We've not been north before except in aeroplanes to Queensland so were looking forward to seeing some of New South Wales, north of Sydney. Location and accommodation were selected by Ben under his own initiative whilst I was back in Europe. Just thought he would like that recorded.
We didn't get off to the best start. An unintentionally merry evening with Ben's work colleagues on Friday night, meant we didn't quite make the 8am start we intended. It was more like midday by the time we joined the hideous snaking queue of traffic heading out of Sydney.
Leaving Sydney via the Harbour Bridge |
After that things improved enormously - we turned off the highway after Newscastle and drew into Anna Bay. I was hoping my namesake town wouldn't be disappointing. And phew!!! We pulled up the car and stumbled up a sandy path through the sand dunes to find a stunning deserted beach that was simply breathtaking in the late afternoon light......
After watching the sunset we headed to our little bolthole in the nearby gum trees and spent the evening cooking some food and enjoying some of the wine we'd over ordered from our Barossa valley trip.
The next day saw a fun packed list of activities:
Riding a camel. Anna Bay has some of the largest sand dunes in the Southern Hemisphere |
We climbed a summit and saw a humpback whale from the top |
Found another stunning and deserted beach |
Moved some flotsam |
Were happy |
And some of us got very wet feet |
Well, you two answer the question.....was the late start due to slothful behaviours?
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Looks just heavenly - which of course it would be given it shares your name!!
ReplyDeleteImpressive impression of a Dozer from Fraggle Rock in the camel photo!
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