Quality Hotel Newcastle

okay.. so we left the Bay for  Newcastle... the weather was holding up so we decided to do a bit of sight seeing.. we did the 'lap' along the foreshore along the coast, even saw a pod of dolphins and where I worked.  Had some awesome food- ...

... Cafe. Back at the hostel later James had got talking to an English doctor who was currently working in a hospital in Newcastle. (Our destination for the next day). It was interesting to hear about his experiences in Australia, although I cannot really ...

... Also good they had fancy high priced emergency ponchos for us to use. All in all a hell of a day - thanks Mel! Friday we hit Newcastle to visit Mel's fam and for me to dominate the surf. Check out Lauren's words for more on this day. We drove back ...

... Leanne's boyfriend Dayne, and Donna and Steve popped over. My parents stayed for a couple of hours and then headed across to the Quality Hotel, about 5 mins drive away. Thanks to Leanne, who works there, they had been booked into a room at staff rates and ...

... the group to find our new hotel whilst I headed into the city as I had planned to meet an old mate from Newcastle, Rick Bridge (a.k.a Bridgey) at the Walkabout pub. The Walkabout has the biggest projector screens (it has about three of them) of ...

... Norris cried ! Next stop Newcastle - where we'd nowhere to stay again! Kidding ha ha. We were booked into the good old Newcastle Beach YHA (Youth Hostel Association) ! No more mistakes/park benches at this stage of the game! ...

... Portugal as well. Strange as it is there was also a bridge that looked very like the blinking eye one up in Newcastle! Right architecture lecture over, we headed around the city and its completely manic roads, which was highly interesting for over 3 ...

... hearty breakfast, chatting to the other hotel guests including the Englishman from the restaurant last night and an Australian couple from Newcastle.  It was a bit grey and drizzly again this morning but not too much to cause a problem.  We ...

... is almost like being in a small British town.  There were all sorts of British brand shops there, including M&S, BHS and more. Not unlike being in Newcastle-under-Lyme.  But not full of chavvy arseholes. I'll leave you with that ...

... showed Gemma the local surroundings, she was ready for a few hours rest. She had been up at 5:00am to catch a flight from Newcastle to Heathrow. Her 12-hour flight from Heathrow landed in Japan at 10:00am the following day with a +8 hour time difference. ...

... not short of company. One of the worst timings of my life occurred here however. I went to a truly horrendous bar to watch Newcastle play Arsenal late in the day. After Arsenal scored in the opening minute my heart sank, then another goal and another ...

... drank since Thailand when I started to get a beer belly so I think its travel sickness. After the 2 hour coach journey to Newcastle we then had to get a bus to Port Stephens. Instantly we noticed that the bus drivers here were extremely friendly, they ...

... finish. It was very, very good! The meal was well complimented by the excellent and friendly waiter who had worked in England, well Newcastle anyway, and Dublin and as the lunch progressed so his English as he said 'came back to him'. As we didn't speak ...

... out!  We had lunch up from the beach in a little cafe off the main street.  Reminded me of Post Masters in Newcastle I think but a much better view! We had the inside of the cafe all to ourselves.   I ordered a Bouillabaisse , ...

... bit American.  That would make a quality road trip. "Find all the big things in Australia" Anyway, as I said, we skipped Newcastle because it looked like Lucy in a gorilla outfit and continued to Manly, in Sydney.  Manly is a suburb of ...

... in the yard. Tuesday was the last day in Sydney before our coastal road trip north. We met up with the splendid Steven, a Newcastle United supporter originally from the Newcastle in New South Wales. The day ended with a half-hearted participation in a pub ...

... out a few tunes and us others just loving every minute together!  Good times! Caves Beach is a beautiful, quiet spot south of Newcastle.  And true to the namesake, there were plenty of caves to explore on the beach at low tide.  Such a ...

... is where he lives.     After chatting with the manager he arranged to go back on Saturday to watch the live Newcastle game on television. (I didn't know Newcastle had a football team). Saturday was a quiet day for me. A little bit of wandering, ...