When we got to Nelson
Bay, we had around half an hour before our cruise left. The waterfront was
gorgeous, so I went to take a picture but realised my camera lens wouldn’t open,
which was so stressful and really disappointing as I wanted to take pictures of
dolphins on the cruise.I did some googling and
realised it was likely some sand had got into the lens when we were boarding,
and was probably stuck. I tried everything to get it out but nothing would work
by the time we had to get on the boat.
Our boat was called the Moonshadow.
It was a really cool boat that had a water slide and a net where you could swim
with the dolphins in the summer. The water would have been far too cold when we
went though.We initially sat on the
top deck, but it was so windy we decided to move inside until we saw any
dolphins. It took around half an hour to get out of the bay before the tannoy
said they could see dolphins in the distance.
We went outside straight
away, but there was only a couple of dolphins swimming and we didn’t get that
close. We stayed there for around 15 minutes watching the two of them and then
the captain said he would try and find some more closer to the bay. We did see one more, but
that was it. We were both a bit disappointed that we hadn’t seen more. On the
way back into the bay I called Canon and googled a few tips to get the sand out
of my camera. Luckily it started working again but I was advised not to use it
too much.
When we got off the boat
we had a look at a few shops in Nelson Bay and then went and walked to the
breakwater in the marina. There were so many pelicans which were absolutely
huge. There was one that was blocking the entrance to a fish and chip shop which
was funny to watch.
After the breakwater, we
walked back into town and stopped at Coles and the post office to pick up a few
things. We caught the bus back just before sun set and ended up meeting Stephy
and Sarah who had also come to Nelson Bay after sand boarding.
We got back to the
hostel, showered and then I got changed into my pyjamas. We were catching
the 8.50pm Greyhound bus to Port Macquarie, which didn’t get in until 12.30am.
We hung out in the hostel lounge watching the Olympics until it was time to
leave.
We got the bus and I
tried to sleep a little but didn’t have much luck so I ended up talking to mum
for around an hour. When we got off at Port Macquarie, we met a Dutch girl
called Carla who was staying at our hostel, the Ozzie Pozzie YHA.
We had to walk around 15
minutes to get to our hostel but it was all uphill and really uneven so I
struggled with my two suitcases. I definitely wished I had called a cab to get
there. It was around 1.15am by the time we got there. I had a disaster when I
got to the room as I realised my water bottle had cracked in my backpack and
leaked everywhere.
It had completely drowned
both my English and Australian phone, as well as my camera. Amazingly, my
English phone was working but it didn’t have data so it would only work in wifi
areas. It was SO frustrating as I had
spent so long fixing my camera from earlier. It was too late to do anything so
I took out all the batteries and hoped they would dry overnight.
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