I was aware of it, largely because of those amazing images from June 2007, of the stricken bulk coal carrier the Pasha Bulker, stuck there high and dry. Every day crowds would gather to wonder at the skill of the crew who'd managed to put it there. And every day the then Ports Minister Joe Tripodi would stand in front of the TV cameras seemingly to take credit for the rescue operation, and to inform us of its impending success. One day he was standing there informing us again there'd soon be some progress, while the thing had clearly been refloated behind him and was moving off screen already!
Anyway, it's only a few hundred metres from Newcastle's train station, and it's quite a little gem. Newcastle's only a two and three quarter hour comfortable ride north of Sydney, making it a convenient day trip for newly accredited Seniors Card holders, exploring the possibilities of their new toy - me for example.
It was a nice, predominantly blue sky day, and while it wasn't quite warm enough to attract me or anyone else into the ocean, I enjoyed strolling the Hunter Mall pedestrian area, and enjoyed the views of the Hunter River and its busy marine traffic. Across from me was Stockton, which, looking at the map just now, seems to be an area of parks and walkways (and, let's be honest, a sewage treatment plant), as well as the enormously long beach I was aware of already. Maybe next time I'll take the ferry across the Hunter and check out this place too.
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