Travelling NSW

September 2020 - April 2024

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- Oct 2, 2020, 7:09pm
- 🌙 17 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
- Australia New South Wales Pittwater Council Palm Beach Resolute Beach -33.58579, 151.3257133°35’9” S 151°19’33” E
Day 11
Palm Beach
October 2, 2020 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
We woke up in Palm Beach. We drove to Hitchcock Park and done our run. Which was tough as it was starting to get quite hot. After we done our stretches too.
Then we drove to Newport Beach. Jake went for a surf. I had an ice cold shower but needed to sort my hair. I read my book and organised the van.
Then when Jake was done we drove back to Palm Beach.
We cooked lunch and then just sat on the grass there for the day. It was so relaxing and nice. I walked all down the other beach too and I saw all where Home and Away is filmed which was very cool.
We cooked prawns and pasta for dinner which was nice. After we cleaned up Jake got some fottage on the drone. Then we read our books on a bench by the sea and went back to the van when it got dark.Read more
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- Oct 3, 2020, 6:00pm
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 183 m
- Australia New South Wales Sydney Wahroonga Wahroonga Park -33.71574, 151.11733°42’57” S 151°7’1” E
Day 12
Palm Beach to Avoca Beach
October 3, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We woke up and drove to a rugby pitch we done a Joe Wicks at workout and our stretches.
Dad, Mam and Niamh called us. We then cooked breakfast and we took some items that we don't use everyday and put them away so they don't take up space in areas that we always need to get at.
We set off but the traffic was so bad so we decided to just pull in at the nearest park and we had lunch rather than sitting in traffic as it was very warm.
After about an hour we set off again and drove to Above Beach. It was so busy as it's a bank holiday too. We managed to get parking and we pulled in and cooked the dinner. We relaxed there for the evening and drove to the other end of the beach to sleep.Read more
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- Oct 4, 2020, 6:00pm
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- Australia New South Wales Gosford Shire Avoca Beach Heazlett Park -33.46499, 151.43533°27’54” S 151°26’6” E
Day 13
Avoca beach to Terrigal
October 4, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We woke at avoca beach. It's so busy as it's a bank holiday. Jake went for a surf and Mam and Dad called me.
We got parking right on the promenade so we watched surfers for a while too.
We then drove to Kilcare beach for the day. We swam the waves were so big and seemingly there was some sharks stuck in a rock pool down from us so we walked down. They must have got free as they weren't there.
We had our showers in the showers you rinse off at the sea and drove to Terrigal for the night.Read more
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- Oct 5, 2020, 11:00am
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- Australia New South Wales Wyong Shire Canton Beach -33.26932, 151.5417433°16’10” S 151°32’30” E
Day 14
Terrigal to Norah Head
October 5, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We woke at Terrigal and drove around to the main beach. We had a banana and watched surfers and people going by and read our books.
Then we drove to shelley beach and cooked our breakfast. It was really busy. We went down to the sand then and stayed there for about 2 hours. It was so so warm that was all we could handle. It was 30 degrees. We went back to the van and we found showers in the bathrooms so we had our showers. Then we drove to Norah Head and bought bits for dinner and cooked dinner at the lighthouse. Jake got some cool pictures and videos of the lighthouse with the drone too.
You weren't allowed to stay overnight at the lighthouse so we parked just down from it for the night.Read more
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- Oct 6, 2020, 11:22am
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Australia New South Wales Wyong Shire Canton Beach -33.26937, 151.5418333°16’10” S 151°32’31” E
Day 15
Norah Head
October 6, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
We woke up at the lighthouse. The wind was so crazy last night it kept us awake for a bit of the night. It was really dull when we woke up and drizzling rain a bit.
We drove to a park and done our run for the day. It was tough but it wasn't warm so we both felt great after it.
We then drove to Canton Beach to cook breakfast. We had rashers and eggs.
Then we found an aquatic centre near by so we went to that for a while and got showers.
After we relaxed in the van outside. Across from where we parked a guy was going crazy and all his family were trying to calm him down so it was a bit of entertainment. Jake finished his CV and sent it off to a guy he was in contact with in Ireland.
Then we drove to Swansea and got a domoinos pizza for dinner. The got Jakes order wrong 3 times!
Then we drove to 9 mile beach and parked there for the night.Read more
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- Oct 7, 2020, 11:00pm
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
- Australia New South Wales Newcastle Newcastle East Flagstaff Hill -32.92809, 151.7908332°55’41” S 151°47’27” E
Day 16
Norah Head to Newcastle
October 7, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
We woke at the 9 mile beach and had a slow lazy morning as the weather wasn't that nice again.
We had a yoghurt and drove to caves beach.
Jake went for a surf and I tidied the van and done my eyebrows.
The waves ended up being a bit too rough so we didn't spend that long there.
Then we drove to Coles and got bits for lunch and drove back to 9 mile beach to cook it.
We drove to Newcastle and watched the surfers for a while. We seen online that there was warm showers but they were closed on a Wednesday. Jake had a look around though and it's the pool that's closed so we could still get in at the showers.
We done our stretching and a small workout and then had our showers which were warm 🤙
After Jake had a go on the drone I read a bit. Then we decided to get some Thai food. We ate it at the harbour area and watched 2 episodes of rachet on Netflix.
We then went for a drive around to see the area and had a McDonald's ice cream.Read more
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- Oct 8, 2020, 7:00pm
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- Australia New South Wales Newcastle Newcastle East Flagstaff Hill -32.92953, 151.7901732°55’46” S 151°47’25” E
Day 17
Norah Head to Nelsons Bay
October 8, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We woke at Norah Head. It was quite a loud area so it took a while to get asleep.
We woke up drove to a bathroom and then drove back to do our stretches and a short joe wicks workout.
We had a yoghurt and Banana after and drove to a laundrette and sent in all our dirty clothes, all the bed clothes and our 2 towels. It came to $30 which wasn't bad as there was a good bit there.
Then we drove to Nobbys beach where Jake went for a surf but the waves weren't that good so he didn't go for long. Then we cooked dinner we had beef satay. It was very warm while cooking.
We drove down to the ocean baths were and we were gonna go for a swim and then get a shower but everywhere was very busy with kids as they are on holidays until 12 October.
After we drove to collect our clean washing.Read more
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- Oct 9, 2020, 5:45pm
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Australia New South Wales Port Stephens Shire Nelson Bay Little Nelson Bay -32.71569, 152.151132°42’56” S 152°9’4” E
Day 18
Nelsons Bay
October 9, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We woke at Nelsons Bay and went to the beach and drove around for the day.
We drove to soilders point and got a nice time lapse of the sun. This area is ment to be so popular for Koalas but loads are gone because of the fires 😞Read more
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- Oct 10, 2020, 6:00pm
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- Australia New South Wales Port Stephens Shire Shoal Bay Box Beach -32.73085, 152.1823632°43’51” S 152°10’56” E
Day 19
Nelson Bay to Hunter Valley
October 10, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We woke just before 6 and drove down to Zenith beach to catch the sunrise.
We met a man who knew loads about the sky and planets etc and told us that we were the closest we would be to Mars for 35 years.
We went to Box Beach for the day. It was so nice and really quite.
We went back up to the van to cook lunch and then went back down for most of the evening. Jake surfed but the waves were not great and I read.
Then we drove to Hunter Valley and Jake thought he found a campsite that was free but it ended up being $25 a night. It was cheaper than loads others so we stayed for the night. It really reminded us of Cledus off the Simpson's. The other people that were there seemed to live there full time which was mad. As we had a plug we were able to use the fan for the night which was great, even the noise of it was comforting.Read more
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- Oct 12, 2020, 5:00pm
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 73 m
- Australia New South Wales Cessnock -32.83236, 151.3408432°49’56” S 151°20’27” E
Day 21
Hunter Valley (hot air balloon)
October 12, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We woke at 4.30am and drove to Petersons House which is where we had to meet for the hot air balloon.
It was pitch dark.
We took a 10 minute bus ride to a big open field where there was 5 hot air balloons. We were all in different groups and there was 21 people on our basket. Two baskets had to hold 5 people each for Jake volunteered for us to go in it. I could have killed him at the time as I was so nervous but it ended up being ok as we had good views and no one in our way for pictures.
It was so so cool. The sun rise was so nice too. It was a bit cold but the heat from the blower kept us warm. The balloon would randomly go down and we thought we were landing but it was so it could gather cold air in it too go up higher again.
It was such good fun. For the landing you have to get into a certain position and it kind of hops along and then the captain pulls a rope so it dosent flip over.
After we went into a big room that was like for a wedding and had champagne, tea, orange juice and a really nice fry.
We then left there and we went to Coles before we went back to the campsite to get bits for lunch. We got back to the campsite, had our showers and got changed for the wine tasting. We walked out to the end of the road and got collected by a guy called Tyler.
He dropped us to the first tasting which was good. We bought a bottle of sparkling cider which was really nice. Then we got collected and went to the next one. This was really nice family owned winery. They had a goat called Kevin and they had a pet sheep that lived to the age of 20 called Sheila. We bought a wine there which was nice and refreshing too. Then we were dropped to the distillery that was fun and Jake tried some really hot chilli vodka.
Tyler was then 1 hour 15 mins late collecting us 😅 he said there was traffic but we were in the middle of nowhere and could smell McDonald's in his car!
We asked him did he know anywhere nice to eat and he advised his to go to Potters brewery because they had nice food. He said it was only about a 20 min walk to our campsite. We said bye and he asked us to give him a review on trip advisor.
We had our food then we searched Google maps and it was a 50 minute walk to out campsite!!!!! We were gonna kill Tyler 😅 we couldn't get a taxi either as we were in the middle of no where. After ages we eventually got one.Read more
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