Port Stephens: By Land, By Water & In The Air
Further north, in search of warmer weather. Based on the philosophy that it is best to play for the camper's good sides - rather than the bad sides.
With our fairly extensive experience with 4×4 trips in cold climates, the Troopy's layout is primarily designed for warm and warm conditions. Due to the minimum insulation, condensed water is a challenge - at the same time it is not perfectly waterproof.
Pelicans are one of many iconic animals for Australia, we were very much looking forward to meeting them again.
As is often the case, the animals quickly learn where the easy meal is. In this case – at the public fish cleaning stations. There the local anglers stand and clean the day's catch with a faithful audience of pelicans, who watch hungrily and follow the slightest movement - ready to pounce on the scraps that are thrown out to them.
In the meantime, you can see where the expression "It blows half a pelican" comes from.
What do you do when the weather forecast calls for rain and your campervan is a bit at least to stay in all day? Then, of course, you book a Whale Safari where it doesn't matter if we get a little wet.
In different parts of the world we have been on Whale Safari. In Iceland, we have seen all kinds of whales up close, but only once have we experienced larger whales that jumped out of the water... that is, until now. A good distance out to sea, we find humpback whales, which throw themselves around in the waves with great pleasure. A view that we have always wanted to see and not least to take pictures of.
We were also lucky to see a sea eagle. It even caught a mouse among the rocks before taking off and flying on.
It was a few days with: On water, On land & In the air
