Visit Palm Beach, Australia

Once, when I used to watch Home and Away (before I got too busy to watch TV), I would see “Summer Bay” (it’s really called Palm Beach, located just over an hours drive from Sydney CBD) and daydream about visiting. On screen, it reminded me of Mt Maunganui, New Zealand. Tranquil water, boats and jetty on one side, and a beautiful beach over the other side. Both places have a hill that you can climb for a view over the ocean.

It’s only taken us four years. We finally travelled to the opposite end of Sydney to see the famous (in Australia and New Zealand) beach. On arrival, we headed towards the surf club.

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Back down the hill, Aaliyah had forgotten her tanty (thank goodness), so we visited “Alf’s bait shop” which had a beautiful looking restaurant attached to it. We walked along the jetty, and took some photos. I discovered a sea plane flies out of this place. This is one adventure to add to the bucket list I think! I haven’t been in a sea plane since I was a kid, is a plane flying off a lake still called a sea plane?

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After a short walk back to the car, we discovered the baby was not yet ready for a car ride, so we headed back to the surf club and grabbed ice cream for the kids (and the big kid - me).

My friend headed home while me and the kids visited the beautiful Whale Beach.

I can’t wait to get back there and journey to the light house. I’ll make sure to update this post once I do it!