We had the skill, we had the will and we also had the car to go from Sydney to Brisbane ... by car. When we started, we didn't know where we are going to stay for how long. It was in the middle of the road when we decided that our next big destination was to be Gold Coast instead of Brisbane. But let us not get ahead of ourselves.
While booking with airbnb, I had to decide between a room at the sea and one in the forest. Since Diana loves the forest but we didn't have many chances to be in one, I went for the one with the trees. We will look into that into the future but the important point is that we lived not in Newcastle but in Charlestown. Now that I think about it, it is not important at all.
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| Nobbys Head |
On the way to Newcastle, we did a stop at the Entrance where I apparently made no photos at all. The Entrance at the first of a row of bridges that connect small islands. We arrived so late that there was no sunlight at all, so the place wasn't as impressive to look at as it should be and it was almost deserted. We did a break anyway and went to a restaurant close to the water called "Cantina". They had Bachata music playing, so although there was no dance floor we danced a couple of songs while waiting for our food. There were only two other tables with people and they seem uninterested. We had fresh fish and tacos and it was surprisingly good. Then we went on.
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| Nobbys Point |
We stays at Charlestown for two nights. On the first day we went to Newcastle and visited Nobbys Head which sounds perverted but is just an elongated bit of land protruding into the ocean. It was a nice walk but really windy as soon as you walked out a bit. So windy that I was surprise to find someone going there on a bike. When we got back, we wandered around a bit in the centre of the town which has a row of cafes and restaurants that were much more charming than the rest of the town would let you assume. We had some Japanese food, a milkshake and went home full and happy.
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| Rainforest |
After the second night and before going on the road, I found out a spot of rain forest we could visit because the place we slept, although it had lots of trees was not foresty enough and I still had to keep my forest promise to Diana. So we went to ... (wait for it) Blackbutt reserve. Hahahaha! It says "butt".
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| Owl |
The most exciting thing that happened there was we were at a part in the edge of the forest where noone else was around and when we arrived at a big tree, we woke the bats who were sleeping there. For the next quarter of an hour, our walk was accompanied by bat screeching and bats flying over the trees.
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| Reptile |
After our walk we visited an intergrated small zoo. The pictures are more exciting than anything I'd have to say, so here is a picture dump of the rest of our visit.
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| Bird ... with colours. |
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| Frogs | |
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| Snake | | | |
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| Evil panda of death |
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| Ducks commenting on other ducks in the pond |
Goodbye!
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