Blogs from Budgewoi, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

This is a blog where I can post random photos which don't really belong in any specific blog.... read more

About to take off again. See our profile for an itinerary. The freighter company which is taking us from Italy to the USA insisted that we have Yellow Fever inoculation which we duly did last Friday. Urgh! Have we been sick. On Wednsday we both woke up with raging headaches and by Thursday we were hardly able to move. I have taken more paracetamol in the last three days than I have taken in the last three years. We are feeling marginally better today but still suffering. There is a problem with our Paris to Milan/La Spezia train trip as the line has been closed by an avalanche. We are due to pick up our tickets on Monday so will no doubt find out then whether we have to organise an alternative. We also found that ... read more

What a lovely welcome, we are staying at Brad’s aunties. It is so nice I feel like im in 4* hotel, a massive house double rooms each & a bathroom to share. We settled in very nicely Irene Brads mum came and got us early to give us a mini tour of the town. We drove all along the sea out towards Norah Heads, we counted 17 ships all queuing for coal as this is very big here in these parts of the world. Following day we got up at silly o’clock 5.30am to go for a walk with Brads mum & aunt. My god I did not realise how unfit I was, how we all were. These girls walk and jump these rocks fast. We started at Norah heads lighthouse, down to the beach and ... read more

Welcome to the world of travel, we are off to such a good start, after a huge day of final arrangements we are ready to sit back and enjoy a brew. Steve's car broke down in Budgewoi which is miles from where we are staying in Warnervale, this is not all, once he and shane arrive here finally, steve left his passport in the car so back to Budegewoi, a few boys visit............... steve makes an appearance again, NO LICENCE, back to budgewoi. the moral of the story steve is not to look after anything........ 10pm Steve is having his first beer and we are now settling in for the night. this is our adventure of EUROPE 2006 check back here at anytime for updates most people have been added to our subscribers list Peace out ... read more

This is the question which most people are asking. Travelmate.com has the following description: Picture an island resort nestled among 100-year-old paperbarks protecting a narrow neck of land separating two lakes. Sound too serene to be true? Not if you visit Budgewoi, the resort village that divides Munmorah and Budgewoi lakes at the top of the Central Coast at Sydney’s northern gateway. Sydney and Newcastle families have been holidaying at Budgewoi for generations...and little wonder. With abundant fishing and safe swimming lakes at your doorstep, and surf beaches within walking distance, the town presents the ideal package for a traditional Aussie seaside holiday. The scenic attractions and tourist traps of Lake Macquarie and the rest of the Central Coast are to the immediate north and south. The John Slade Rotary Park, on the north-eastern shoreline of ... read more