Monday, February 16, 2009
Port Stephens
Jan 25 - 26, 2009
Just few hours after arriving back in Sydney from the Philippines, not minding the lack of sleep and jet lag, I joined my friends on their trip to Port Stephens - a large natural harbour that is a 2-hour drive north-east of Sydney. Instead of leaving the next day, we left around 3:30 in the afternoon so that we could start our activities early the next morning.
We didn't book accommmodation so our first agenda was to scout for motel or apartment while on road. We were almost thinking of car camping somewhere in Nelson Bay until we rang Motto Farm Motel and were advised that there were vacant rooms that could accommodate all of us. We had to travel 40 minutes going back to Raymond Terrace, though.
Our car was first in a convoy of four. We were travelling smoothly until the GPS led us to a rough road. After following bends in the trail, we ended up on the continuation of the same highway where we entered the rough road from. Aah.. we should have taken the highway instead. Well that's what you get when the map installed on your GPS is not updated.
Few minutes after getting back on the main road again, we reached the inn at last. Had dinner and played cards while watching Australian Open on TV.
In the morning, cloudy and showery weather didn't hold us back from doing our planned activities for the day. We first went to Fisherman's Bay and tried to stop the rain by dancing the Sun Dance (got this from the movie 'A Very Special Love' hehe). Here we posed for photos and enjoyed the picturesque view from the hill.
As the main purpose of our trip was to experience 4WD Adventure Tours and sandboarding, we proceeded to Sand Dunes of Stockton Beach. We hopped on a 4WD bus that would take us to sandboarding area. Travelling the slopes of dunes was surely a breathtaking adventure.
Upon getting off the bus, each one of us got a board and then the driver taught us how to get on the thing and how to glide properly. We were excited but scared to try it for the first time. We started on a short slope and after finding it fun and exciting, we moved on to a higher and steeper slope. The thrill made us scream but still we wanted to do it over and over again, much more if it was not too tiring climbing up back to the top.
After our sand dune adventure, we drove to Shoal Bay for lunch. We then strolled around the area and enjoyed the view of the beach before heading back to Sydney.
Just few hours after arriving back in Sydney from the Philippines, not minding the lack of sleep and jet lag, I joined my friends on their trip to Port Stephens - a large natural harbour that is a 2-hour drive north-east of Sydney. Instead of leaving the next day, we left around 3:30 in the afternoon so that we could start our activities early the next morning.
We didn't book accommmodation so our first agenda was to scout for motel or apartment while on road. We were almost thinking of car camping somewhere in Nelson Bay until we rang Motto Farm Motel and were advised that there were vacant rooms that could accommodate all of us. We had to travel 40 minutes going back to Raymond Terrace, though.
Our car was first in a convoy of four. We were travelling smoothly until the GPS led us to a rough road. After following bends in the trail, we ended up on the continuation of the same highway where we entered the rough road from. Aah.. we should have taken the highway instead. Well that's what you get when the map installed on your GPS is not updated.
Few minutes after getting back on the main road again, we reached the inn at last. Had dinner and played cards while watching Australian Open on TV.
In the morning, cloudy and showery weather didn't hold us back from doing our planned activities for the day. We first went to Fisherman's Bay and tried to stop the rain by dancing the Sun Dance (got this from the movie 'A Very Special Love' hehe). Here we posed for photos and enjoyed the picturesque view from the hill.
As the main purpose of our trip was to experience 4WD Adventure Tours and sandboarding, we proceeded to Sand Dunes of Stockton Beach. We hopped on a 4WD bus that would take us to sandboarding area. Travelling the slopes of dunes was surely a breathtaking adventure.
Upon getting off the bus, each one of us got a board and then the driver taught us how to get on the thing and how to glide properly. We were excited but scared to try it for the first time. We started on a short slope and after finding it fun and exciting, we moved on to a higher and steeper slope. The thrill made us scream but still we wanted to do it over and over again, much more if it was not too tiring climbing up back to the top.
After our sand dune adventure, we drove to Shoal Bay for lunch. We then strolled around the area and enjoyed the view of the beach before heading back to Sydney.
Comments:
Chel said...
Raz, oo sarap magsandboarding. kapagod lang umakyat e. hindi naman nakakapuwing yun nga lang talagang didikitan ka ng buhangin. mas kaya kong gawin to kesa sa snowboarding hehe. parang toboggan.
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ako din gusto ko magpadulas sa buhangin! :)
punta tayo dyan pagdating ko! (kelan kaya?)
-laarni
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Chel said...
Raz, oo sarap magsandboarding. kapagod lang umakyat e. hindi naman nakakapuwing yun nga lang talagang didikitan ka ng buhangin. mas kaya kong gawin to kesa sa snowboarding hehe. parang toboggan. said...
ako din gusto ko magpadulas sa buhangin! :)punta tayo dyan pagdating ko! (kelan kaya?)
-laarni
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