Our beautiful day yesterday walking on the beaches of Nelson Bay has been followed by a rainy day which seemed to follow us up the coast. Luckily, we would get ahead of it and see a few things before we dashed back to the car to avoid the next rain drops. We travelled off the Pacific Hwy #1 to take the tourist drives along the coast.
Our first stop was at Seal Rocks...about 10 km on a mostly sealed road ...to a walk that took us up to a spectacular view from an old lighthouse whose buildings have now been converted to some accommodation for a handful of people at a time. The view was made more spectacular as we got to observe dolphins and whales feeding in the sea below us. The whales are on their southward migration back to the Antarctic and they come close to shore to feed. It was wonderful seeing their blow and watching some rotate in the water. Lots of pictures, mostly fuzzy, to come. No seals are left there...these were killed off early in the 1900's...typical of our tribe. There was a wonderful secluded empty beach that stretched below us. The sand here is so fine and lovely, but again the water is still cool.
Our next stop was at Pacific Palms to have lunch at Frothy Coffee. The names here are so catchy. Who can resist stopping at a place like that?
Next Cape Hawke at the north end of Booti Booti Park..another great name... We huffed and puffed up about 420 stairs to get a panoramic view of the countryside just south of Forster. We got to the top to find another little tour with about 40 steps that went up above the trees. And the view was worth it! 360 deg over the coast and the inner lakes of this area. We were able to get down before the rain came pelting again. What a wet day! No drought in this part of Australia.
Tonight the hotel we are at in Port Macquarrie recommended we go down the street to have dinner at The Club. Turned out that is what they call casinos here. No mention of gambling in any of the ads for it. We had to sign in with our names and addresses. What we will do for a cheaper meal! Food seems expensive here compared to home. Even the stuff grown here is costly. For example, an avocado costs about $2.25...( Can $ is at par with Aus $) and it grows here..just down the road!
No illegal migrant workers here to make food cheap is the only answer we can come up with.
Jurg loves the car..a Skoda Octavia...has lots of pick up and yet very easy on the petrol. Has a big boot that accommodates all our stuff. Don't I sound like an Aussie?
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