North Brother lookouts

Here's the view to the north from the North Brother mountain, near Laurieton, NSW.

We were staying in North Haven, which is the more distant settlement, just over the bridge in the centre left of the top photo.





The view to the south, and to Crowdy Bay. Sydney is 300km or so further down the coast.

The other two brothers are nearby. Here's Wikipedia on their etymology:

The Australian Aboriginal local Birpai people tell a dreamtime story of three brothers who were killed by a witch called Widjirriejuggi and were buried where the mountains stand. The youngest of the three was Dooragan, that now carries the name for one of the national parks.^[8]
By amazing coincidence, when Captain James Cook passed the area on 12 May 1770 he named the mountains Three Brothers, since "these Hills bore some resemblance to each other".^[9][10]

North Brother, from North Haven

Pelicans, perambulations, and addictive pies!

We spent a few days recently in North Haven, a nice sleepy holiday town on NSW's Mid North Coast, a bit south of Port Macquarie.

Its most famous attraction is the Addictive Pie Shop. I sampled the allegedly addictive wares, and agreed there could be something to that name. My steak Diane pie was indeed pretty good, and I hadn't come across that particular pie appellation before. Of  course there are countless 'best pie shop in the world' contenders in Australia. Some even claim best in the universe. But this one's probably up there.


What else do you do in North Haven? I think most people do fishing. I did strolling the waterfront walkways and watching the pelicans and the other strollers. And we used the place as a comfortable base for further sightseeings and  visits.
















The waterfront at nearby Laurieton







                Among the mangroves