Kooragang Wetlands

Kooragang Wetlands. Picnic with my daughter and her boyfriend on a cold and windy day.Short walk on the Mangrove Boardwalk and along the Hunter River to Cobbans Creek.

Lorn Paddle

Paddled from the beach at Lorn opposite Maitland and up past the railway bridge and back.

Looking up at the Maitland  River Walk and the road bridge at the start of the paddle.

The rail bridge to Paterson  

Peaceful river scenery. 

A quick stop for a drink and a stretch at a sandbar upstream of the rail bridge. 

I assume someone drowned whilst swimming here?

The last stretch coming back in to Maitland/Lorn 

Nice rural paddle with lots of fish and birds seen. Total of 13 klm in  2.5 hrs all up.

Hunter Symmetry

  Todays walk on both the north and south breakwaters of the Hunter River at Newcastle.




















Train to Newcastle and then Ferry to Stockton to walk out on the North breakwater first. This breakwater incorporates some wrecks from late 19th and early 20 century into it's construction.







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Sooty oystercatchers along the Stockton breakwater.

Pod of dolphins cruises past while waiting for the return ferry to Newcastle after a nice lunch and beer at the General Washington Hotel.

The belltower of the Customs House now a bar and function centre with a lovely fountain out the front.

Nobbys Head

.Bouy it was a good day.