We’ve had a busy day, touring around the various sights and sounds in and around Port Stephens.

With another blue sky day in front of us, we decided to first visit Zenith Beach, located in Tomaree National Park. It’s a picturesque and serene coastal haven, with rugged headlands and pristine surroundings offering tranquillity and natural beauty.

From there we headed down the coastline to Fingal Beach.

It’s a glorious white sandy beach tucked under Fingal Head. This family-friendly, patrolled surf beach was perfect to catch a wave. We spent an hour just relaxing and dipping in and out of the ocean.

After the beaches we went down to Nelson Bay marina to book a dolphin cruise around the bay, which we are doing tomorrow morning for a couple of hours.

d’Albora Marina Nelson Bay is the hub of Nelson Bay with specialty stores and waterfront dining and is the gateway to cruising around St Stephen’s Bay.

The marina offered up local food and wine, fish feeding and so much more, however rather than eating at Bub’s Famous fish & chips, we wanted to return to The Anchorage Hotel for lunch, where we stayed in Dec 2019 when last in the area.

We had an enjoyable pizza and drinks at the fabulous Anchorage Marina, with great views out over the bay.

We couldn’t help ourselves and were keen to have a wander around the luxury hotel and Michelle relaxed in the lounge area where we last sat some 5yrs or so ago. So glad we got the opportunity to return and revisit the beautiful hotel.

After lunch, we went on to the Gan Gan Lookout and the spectacular views of beautiful Port Stephens and beyond, one of the highest points in the area.

Towards the end of the day we visited our last beach of the day, Birubi Beach is located on the Northern end of the Stockton Sand Dunes, the largest moving dunes in the Southern Hemisphere. If you’re ever in the Port Stephens area, you should definitely check it out.

We plan to return and try sand surfing as it’s such a lovely location. Today we just wandered along the beach and caught the last of the day’s glorious sunshine.

Tomorrow we are back on the water to go and check out the 100 resident Bottlenose Dolphins that live in the Bay at Port Stephens.