Port Macquarie

When we planned our stay in Port Macquarie we thought the only attraction here was the Koala hospital but boy we were wrong. Having only just arrived, the hostel manager started telling us everything we could do and see, so we immediately had to extend our stay.

Day one was to be our visit to the Koala hospital but we were told to take a nature walk along the creek on the way, as we might see wild Koalas. Much to our joy and amazement we did see one, although before I could whip out the camera he spotted us and retreated behind some leaves.

At the Koala hospital we saw around five Koalas most of which were long term residents that had been released and readmitted with further injures. We left a donation and they gave us some really cute photos of Koalas.

Day two was a bicycle ride around Port Macquarie on which we were told we might see dolphins and kangaroos but sadly we didn't see any kangaroos but we did see dolphins (Yes Jess, we've seen dolphins!).

Day Three was originally going to be hiring a small boat to go dolphin watching but having already seen dolphins we opted for a whale watching trip instead (mainly because it's the cheapest place we've found to do it). The trip was awesome, we saw a pod of three humpback whales and on the way back we had a whole pod of dolphins racing the boat and jumping in front of us (see the pictures and video on picassa).

Thoroghly exhausted we are off to Coffs Harbour tomorrow for hopefully a few quieter days.