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As I said in the previous post. We headed out of town for a few days to Port Stephens. We actually stayed in a city called Tea Gardens. Which is in the Myall Great Lakes area. It was a quaint little town full of charm and seaside life. Sunday found us in our hotel room and ready for an adventure. We decided to head over to Jimmy's beach to walk on the white sand. I told the kids to get their swimming suits on just in case. It was a good thing...the water is like a magnet. Madi and I did walk down the beach for over an hour to find the place where it said the dolphins enter the bay - we never made it...there was alot of beach to cover. Then due to poor planning on my part we had to find some dinner. We found a local fish and chips shop and had to explain to Cooper that sometimes you have to spend money on Sunday - especially when your mom doesn't bring enough food. For a girl who doesn't really like fish I have to say it is growing on me. We then walked down the water front and took pictures and enjoyed a nice evening.
The next day was my birthday - you can read all about that in the previous post.
On Tuesday we decided to drive to the north side of Port Stephens and check out Nelson's Bay. Along the way we stopped at Toboggan Hill Park. It had a toboggan run - much like the Alpine Slide in Park City. There were also other things for the kids to do. We played a round of mini golf, Madi and Kev climbed the rock wall, we played splash down where you get to shoot water balloons at each other and get soaked, to end the day the kids painted plaster. It was fun and hot.
We then drove on to Nelsons Bay to check it out. I have to say that I wasn't impressed. It was so touristy. I was glad we had stayed on the north shore in our quaint little town. We walked around the shops for a bit and got an ice cream before heading onto our next destination - Stockton Beach (the largest moving coastal sand mass in the southern hemisphere). Seriously a lot of sand!
After driving back to our hotel we quickly changed into our swimmers and headed back to Jimmy's beach. We played in the sand, ate dinner on the beach, Kev and Madi did a little snorkeling, played with hermit crabs, and saw the most amazing sunset. It was such a great ending to a fun family day.
On the way home we stopped at the Hunter Region Botanical Gardens. What a cool place. It was started, and is run now, all by volunteers. They have activities for kids and lots of beautiful native plants. We even saw a goanna. The only sad part was that I got bitten by something. I think it was a bull ant. Really I am not sure. All I know is that it hurt so bad. It stung and sent pains down my foot. We went back to the visitors center and they sprayed something on it which helped a ton. Life is always an adventure right?!
3 comments:
It sounds like a really lovely break, the sand, the sea, the sunsets, fish and chips etc. I can only dream of that at the moment as we spend our holiday scraping and painting the boys room, but thanks for the mini holiday.
Sounds like fun. We were talking about you at Vonnie's and we all agreed you were probably at the beach!
Yeah, you need to be careful in Oz with getting bitten. When we were in Queensland Adiel got very badly bitten by the mozzies (we all did, actually, but he was to one to complain most) and we just told him to stop whining about them. Later on we heard that even mosquito bites might be dangerous in Oz. Don't remember how though. It was a bit strange for someone who's not used to living among dangerous wildlife.
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