Newcastle/Port Stephens

We took a 2 hour train to Newcastle, NSW for the day just to get out of Sydney. Newcastle is mostly known for the great surfing and many surfing competitions are held here (i.e. Surfest). We weren't overly impressed with the town itself so we looked around quickly and then hopped on a bus for an hour to Port Stephens.

Bus to Port Stephens

Bus to Port Stephens

Port Stephens

Some fishing festival or something going on at Port Stephens

Lunch at Hogs Breath Cafe


After a bit of self-touring and shopping around Port Stephens, we booked a trip to go sand-boarding down the sand dunes. These sand dunes are the largest in the Southern Hemisphere and the trip we booked drives you to the top of them and lets you slide down like you're sledding down a snowy hill! It was a little rainy that day so they let us go up by ourselves and we didn't have to pay for it at all which was nice.

The van that took us to the top

Getting ready to slide down!

WEEE!!!

WEEE!!

Rob's turn

Getting a little daring

Back to Newcastle

Newcastle Customs House

And then we hopped back on the train for the 2 hour trip back to good ol' Sydney.