Nelson Bay Getaway
31 Thurlow Avenue Nelson Bay, New South Wales, 2315, Australia
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Ferry to the South Island
... quickly and we were soon getting back on the familiar green bus.
After a 2 hour ride we were in Nelson where I got dropped off and had a bit of a trek to the hostel I had booked. The hostel is amazing with a sauna and pool. I walked into town and went into the cathedral which had a very unique look from the outside, I went inside it had beautiful stained glass windows in ...
A Happy Birthday Down Under
... we were sat on the beach a couple of dolphins came right up to where we were sat, and we would have missed them had it not been for an Italian man in a speedo shouting "Uhhh Dol-a-phin!" I had previously been disapproving of his stretching in front of us, but as he spotted the dolphin I guess he can be forgiven this time. We didn't see any koala's unfortunately although apparently they could be heard growling in the trees outside the flat the night ...
Wine tasting and the Great Pacific Highway
... we had seen to a winery.
Ten minutes and 2km of bumpy track later, we arrived at Undercliff Winery - a beautiful vineyard run by Ken (born and raised in Harrow on the Hill) and his wife. Claudia immediately made friends with their Bordie collie, Tarren, who sat sweetly and raised his paw to shake hands - oddly enough not a skill that either soppy Bracken or silly Barley have ever mastered at home! It seemed rude not to taste the Shiraz ...
CONVICT KANGAROOS AND COLONIAL ATTIRE
... packed up quickly again and continued on!
An hour or so later we stopped in Forster, where the weather had miraculously cleared up! We took a short walk around the waterside and managed to time our visit with that of returning fishermen cleaning up the day's catch. That meant there were loads of pelicans about! These were obviously very used to being around people, and had no qualms with us getting in right ...
Into the blue
... at the beach I wasn't so lucky. I was the solo man on the shore preparing them for the water by getting them into all their gear and keeping them under control. I had it pretty much sorted and the instructors weren't having to wait long for the next group to be ready, and I didn't even have to get any of them marking time! Then, all of a sudden, like the apocalypse itself, 3 school buses from the local area turned up and all hell broke loose. There were kids everywhere, and it became ...


