If you are truly fascinated by dolphins, and happen to be visiting Sydney, be sure to catch a glimpse of port Stephen’s dolphins.
There is a tour called Port Stephens Dolphin Magic, through which you depart from Sydney city headed for port Stephens in an air conditioned coach. Even before you get to savor the pleasures of Port Stephens, the trip there on the coach has a lot of potential for fun, passing as it does via the world famous Sydney Harbor Bridge, and via the city’s Hawkesbury River – where you get to see some amazingly tall sandstone cliffs. The air conditioned coach won’t take you all the way to Port Stephens though. At a place called Williamstown, you will have to get off the coach, and embark onto a four wheel drive vehicle, because the final phase of the route to Port Stephens can get a little rough at this point. On this phase of your trip to Williamstown on the four wheel drive vehicle, you will pass through a place called ‘desert by the sea’ and if you have brought your camera with you, be sure to take a snap of the sand dunes here – they just fascinating. This place also has a quite an extensive beach – more than 20 miles of beach to be precise – at a place called Stockton, which would be your final stop-over before lastly getting to Port Stephens.
Port Stephen’s beach – while quite small – is remarkably beautiful and you will enjoy lazing here before proceeding with your tour of Sydney. The boats on which you get to see the actual Port Stephens dolphins are equipped with a net in which you can be wrapped, and then get deeper into the water for a closer look of these amazing animals. It can get rather cold down there though – and for some people, being lowered down there has been described as the perfect way to kill a stubborn hangover – while for people who lowered without a hangover, the experience turned out to be what they describe as reinvigorating.
Besides the dolphins, there is also the opportunity that you will get to sight a whale while in Port Stephens. This is not guarantee though, because unlike their cousins the dolphins, the whales are migratory animals and are therefore ever on the move. Still there is a chance that you could spot – and even photograph a whale in Port Stephens while in Sydney.
Other than in the deeper waters of Port Stephens, dolphins are also to be found on the calmer waters on the port Stephens bay – and this yet another good place to catch a sight of these gigantic and clever water animals.
Port Stephens is also home to a number of fine cafes where you can calm those hunger pangs – and these are particularly good places to catch some sea food. The best is located in a location where you can eat and get to enjoy a beautiful view of the sea at the same time.
