Port Stephens, NSW

Port Stephens, 200 km north of Sydney. About 2.5 hours drive. Not that far. If you want to have a relaxing weekend, not a bad place to do some R&R. We went there after we ran out of places to check out in Newcastle. Good thing it wasn't that far away...only about 45-50min from Newcastle.


We went to Nelson's bay (see picture), had breakfast, and tried to figure out what to do. Well, Port Stephens is known for its dolphin watching...99% success rate of seeing some dolphins...if not, they give you free passes for next time. So what do you think we did? Before the boat left, we had one hour to kill so we went hiking around the area and got some great views.

How about this for a rental car?
Yea, right! You kiddin' me?

Anyway, after the dolphin watch, we drove to Anna Bay where they have the sand dunes by the beach. We went sand boarding...at first it was scary coz you have to board down a very steep dune. But by the second try, it wasn't that bad. After my second try, I went to an even higher sand dune. The hardest part of this was actually climbing back up on sand. Next part of the tour package was pipi catch by the beach. Then it was time to go home!

Sorry, no pictures...otherwise, my camera would have been full of sand!!!