Exploring Port Stephens
Port Stephens is a large natural harbour located in Hunter Region of New South Whales. Sand dunes and beaches everywhere. Unfortunately we only have 1 day to explore it because our days here are for fishing. On our 1 day we chose to try to find a Koala bear in the wild.We set out to an area called Tanilba Bay where they have the Tilligerry habitat a reserve you can hike and try to spot Koalas in the wild. Yes we could have gone to a zoo or farm but I really wanted to spot one in the wild.
It was a beautiful boardwalk hike through the reserve, we headed towards the water in search of the koala. We were told they like to be by the ocean because it is cooler. Koalas survive by eating eucalyptus leaves, each koala can eat 200-500 leaves a day. Our stroll in the reserve was approximately 45 min unfortunately we did not see any. Trust me we tried finding one badly so badly our necks were in pain when we left the park from looking up all the eucalyptus trees.
Since we had no luck spotting koalas we figured one of the best places to spot wildlife is at the a golf course. Mike loves to golf so off to the golf course it was. Port Stephen's has a beautiful golf course " Nelson Bay Golf Club "http://www.nelsonbaygolf.com. I have one word for this course WOW!!!! The 27 Hole Championship Bush Course by the sea is set among a wide range of native trees with an abundance of wildlife including kangaroos, wallabies, koalas and native birds.If you want to see what Australia really looks like this is the place.It was a gorgeous location the wild life was abundant. I have never seen kangaroos in the wild and there were many. They are used to the people on the course so they just hang out and watch you play.It was a total trip to see.At any given time there would be like 30 to 50 of them on the course. Let me not forget to mention all the exotic birds, there were so many I lost track. It is was a photographers paradise. I could not believe that the green fee was only $24.00 AUD that is only $18.00. I should have paid more attention in looking for a koala on the course and I am sure there were there but I could not get over all the Kanga's and he tropical birds. It was a great day.