Monthly Archives: December 2017
Sydney: St. Mary’s Cathedral
18 and 19 December 2017 St. Mary’s Cathedral prominently sits on the edge of Hyde Park looking over Sydney’s central business district. The Catholic Church is worth a visit any time, but we were in for a special treat during … Continue reading
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Sydney: City Skyline
17 – 19 December 2017 Sydney is one of the world’s great cities and the largest in Australia. Here are a few skyline pictures we took from the Sydney Harbour area.
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Somersby Falls
16 December 2017 Somersby Falls west of Gosford was our last stop of the day. The walk from the upper falls down to the middle and lower falls was pleasant but there was very little falling water.
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Gosford Classic Car Museum
16 December 2017 My favorite stop of the day was the Gosford Classic Car Museum. They have an impressive collection of classic cars manufactured all over the world. The Communist Car Collection was particularly interesting. As an American I was … Continue reading
The Entrance, NSW
16 December 2017 In our tour of the Central Coast Region we stopped at The Entrance, a town named for its location on the channel that is the entrance to the Tuggerah Lakes. It is a local holiday destination. We … Continue reading
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Blacksmiths Beach
15 December 2017 Today we relaxed. Blacksmiths Beach was only a 5 minute walk from our holiday park. A nice beach but the water was too cold to stay in long.
Morisset Park, NSW
14 December 2017 Morisset Park was listed on TripAdvisor as a great place to have a picnic lunch and see kangaroos. We are suckers for seeing roos and we needed a stop for lunch as we circled Lake Macquarie. We … Continue reading
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Snapper Point in Munmorah Park
14 December 2017 Snapper Point is a lookout in Munmorah State Conservation Park. With a short walk it provides fantastic views of the surrounding coastline. We did not fully investigate the park. If we had more time, Frazer Beach, Bongon … Continue reading
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Caves Beach, NSW
14 December 2017 After few days in Newcastle, we moved less than an hour south to the Lake Macquarie area. Our first stop was Caves Beach. True to its name, Caves Beach has a series of seas caves that the … Continue reading
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Newcastle, NSW
12 – 13 December 2017 Newcastle, the second largest city in New South Wales, is located about 100 miles (160 km) north of Sydney on the Hunter River. Once “Steel City”, the export of coal and other minerals from the … Continue reading
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