Blogs from Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 8

You'll be wondering where all these blogs came from & them so up-to-date. Well we've been here in Port Macquarie since Tuesday & have had free internet access all that time so have been putting it to good use. Port is a big town with around 9 beaches...only visited the one & twas very nice. Not a whole lot of backpackers about. It has been a mixture of thunder showers & sunshine since we've been here so you might leave in the bikini & come home with the towel wrapped around to protect you from the showers.....as you can imagine it's a fruitless effort seeing as the towel is hardly any good for dryng you in the first place... We arrived here in the early hours of the morning but thankfully we had a charitable bus-driver ... read more

5-11-7. Early goshawk in same tree. Made calls re: shipment. Port costs $366!!!!! Air freight hardly costs more and totally fast and easy to door. Classic lesson learned hard way. Then parkup bellingen on a perfect jacaranda purple organic carpet. Bloke got flag and five bound for lightening ridge! Gave me twenty!! Six flags for the afternoon bellingen always good. 6-11-7. Nambucca magic massive support, surf shop got stock. A morning filled with faces people power manifesting almost miraculously. Eight and more flags plus stickers. free coffee with ozrusskies oh what fun we had tatyana victor and natasha. Cold blustery early but. called to get bill of lading sent to newcastle to grab on way to dock sydneyside. And down to parkup river's edge in southerlies melbourne cup day and i tied flag for headscarf hey ... read more

The days and nights are difficult, sleeping is near impossible......not really, we are having an amazing time. The first few days were spent in Sydney where we went to the aquarium and dined some expensive but wonderful cuisine (Craig managed to find a place on Manly Beach that sold Castle beer and Boerwors... he was a happy camper!). We left Sydney on Monday 1st October and headed for the Blue Mountains, after navigating the Pacific Highway to discover that it is a toll road that does not accept cards.....and we had 30cents - hmmmmm, Luckily Craig and his baby blues charmed us through it! We stayed one night in Katoomba, the scenery was stunning (check the pics!) Then we headed for the Jenolan Caves, down the most bendy road imaginable (or so we thought!) The caves ... read more

After leaving a very slow Port Stephens behind, I was headed north towards Port Macquarie. It is small port located about 6 hours north of Sydney. It sits on the farth south end of the sub-tropical rainforest and is home to the largest population of wild Koalas. I caught an early bus and arrived around 1:30. After getting settled I wandered to town for Starbucks Coffee. The only place in Australia to get a cup of drip coffee. Everywhere either serves instant coffee or espresso style. I've been spending my money on expensive coffee rather than booze. I was up early the following day for a tour around the town. The bike only had one gear and to stop you needed to slam down backwards on the petals. This if fine if I was 7 years ... read more

We left sydney a day earlier than we had originally planned, and so we decided on our way to Port Macquarie that we would have a small stop in Newcastle. This was a very nice little place, but totally bizarre and very different from the real Newcastle! There was not much to do there, so we decided to continue our hunt for wildlife and hoped to see some animals there as it was not as built up as some of our previous destinations, and i guess we got our wish of sorts. Strange thinng about newcastle was everything was dead! We went to the beach and saw a few ded fish on the shore. I think there had been some kind of oil spill there recently, as the woman from the hostel mentioned that there had ... read more

Well I am in Port Macquarie at the moment. It's sunny.. but still not as warm as I'd like it to be. I haven't ventured outside yet, so I don't have any news on what it's like.,.. but I did want to write about my journey up here. 24 hours exactly (minus 5 minutes I suppose) I arrived in PM. The busride wasn't as bad as most would think it was. I think I slept most of the time last night until about 10 when we were pulling into the sydney area. After that. I don't think I slept at all.. which is the downside to a good sleep the night before. On the bus I did meet 2 very interesting Brits, and a very nice local lady who was discussing her recipes with me.. they ... read more