Port Stephens NSW September 15-20 2016
Port Stephens NSW September 15-20 2016 Port Stephens, aka Nelson Bay, is our current location - actually we are a place called Soldiers Point, but it may as well be the same place. The first thing you notice driving around is that it's jam-packed people and housing wise. Every square inch of land has been developed and exploited into huge mansions or multi-storey units or both, and the second thing is that all the roads are 50kph, except those through the shops, which are 40kph. It just makes it dull, boring and downright frustrating to go driving around trying to get a glimpse of the few natural features that are left. There's an added insult - in the towns such as Nelson Bay and Shoal Bay, it's pay parking, either 4 hour or 8 hour, which is too bad if you just want to take half an hour to stroll the marina and buy an ice-cream. The marina is the usual pretty place, and as usual, the piers and jetty are closed to all but those that own the boats. But a snap just becau...