PORT STEPHENS

Port Stephens is arguably the most family friendly holiday destination in New South Wales. Located two and a half hours North of Sydney, Port Stephens offers a wide variety of holiday accommodation options to suit all budgets. Port Stephen’s itself is a waterway roughly two and a half times the size of Sydney harbour with numerous offshore islands and fishing grounds.

Port Stephens is quite simply a boaties dream with miles and miles of waterways, good access for trailer boats and a plenty of marinas for the larger boats and supplies.

NELSON BAY

The heart of Port Stephens is undoubtedly Nelson Bay. Nelson Bay has always been an incredibly popular holiday destination for families and offers a wide range of houses, duplexes, townhouses and units available for holiday accommodation. Nelson Bay CBD offers a range of restaurants, cafes and numerous shops to keep the shop-a-holic busy as well as in incredibly popular golf course, bowling club, RSL club and world class marina complex with its own collection of shops and restaurants.

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SHOAL BAY

Shoal Bay is perhaps the ideal holiday spot for those that want to lie on the gorgeous beach all day and party all night at either the Country Club or Nelson Bay RSL (both within walking distance). Shoal Bay offers a variety of accommodation choices to suit all budgets. Surf beaches can be found at the Eastern side of Shoal Bay accessed via Tomaree National Park and the walking trail up Tomaree headland is also very popular with the more energetic tourists.

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FINGAL BAY

A quiet little suburb throughout most of the year, Fingal Bay comes alive in summer with the onslaught of tourist season. Little wonder too, Fingal Bay has an incredibly popular beach offering protected areas ideal for small children yet just further along the beach are some out of the way board riding spots very well known amongst locals. Fingal Bay beach is patrolled by volunteer lifeguards (check at club house for patrol times) so is perhaps the ideal beach to suit all the family members (including the fishermen). Fingal Bay has a couple of shops just a block back from the beach offering take away food and general store items.

Fingal Bay offers predominantly duplexes and houses for holiday accommodation with a handful of small unit and townhouse blocks close to the beach.

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CORLETTE
Accommodation in Corlette features close proximity to the pristine sands of Corlette beach and just 3 minutes drive to Nelson Bay or 2 minutes drive to Salamander shopping centre. Corlette is the ideal place for swimming, dolphin spotting or just simply relaxing with a coffee overlooking the boats at "The Anchorage".

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SALAMANDER BAY
Long stretches of sandy beaches with unsurpassed views are the theme for your accommodation at Salamander Bay. The safe beaches for children, boating and all aquatic pastimes are either right outside or very close to your accommodation. Shopping and restaurants are within close walking distance of most accommodation.

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SOLDIERS POINT

Located right on the end of the Tomaree Peninsula, Soldiers Point is an ideal spot for families seeking a beachside holiday without too much hustle and bustle. All holiday accommodation properties at Soldiers Point are either on or very close to the waterfront.

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TAYLORS BEACH

Looking for a totally peaceful holiday without crowds of tourists? Taylors Beach contains just a handful of homes; all located either on or very close to the water. Don't worry about the kids wanting to go down to the corner shop to buy lollies; there is no corner shop, just a relaxing atmosphere in an out of the way location.

There must be something to Taylors Beach though; holiday makers rarely stay at Taylors Beach just once.

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ANNA BAY

Located roughly 10 minutes from Nelson Bay, Anna Bay gives access to Birubi beach as well as famous Stockton beach. Numerous shops are located at Anna Bay and properties close by the water are very popular holiday accommodation choices. For those with 4WD vehicles, Stockton beach is an experience not to be missed (permits are required and available at Anna Bay newsagency).

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BOAT HARBOUR

Virtually surrounded by National Park and ocean, Boat Harbour has become incredibly popular over the last few years. Boat Harbour has a small child friendly beach which also allows launching of small boats from the beach (4WD highly recommended) as well as access trails down to One Mile beach and Kingsley beach. Boat Harbour has one shop and tennis courts that can be hired. Boat Harbour is located just a few minutes drive from Anna Bay and about 10 minutes from Nelson Bay.

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