Bays Holiday Park

This is bonzer land for getting into the outdoors, with surfing, sailing, parasailing, sea kayaking, fishing, skin diving, snorkelling, wave jumping, quad biking and horse and camel riding all easily available nearby. To hit the beach and the waves – a must, you're in New South Wales – the sand dunes and surfing of Stockton beach are a few minutes' drive away; Taylor's beach is even closer, and other sandtastic options are nearby such as One Mile, Samurai, Fingal Bay (and famed lighthouse) and Shoal Bay. Boat hire, whale and dolphin watching cruises are all bookable around here too. Among the many other recommendations around the Hunter Region are lazy boat trips along the Hunter river, lazy days among greenery at the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, and nature spotting and hiking at the Hunter Wetlands Centre or the Tomaree National Park. If you're up for golf, the David Graham's Golf Complex, Nelson Bay Golf Club and the Horizons Golf Course should see you sorted, and if you want to investigate Australian grog, take a tour of Port Stephens Winery or Murray's Brewery.