We hopped on the local ferry at Tea Gardens for a trip across to Port Stephens to Nelson Bay. It is an hour’s pleasant journey down the river and out across the bay. The weather was wonderful – mid 20s, light breeze and very sunny with puffy white clouds.
The ferry is quite ancient and a bit bodgy in parts – the inside seats appear to be old folding cinema seats and all the woodwork is covered in many layers of old paint – but it goes fine.
Aboard the Tea Gardens Ferry
Nelson Bay is much bigger and more built up than Hawks Nest with a huge marina, several resort hotels and lots more shops.
We had a wander around, scoffed an ice-cream, then hopped on the next ferry back and headed for our own beach – Jimmy’s Beach at Winda Woppa.
