Blogs from Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 5

Hello peoples its El here, I know its been a while we been so busy travelling and sitting on beaches and all that stuff that we now have the lovely task of catching up on the blogs, so it continues.... We left Sydney and decided to stop off at Port Stephens on the way to Byron Bay, partly to break up the long travelling and also cos I had heard of dolphins on the beaches here. So after 2 hours on the greyhound bus to Newcastle it was then another 2hours on the local coach to Port Stephens. When we arrived at our accomedation we was nicely suprised, it was in a camp site in a forest area, with cabins and tents for accomedation. We was given the choice of a dorm in the cabin or ... read more

So the heat has finally arrived.. and let me tell you it is HOT! The sun here is so strong... after being really responsible and putting on sunscreen all day we still somehow managed to get fried our first day on the beach. We left Newcastle after only staying a couple nights at this ghetto little hostel and went to Port Stephens which was amazing.. The hostel there was right in the rainforest and we had our own little cabin with a balcony.. so cute.. The place also had a saltwater pool, a games room with a free pool table and a sweet outdoor kitchen. The people who owned it were soo nice... The weather was hot and sunny all weekend and we really liked this place so we decided to stay for 3 nights. We ... read more

After our New Years celebrations, Carina and I finally made our way to Nelson Bay (where we had entended on taking a day trip a couple of times before). Many locals had recommended Nelson Bay to us, including Jamie, who had spent all his summers here at a caravan park with his grandparents. However, in the past few years, the area has become a huge tourist hub. Luckily for me, being a tourist hub isn't always a problem, and it meant that there were lots of activities to chose from. On the first day though, Carina and I were exhausted due to a definite lack of sleep, so we crashed early (after finding a campground near One Mile Beach). The next day we took the bus back to Nelson Bay and found a Dolphin Tour that ... read more

Kaum bei meiner neuen Mitbewohnerin Chantal eingezogen, sind wir zu ihren Eltern nach Port Stephen's gefahren. Ich hatte Ben dabei und auch meine Freundin Haide. Angekommen, wurden wir von Delphinen und tropischen Voegeln begruesst. Das Haus lag direkt am Strand, wir waren wandern, Kajak fahren, schwimmen usw. Ein perfekter Anfang, um sich besser kennenzulernen. Am 2. Tag hat die Familie mir und Haide das Haus ueberlassen, weil sie zu einer Veranstaltung nach Sydney sollten - und das nach 4 Wochen. Wir ihr sehen koennt, hatten wir supi Spass....... read more