I had to be up really
early this morning for James to be able to drop me at Central Station in time
for my train to Newcastle. We loaded all of my luggage into the car and said
goodbye at the station. It felt really strange to say goodbye as I had been in
Sydney for quite a while compared to other places and had enjoyed spending time
with James. But I was really looking forward to starting my trip up the East
Coast.
The lift in the station
wasn’t working so I had to get on the escalator with all my stuff which was a
bit difficult. I topped up my opal card, and found my train really easily. The
only issue was that there was station maintenance in Hamilton, the stop before
Newcastle, so I had to get off the train at a place called Broadmeadow, and
catch the shuttle bus to Newcastle. It was a bit of a pain with all my stuff.
A few people got off the
bus including a girl with a giant backpack. I asked if she was heading to the Newcastle
Beach YHA as there wasn’t too many hostels in Newcastle and she was. It turns
out that Jess, from Northampton, had just finished working in Sydney and was
heading up the coast on a really similar route to me. We walked up to the YHA
together and checked into the same room.
The hostel was really
nice and we both instantly noticed how the atmosphere was a lot more relaxed
than the city hostels we had stayed in. We chilled in the room for a little
while planning out the rest of our trip. At 12, I headed to down to reception to
meet Lydia, who I had met at Surf Camp and was living in Newcastle.
We walked down to
Newcastle Beach, and then along the Esplanade to Nobby’s Beach. It was such a
nice day so the views were really good.
We stopped to watch the
surfers for a little while and then walked past the lighthouse and along the
Newcastle Breakwall. On the way we saw a huge sea lion basking out in the sun
on the rocks.
We then walked back along
the breakwater and through the Newcastle Foreshore to head to Lydia and her
boyfriend Tom’s house for lunch. I met Tom, and they cooked us a really nice pesto
pasta meal.
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