Nelsons Bay - Australia

We arrived in Australia the 24th July and spent a week in Melbourne, then flew to Proserpine to spend a week in the Whitsundays for a week where we visited the Great Barrier Reef, then onto Sydney for a week, 2 days in the Hunter Valley, 3 nights in Nelson Bay followed by our last 3 nights on Bondi Beach. We fly home via 3 nights in Kuala Lumpur.

We thought Nelsons Bay was going to be a leisurely break but our son had other ideas for us which involved climbing Tomaree Mountain. It's summit is 161 meters above sea level and only a distance of 1.1km, so it's very steep and categorised as a Grade 5 hike.

Nelsons Bay and area was full of Pelicans, they kept their distance as did we, but they're obviously used to the number of people who visit this area.

Pelicans the size of a small child

Rainbow Lorikeet

Gannet

Anna Bay and sand dunes

Sea grass

Coral? Sponge?

The rocks were covered with these tubes that looked like ice cream cones and squirted out water as the tide receded. They're called Cunjevoi or Sea squirts.

Sand dunes

Sea views

Gan Gan Lookout

Gymea Lilies

Climbing up Tomaree Mountain. 1.1km distance, 161ms to the top

Zenith Beach