Sunday April 20, 2014

We are on the road again.  We decided to take the train out of Sydney to Gosford to avoid the traffic and I didn’t want to ride on a highway (motorway).

We were late leaving because my new tires were rubbing against my mudguards.  We spent about half an hour sorting out my bike and then we headed downtown to the train station.  The tickets cost $8.50 each for a 2 hour journey.  Because we started at the Central Station we were able to get the bikes in a carriage in a secure position and have a seat as well.  In NZ they had special areas where you could put the bikes, not in Australia.

When we got out at Gosford, we took the road to The Entrance. This is actually the name of a Town. It was quite a nice day, sunny and warm.  The route was very nice, a few hills out of Gosford and then flat to The Entrance.

When we got into The Entrance we went into the Information Centre and discovered that there was no camp sites available in the Town or up the coast, because it is the Easter long weekend and school holidays.  We are staying tonight in another backpackers hostel, it is clean and managed by a guy from Nottingham (small world).

The Entrance is famous for its pelican feeding.  At 3:30 every day the pelicans are fed, apparently it is very popular.  It started with the local fish monger feeding them the scraps at the end of the day, then the pelicans decided to wander up to the fish monger to be fed.  Now they get fed by a group of volunteers.

The Town is a very busy seaside town a bit like Wasaga Beach. There is a nice cycle path which takes you along the beach area for abut 14 kms.