DAY 3 (14 NOV)

The third day of explorations took me north once again, this time to Newcastle - and it took a train journey of nearly 3 hours to get there.

The first place I visited was Nobby's Headland and Lighthouse, located where the Hunter River met the Tasman Sea. Walked right to the very end of the breakwater too.

From there, I headed to Fort Scratchley, a WWII fortification located just around the corner. As the fort was built on a hill overlooking the river mouth, it had great views of the city and surrounding coast.

Looking back at Nobby's Headland and the mouth of the Hunter River, from Fort Scratchley:

Paroramic view of the city and more of the Hunter River:

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From the Fort, it was lunch, then a long-ish walk back along the river to the Stockton Ferry Wharf, where I caught the ferry to cross the Hunter to the other bank (You can actually see the wharf and ferry in the panorama above).

The Stockton side of the river was mostly residential, so there was less to do, but the riverside park still gave pretty nice views of the city.

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After Stockton, it was back to the other shore, then a train ride back towards Sydney. Instead of going all the way back though, I made a stop at Woy Woy, to have a quick look around Brisbane Water, which was an offshoot of the Hawkesbury River (no idea why it's called Brisbane Water though).

TBC in another post...