I went to Forster-Tuncurry with Sue and ‘the kids’.
That’s the famous bridge linking the twin cities, which we’d visited in our youths. The weather was clouded and cool, and the water very cold, so we didn’t swim.
But we explored all around the seaside towns, including the beaches and shopping district. The three silhouettes in the shot above are the three ‘kids’ (Sues two and her daughters boyfriend).
That’s Sue of course. This was later in the day when the weather improved. I wonder what she was looking at?
Take a look at my shoes in the top shot, specifically the soles. Those little roundels make them harder to walk in and therefore better for exercise. Who thought it was a good idea to wear them to Australia consider some days I’d be exceeding 35k steps 🙂
There was a small fair on the Tuncurry side that we visited after dinner. The lights in this guy (the photo is not altered) were brilliant against the evening sky. (Yes, two of ‘the kids’ are riding it in that photo!)
We also saw wild dolphins in the channel and offshore at the beach! Forster apparently has 250+ living there and we wanted to go on a cruise to see them closer the next morning but alas it was not running. So instead we visited an animal park called Oakvale on the way back to Newcastle.
Oakvale has all sorts of animals but of course only one mattered to me.
I was so happy to see the roos and they were equally happy to see me.
I’m certain they’ll remember me as long as I remember them 🙂
I fed a pig too. And milked a cow!
Oakvale was impressive. We had been as kids but it’s a lot more professional now and in my opinion absolutely worth the admission just for the roos alone (and especially if you have young kids).
Oh I almost forgot that on the drive back we visited Uluru…
…which had a gollywog museum/shop inside.
Only in Australia? ?
Thanks to Sue for making this mini trip north possible. Forster was cool and nostalgic and may even be visited once again in my future since that dolphin cruise looked very interesting…