http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , New South Wales , Port Stephens en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 17:42:10 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:42:10 +0000 Over night in Port Stevens the Butlins of Australia I had a really shitty sleep because I had no roll mat so it was like sleeping on the ground which was not pleasant ah well it39s better than a kick in the balls. Decided to get up early for the sunrise which was quite magical the only thing that interrupted my serenity was that I was being feasted on by a couple of mozzies Dirty f http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/Shoal-Bay/blog-777585.html We left Emerald Beach on Wed 13th Feb and continued South along the NSW coastline. The roads and traffic were good and the driving was going smoothly apart from a small incident of road rage involving the driver of a road train who I unfortunately cut upThere was only going to be one winner in that oneWe stopped overnight at a place called 39Bonny Hills39 on the coast. Again we had no pre http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/Shoal-Bay/blog-771841.html Friday 13th eek But nothing untoward happened in our world.The lovely bay of Port Stephens is totally charming.ltspangt Its unofficial capital is Nelson Bay which is also the dolphin capital of Australia and there are several other little towns and pretty beaches dotted around.We based ourselves around Shoal Bay and when we first arrived it was already pretty dark.ltspangt So we http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/Shoal-Bay/blog-708684.html We arrived in Port Stephens on Monday and we are here for the week. We are staying at Shoal Bay just east of the main hub of Port Stephens. We are in a nice caravan park its pretty busy especially over the weekend as everyone comes here from Newcastle. The park has rabbits running around the place they don39t seem to be worried about us at all the little guy in the photo ran under the cara http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/Shoal-Bay/blog-705796.html From Tuncurry we were again heading south this time to Hawks Nest on the northern side of Port Stephens. On the way we stopped through the great lakes of Wallis and Myall Lakes. We were lucky enough to score 3 nights free camping.Wallis lake was beautiful even on a rainy day luckily were were the only people there and could pick the driest spot to stop on. The wind was blowing foam up on the sh http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/Shoal-Bay/blog-705788.html Where to begin Well I put digit to keyboard this morning I had written a ripper post that I lost as I was saving due to some Telstra drop out issues buggersIll start from Yass. We got up pretty early were on the road before 8.30am for the six hour odd drive to Williamtown to meet Uncle Ross. The drive was pretty uneventful although we took a detour through Sydney to take the kids a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-616669.html Well followers what an interesting weekend We were initialling heading off on the Friday but just got too hard with the loss of an Aunty and reorgainising work for the Funeral and then we then reorganised the following week and left 6.30am Saturday 19th March 2011 and came back home on the Monday morning.The moth and I were to meet Jen Mick for breakfast at Shoal Bay and then book into the Ca http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-587828.html Hello allWe hope you are well. We are still enjoying our time in Sydney.Last time we left you we were dashing to catch a ferry to the north side of Sydney Harbour for our bbq with Liz and her partner Lee. You may recall that the weather had been a bit ropey so the sea was very choppy much to Sarah's disgust We had a great time at their beautiful home which has fantastic views of the harbou http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-550876.html Ok so I have confirmed flight details and transport to our first hostel from the airport. Yes we are flying Qantas and no I'm not worried as their planes are not actually falling from the sky in fact I personally think its a good thing they keep finding problems better than missing them ehThanks to Wayne's mum and dad for an early Christmas dinner last night and to his sister for accompanying http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-549519.html my friend and I want to travel mostly likely to either USA or Europe somewhere but for arguments sake lets say USA. There are a couple of things I want to know about orgamising this whole thing becasue i know absolutly nothing1. We want to be able to work and make money while we are in places probably for a couple of months at a time. What visas should we get how much will they cost Do we jus http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-522283.html Sunday was spent in the desert well not quite but we did go to the sand dunes in Stockton where one of the Mad Max movies was filmed. The reason for our visit there was to go sand boarding down the dunes which we all found very exciting and lots of fun. The hardest thing about it all was climbing back up the dunes to the top to do it all again.From Stockton we went to Nelson Bay where we had lunc http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-520322.html Day 111 Thursday March 18th 2010.Coff39s Harbor Surf Village to Port Stephens Shoal Bay Australia.Per the Contiki Brochure Jump start the day by hitting the waves learning to surf with some professional instructors as you have a go at Australias national sport in a fun optional activity.This afternoon we arrive in the popular holiday spot of Port Stephens known for its boating http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-484432.html jolie port plaisancier sur notre route http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-477948.html Nous etions 8 amis a avoir loues une maison pour une fin de semaine sur la bord de la plage a Port Stephen soit a 3 heures au nord de Sydney. La petite ville est une station balneaire ou plusieurs Sydneyens detiennent une maison dete et la louent lorsquils ne lutilisent pas. Un peu comme les condos au Mont Tremblant. La maison etait superbe avec une grande court arriere et avec la plage http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-466365.html Humpback whales migrate up the east coast of Australia this time of year so we decided to go out and take a look at them. We had already seen Sperm whales in New Zealand but the chance of seeing Humpbacks leaping out of the water was to hard to refuse. Our boat left the harbour at 10am for a three hour cruise in search of the whales. Our boat was smaller than the others going out so we would be ab http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-428574.html 25th June 2009After we had finally manged to get up and have some breakfast we decided to head to Nelson Bay. Before we made it to the bus stop we couldn't resist petting the baby kangaroo rescued by the lodge. We waited a very long time for the bus to arrive so when we finally made it to Nelson Bay we had limited time before it got dark. We wondered around and manged to take a wrong turn or two http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-426158.html Det er som om vi voksne har oplevet det her fr Vi er i Port Stephens lige nord for Newcastle og det sregner Det er det vrste uvejr i mere end 20 r Floderne lber over deres breder og flere byer bl.a. Brisbane er totalt oversvmmet. Mange huse er delagt af vltede trer en er blevet drbt lige syd for Brisbane. Folk bliver evakueret og der sejler robde rundt i gadern http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-401027.html DAY 51SundaySunday in our house in the UK was never really peaceful it was a day of painting carpentry or fettling or riding the bike and possibly listening to Steve Wright on a Sunday morning but it did mean I was out of bed at 5.00am more often than not and If I wasnt out on the KTM then Caroline always got her tea in bed.There is something about mornings I absolutely love Its my time http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-358022.html DAY 5027th December 2008 Today Saturday was really the first day after Christmas and I needed a pair of Thongs aka Flip Flops and the television advert for Rivers department store said they have got loads.The nearest store was in Nelson Bay which was about of an hour away.We had fed the dog her morning chow and locked up the house and got on our way we new it was going to be busy ju http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-357873.html G'day Bloggers Thank you for reading our blogs somedays as you can appreciate are easier to write than others but we have just looked at the blog statistics and we think they are just amazing.Entries 64Photo's 258Words 48839Total blog hits 3100 Three Thousand one hundredWe are completely taken aback by the fact that people are reading them.On a personal note it would be nice if it was a bit http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Port-Stephens/blog-357723.html