We have travelled north to Nelson Bay for a Aussie beach summer holiday. It was an easy drive up the Pacific Highway two and a half hours to Hawks Nest. We’ve stayed here lots of times before and we like it a lot. Out of holiday season it is very quiet (deserted!) and we have the beaches more or less to ourselves.
We’ve rented a duplex townhouse (two-storey semi) a couple of streets from the beach. It’s almost new and very well equipped. No water views, but lots of bush and lots of bird life. The dawn chorus is a bit much, especially the kookaburras at 6am! We even saw a koala crossing the road and disappearing into someone’s garden.
The swimming is good and the dolphins are active. I had a little go at fishing yesterday and caught one small bream.
Look on the bright side, I say – that proves there are fish in the bay and they will eat my bait!
