collection of rare rocks and minterals and a caste of tyranosaurus rex into a neat exhibition. the man himself was there and i had a chance to talk to him about dirt. claudia lorenzo and gina made some friends and went to a farm and oberon dam. nonna came up for a ... read more