Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Newcastle, Port Stevens and Hunter Valley Trip
sian... back to the usual life of mugging again. But definely had an awesome holidays for the whole week. Couldn't be more satisfied haha... Explored beyond sydney with the med peeps. Didnt took any pics becoz my hp cam too lousy and would undermine the beauty of the scenery, so decided not to use it :p
shall use some of the pics i got off facebook instead. haha... thanks to those who posted it: jordan, mingfei, michael, manuel, kengyang, oi, doie, jennifer and christie.
Day 1: Shoal Bay & Soldier's Point
some of the amazing sceneries during our 4hr journey by car
once we reached the first sign of civilisation...
the house that mingfei rented: it costs abt $48 per person for 3 days ($16/day) and can fit all 11 of us. Awesome accomodation for such a cheap price.
my room
family picture. Look at michael the friendly ghost at the back haha...
and then we head off to the oyster farm
kengyang conversing with a kingfisher, telling it not to steal our oysters and prawns
and then to soldier's point to watch sunset
and then we went to supermarket to buy food before going back to our lodge. We cooked everything together and prepared a good meal...
Day 2: Hunter Valley
Went to Port Stevens the following morning. But didnt do much there except taking more pics haha...
and then we set off to hunter valley, where jordan, manuel and his sister joined us.
our slick rides. 3 of them are the same haha...
There are a total of over 20 wineries in hunter valley but we went to only about 5 of them haha... no time to cover everything.
And all the wineries allowed free wine tasting. SO... we drank quite abit and i felt kinda drunk at the end of it all. Everyone bought at least a bottle of wine back, since its cheap and we got discount for buying in bulk. I got a bottle of mascato white whine for $15
*happy*
At Drayton's
wine barrels during the wine tours at Tyrell's
At McGuigan Winery...
wine tasting
and then we had a picnic for lunch...
There are also some chocolate shops around...
beautiful sunset
and for dinner, we cooked together again
Day 3: Sandboarding + Newcastle
Went down to the beach in the morning
and i took a dip in the ocean
and then we went further up the beach for sandboarding...
its quite amazing how the desert is just further up beside the beach
michael: *running dry*
michael: *is fading away*
me and the camels...
And then we went off to newcastle. Didnt see much of that city because we had to get back to sydney before sunset. So ended up spending only a couple of hours there, so we just went to some of the recommended tourist spots...
Nobby's Headlands
Christchurch Cathedral
Amazing trip! haha... we had thousands of pics taken together but i picked only some of the good ones with me inside :p
And the best thing about the tip is: we covered everything UNDER $200!!! Thanks to mingfei's awesome planning. Best budget trip ever!
next up is the rural camp at Oakfield, Dunedoo. But I will leave that for another time. haha... *tired*
Left his memories on 1:01 AM|
~ It's just a goodnight and not goodbye ~
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