We left after breakfast, a bit later than intended as unbeknown to us there had been an electric brown out the previous day for about an hour and the clock by the side of the bed has stopped for about one hour ten minutes. When Noel woke up he looked at the clock and it said 0640, a bit early for morning tea and so further rest ensued and then he got up quietly at 0730 only to find breakfast being delivered, so it was really 0830.We decided to have breakfast inside as the birds are fully aware when breakfast is delivered and some of them arrive on the doorstep singing for food, see picture, and if you leave the food on the outside table it goes very quickly indeed.
We headed South through a lot of road works, they are extending the motorway system further North and there were many miles of slow driving which made our arrival into Newcastle, about 100 miles from Sydney, about 1600 hrs
As the Easter holiday rush was over we had not booked anywhere. We were certainly put off by this place which is a large port and industrial area and with quite high Hotel and Motel prices and so we headed further South.
Most of the Motels we saw were either low standard and often without internet connection which I needed today so as to be able to make some Skype calls. We came across a new’ish resort area with golf courses etc (very nice but that was very pricy) and by now it’s beginning to get a bit late. We came across a Bridge to a place called ‘The Entrance’ a strange name but found a multi story hotel/apartment complex with a good price and so we are staying here for the night. Also it’s got a good internet connection so I can do my calls.
The front of the block is right on the sea front with a large area of new buildings and a large choice of restaurants and so we were pleased that we did not stay in
