Port Stephens·NSW
Swim with wild dolphins, Port Stephens
Around 100 bottlenose dolphins live in the bay year round, and some operators let you get in with them.
Things to do in Port Stephens
Wild dolphins, and the biggest sand dunes in the southern hemisphere.
- Dolphin cruises
- Stockton Sand Dunes
- Tomaree Head
- Beaches
Tom Reynolds from Melbourne, Australia / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Port Stephens is a large drowned river valley two and a half hours north of Sydney, with a resident population of around 100 bottlenose dolphins. Nelson Bay is the base. The Stockton Bight sand dunes run for 32km and you can sandboard them.
3 things to do
What is actually here
Port Stephens·NSW
Stockton Sand Dunes
The largest moving coastal dunes in the southern hemisphere, and you can sandboard down them.
Port Stephens·NSW
Tomaree Head Summit Walk
A steep 30 minute climb to a WWII gun emplacement, with the whole bay and the islands below.
While you are down here