Wow.
What can I say, I am very impressed. I have just returned from a 3 day trip to Forster, on the New South Wales mid/central coast region. A friend of mine has a house there that they rent out and can book for owner use periods (essentially it's a holiday rental property).

The place is ~300km North of Sydney, and takes about 3.5 hours drive to get there as the speed limits and traffic changes from 60 to 110 km/h zones in the trip. And that's going the short way as there is also a scenic method that takes longer.

The air is beautiful, the water at the beach is clear, blue and crisp, even with lots of seaweed and rough seas. Food prices are good and the people are extremely friendly.

The only downside of the place is you have a bit of a drive between places, but that's ok because the speed limit is like 80km/h, so it's a 2 minute drive to the bakers down the road... but it's at 80km/h LOL.

We went to the beach, a small carnival (ooh the carnies....and their small hands...) went to the RSL and played some pokies and had a RSL dinner.

I think the only bizzare thing about the place, even though it's the country so it's not that bizzare, was the fact that practically, there are no asians.....

Chatting about the place, for buying a house there, currently prices are ~$200 000 AUD for a duplex (as in it's a house split into two houses....) but the house is still huge with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, modern kitchen, living room and dining, with a small courtyard and patio and a double lock up garage...That's really good value, and as a rental property, they go for ~$1000/week rental during peak season and ~$200/week offpeak. Peak season being of course summer.

So, if I have money one day, it's something I'd consider investing into by far.

Came back today, so it's been a little tiring having a long drive like that.

But, yeah, Happy Chinese New Year!!