G'Day mates: After an early morning good-bye to Gil, we headed to the Cairns Airport for our 6am flight to Newcastle, New South Wales. Looking out the window as we were coming into Newcastle airport you could see beautiful white sand dunes for miles. Upon landing we met up with our sailing friends (Don and Hilary) this time at their place in Corlette. Our first afternoon we drove around the local area checking out the beaches and bays. We also seen our first large number of kangaroos and a koala. Next morning we drove to Soldiers Point, next hiked to the top of Tomaree Head where we were greeted with the most amzing views of the coastline, beautiful white sand, emerald coloured waters... I'm not sure why Don and Hilary live here. Tomaree was also the
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