Nelson Bay

While at Nelson bay we stayed at Halifax Holiday Park situated on a peninsula between Little Beach and Shoal Bay at the base of the Nelson Head Inner Lighthouse. The lighthouse is now the headquarters for the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol and also has a "tea house" and gift shop and great views of the area. For us, the park had everything. In the mornings we rode our bikes down to Fingal Bay and back which is about 14 k's, had a swim at Little Beach and we often had breakfast at the little kiosk which has fabulous food.
When at home in the summer we swim laps most mornings of the week at Merewether Baths and know that we will miss that on our trip. Little Beach is perfect because it is sheltered and very calm and you can swim laps along the beach inside the shark nets. I later learned that it wasn't a shark net at all but just a line of buoys showing the boats that they cannot come into that area. Because I get nervous swimming in the ocean worrying about those fish with the fins and sharp teeth I chose to believe that it really was a shark net and enjoyed my laps. At the other end of the park you can walk down to Shoal Bay beach which has beautiful soft sand and a few waves, depending on the swell of course.
In the late afternoons we'd make ourselves a couple of margaritas, walk out on the point and watch the sun setting. (We are getting used to this life very quickly.)
Nelson Bay has something for everybody. There is fishing, para sailing, kayaking, surfing, go carting, golfing, bush walking, quad biking, ferry rides across to Hawkes Nest and Tea Gardens and heaps more. Just "google" Nelson Bay and have fun choosing what to do and what to see. We are now heading to Stockton Caravan Park for three nights. Boy, what a big trip, about half an hours drive away. It takes us longer to pack and unpack than it does to drive there.
Mike's happy, we have had a few more additions to the list in the last couple of days, so when we are set up he'll be off. What would he do without these lists.