On our way to Forster we stopped just after Anna Bay to check out, Stockton Bight, the longest moving sand dunes in the southern hemisphere, that stretches 35km to Newcastle. You can book 4WD tours that take you on safaris, but we just did a short walk and then continued our journey to Forster. We soon arrived under a beautiful sun at Tea Gardens, a small town at the entrance of the Myall Lakes National Park (no entrance fee). We picked up a map at the tourist office and on our way to Mungo Brush we stopped along the road for lunch. We climbed the dunes (it felt like crossing the desert!) to access a beautiful remote beach. We had lunch enjoying the great view on the ocean. Afterwards we drove up to Mungo Brush where we did the short rain forest walk, nice but not outstanding. Then we caught the ferry (AU$4 per car, 5min trip) to reach Bombah Point Road, mainly unsealed but in very good condition, that took us to Bulahdelah. To go to Forster we choose the Lakes Way, which is supposed to be a scenic road, but as it crosses mainly forests we did not see much of the landscapes and the lakes we drove through. However along the way we visited nice places. Seven kilometers after Bulahdelah we turned onto Stoney Creek Road (unsealed) to have a look at the 400 years old Eucalyptus Grandis, one of the few eucalyptus of the native forest that has survived. Very impressive trees (see the photo). We also drove to Seal Rocks (the road is part unsealed) and loved this beautiful place. The Number One Beach is truly beautiful and the views from the Sugar Loaf Point Lighthouse are stunning. We did not stay in Forster for the night, we had booked in a backpacker accommodation part of a tourist park located in the Booti Booti National Park at Pacific Palm, 19km from Forster. Nice location but very basic dorms and depressing kitchen....well it was cheap!
