Caz and Craig have been traveling and living around the world since 1997.
The Legendary Pacific Coast is the popular tourism drive stretching 900kms along the Pacific Coast from Sydney to Brisbane. For any backpacker coming to Australia, it is really worth hiring or buying a vehicle and spending a good month or more exploring the rolling green hill and coastal bushlands and hinterlands, visiting spectacular beaches, surfing some incredible waves, and experiencing the local people in small beach communities. We spent six
Poor old Sydney must be feeling a dagger in the back. Once again they have not made the Lonely Planet’s must visit destination for 2011, instead being overlooked by the much smaller, industrial town of Newcastle.
It doesn’t matter where I am in the world, when I first walk through the grounds of a campsite
I never thought attending a pro surf contest could be such an enjoyable and casual experience. On Saturday, we attended the Legendary Pacific Coast Pro Surfest held at Merewether Beach, Newcastle. While the weather from Sydney up to Nelson Bay was experiencing wild rainstorm, this little pocket of Newcastle was spared, and we had a day of glorious sunshine and 3-6 foot swells for the women’s final and men’s heats.
For the last several weeks, I have been craving a getaway to the Nelson Bay area. A water lover’s paradise, Nelson Bay is situated only about 30 mins north of Newcastle and about a two hour drive from where we live. We have been to Newcastle lately for a couple of day trips and the Hunter Valley to visit friends and to go on our Hot Air Balloon ride. I
