Surf beach still close, so we went for a drive around to visit Shoal Bay and Fingal Bay. We’ve stayed in Fingal Bay a few times, but never Shoal Bay.
We’ve stayed in Nelson Bay, and the caravan park we’ve stayed at fronts the very protected Nelson Bay beach and backs onto to dumpling deep drop off at the western end of the large Shoal Bay
Nelson Bay and Shoal Bay are inside Port Stephens, and Shoal Bay gets some dumpy surf at one end and is calm safe beach at the easterly Shoal Bay town end
Fingal Bay is a small bay outside Port Stephens itself, and directly open the Pacific Ocean. Being a bay one side of the beach cops the large ocean swells and the other side more subdued swell washing around a point.
The swells rolling in through the Fingal Bay headland were enormous, as were the waves and spray where they smashed into the headland outside the bay.
Fingal Bay spit is where the Lara Bingle “where the bloody hell are you” tourism commercial was shot
Another dinner of Creepy Uncle Crusty’s famous pies. Due to the unsupervised Ingredient Manager’s supply line the pies where getting heavier and heavier on veggies everytime Ross makes them. A line has now been drawn regarding the minimum meat content
Shoal Bay beach, a very calm and safe family friendly beach …. not at all like the big smashing surf beach Daniel prefers
Creepy Uncle Crusty’s Pie Factory was open again tonight. Its a great family treat when Creepy Uncle Crusty comes to town
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