Road trip: Forster to Parramatta
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If beautiful blue waters, secret beaches and spectacular surf are your idea of a good road trip, there's no better way to get your fill than by traversing along the Pacific Coast Highway.
Start at popular seaside town Foster -- the perfect base for exploring 40km oceanfront that surrounds it. Pay a visit to the charming country towns on route, take a selfie with NSW's tallest tree, and shop until you drop in Newcastle and Sydney's West.
Route: Forster | Coolongolook | Topi Topi | Buladelah | Newcastle | Cooranbong | Somersby | Parramatta.
- Slide down sand dunes at One Mile Beach
- Visit the tallest tree in NSW
- Learn how a working farm operates
- See one of the best views in Australia at Heaton Lookout
Day 1: Forster to Newcastle
2 hr 50 mins | 197km
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Have you ever wondered where your food comes from or how it is produced? Offering a unique agricultural experience, Topi Open Range is a family-run farm welcoming visitors to spend a day, a morning or hour learning how a working farm operates. Highlights include following a farmer on their rounds, learning about holistic farming, interacting with and feeding farm animals, and collecting eggs.
Day 2: Newcastle to Parramatta
3 hrs 41 mins | 214km
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