After 9 months I finally made it out of Sydney on a weekend trip up to Newcastle. My mate Scott has been over from New Zealand to come and see England vs NZ. So we took a trip up to Newcastle with Ben and Rach. Its a 2.5 hour drive and upon arrival it became apparent that this is not a very happening town!!
Newcastle is an old industrial town and apart from a small water front there didn't really seem like there much to do there.
Anyway we were there for the rugby and it was a good game with England running in 3 tries in the first half and looking the strong favorites. Until the second half that was when a lack luster English performance and a strong NZ comeback left us holding our heads and wondering where it all went wrong!!!
After the game there seemed to be a distinct lack of transport around so we started to walk back to the city and made it as far as Hamilton and found a pub to quench our thirst. Several refreshments and food later we were back on the hunt for transport. Only there seemed to be about 3 taxis in the whole town and the train seemed to come once a day we were stuck at the train station for another 1.5 hours with a lot of jokes and general goofing around.
After finally making it back and a few hours sleep we spent a few hours looking round in the morning walking along the front out to the end of the water front and back along the beach before taking the drive home.
A good night had by all but a distinct lack of ever wanting to go back to Newcastle.
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