The return of Australia – Week one

Saturday 17^th March to Sunday 25^th March

Sydney A Port Stephens

Now we have begun the return of Australia and, due to a crazy weather, we have not traveled too much along the east coast. We left Sydney in Saturday’s crazy traffic that leads north on the port of the port to our first stop; North Curl Curl Beach. I love drone photography and I had to capture one of Sydney’s most famous rockpools for my own collection. He did not disappoint. The only inconvenience was feeling when my drone completely disconnected from the controller on the sea. I have read stories of the drones of people who disconnect and literally falling from heaven. Fortunately, after frantically hitting the button back home, the drone was connected again and could continue flying.Our destination for the day was the entrance, a city with a huge lake on one side and the sea in the other. He is more famous for Pelican’s daily food, although we didn’t know what time he started. We also had no idea where we would be sleeping. We arrived at 3 pm to find the pelican food that began at 3:30 pm was full of tourist bus tourists, but we managed to get a seat in the back row. I’m glad we have not finished in the front row, since the volunteers who feed the pelicans were literally playing people. The pelicans were going crazy; Picos and wings everywhere.The plan changed since we did not need to return to the entrance, so the next day we pointed to Newcastle. Our first night passed it in a service center with numerous trucks and other motorhomes. The trip to Newcastle only took an hour or so. It was so strange to see signs for Gateshead, Jesmond, Hexham and Wallsend. The originality of the first settlers in this area was simple to see. Some travelers from the east coast can be completely lost to Newcastle, since it remains a very industrial port. However, Lonely Planet had recently recommended Newcastle as the best place to visit and had read that things were in street art, artisanal brewers and surf beaches. There were no camps in Newcastle, so we were just at the entrance of the port in Stockton, at the southern end of Stockton sand dunes. We could easily reach Newcastle with the five -minute ferry that only cost about $ 2. My first Newcastle impressions were not great unfortunately. The temperature was about 40 degrees and, being Sunday, most places were closed. Worse, there were so many places under renovation and, with the development of the light harrow, the place felt like a great construction site. I think there was a disagreement about trains services, so the train tracks have just been started completely. We found an artisanal brewery that helped with the soda.[easy-image-collage id=1425]The next day we return mainly to see the Bogey hole, the first Oceanic pool of Australia and the Oceanic baths of Newcastle, the largest oceanic pool in Australia. The bogey hole was cut off the rock by the convicts so that a lieutenant could have his own personal bathrooms. The waves were huge when entering the pool, so we didn’t like to enter. Some people clung to the fence to see if they were strong enough to not be swept by the waves.Like the sunset, we walk towards the Newcastle ocean baths along the southern Newcastle beach. Again, many construction fences but work is not carried out. There was a sign that it seemed funny that I proudly said that ‘this area was rebuilt in 1910’. I think that area needs to modernize soon! The ocean baths were much quieter and full of people despite being a Monday at 7pm. I had all my team of drones, but we still managed to swim quickly. The water was warm and surprisingly not so salty, which means that we feel renewed and clean. If you spend more time on the beaches, I can definitely see Newcastle’s attraction!Continuing, we drove about forty -five minutes up to Port Stephens. Fortunately, a lovely couple and Terry had offered us a place to stay for free in the lemon, Christine and Terry passage. We fix them to change our truck for eight days in its complete RV with toilet, shower and gasoline of gas. On our way, a massive stone hit the windshield leaving a large crack, which will mean that it must be replaced. With the weather quickly turning very English for approximately four days, we speech at the RV since no exploration could be done in the rain. Cue many homemade card games, G&T, Netflix and I finally get my photos not edited below 1,000. The good weather returned the weekend, which meant that we did everything possible in just two days. This included Landboard in the largest sand dunes in the southern hemisphere, detecting wild dolphins in the bay aboard a catamaran and treating the Mountain Tomaree to see impressive views. The area is also known for its wild Koalas and we managed to detect the first in Tilligerry Reserve.[easy-image-collage id=1426][easy-image-collage id=1427]Now we plan to spend the next two weeks moving slowly to Byron Bay. Once again, many travelers go to Byron Bay, but they tell us that this coast is beautiful and it is worth taking a look.