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Port Stephen's and the Tea Gardens





Hi loyal followers, another busy and eventful day at Port Stephen’s. 
 
We decided that we would we venture from Pt Stephen’s over to Tea Garden, (No there are no real tea garden just a name), to wander around and check out the sights.

The ferry an old RAAF boat from way back

View from the back across the channel
Rob hamming it up

What a great idea it was to go over early on the Pt Stephen’s Ferry Service at 8.30am. We were the only passengers and yes, we got to see the dolphins ride along with us at the front of the boat. Other trips were not that lucky as us on the early trip.



The trip takes about an hour as it must go around the channel, then into the Myall River to dock at Tea Garden. It was calm and Rob didn’t even get a bit sick.





We got off and found out we had our map upside down. Beware of the navigator!!, but it didn’t matter we walked over towards Bennett’s Beach which was about 40 min one way over the bridge we go. A good piece of exercise for the day.


What a great beach and spot to swim and just laze about. Crystal clear water and a gentle surf. The beach sweeps left and right for miles. Why didn’t we take our togs we were saying!!

Bennett's Beach



After a brief stop and rest, and a paddle in the water, we headed back for a lunch of Fish & Chips.

More wooden poles commemorating local settlers
After a brief wait in the shade we got back on the Ferry and headed home. It really was worth the time and money to see this place and have the cruise on the bay.


Back home for a nice swim in the pool here to cool down because it is still hot here.

Yesterday we did a couple of jobs around the van due to breakages to the Jockey wheel and the connectors to the van from the car. Luckily, we put our heads together and sorted out those things.
After doing the shopping for these things we went to a jetty to do some fishing.


Lizzy's idea of fishing

swimming spot
 Yes, lots of bites but all that was caught were little fellows who went straight back. After a short time, we said that was enough of having the bait chewed off as soon it hit the bottom, so we went for a swim in the bay next to the wharf. It was nice and cool and enjoyable.
We also went up to Gan Gan lookout to get view of the bay. It was quite nice, but some smoke haze about made it a bit hard to see clearly too far.


Native plants - these are everywhere
Well we are having a Whale of a time.


We thought you had to keep separation between Church and State 😊


Well that all for folks for now. Tune in again next time for the next episode of our adventures in NSW.
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