Williamtown RAAF base and Port Stephens

From Dee Why I began making my way up the coast.  I was looking for a spot on the map about 1/2 way between Sydeny and Port Maquarie to stop - I decided to look in the area around Port Stephens.   Along the way, I noticed a sign to Williamtown RAAF base, and wondered if they would have some sort of display or museum there.  Sure enough, they have FIGHTER WORLD!!!   It was a museum of old, and some more recent fighter planes and memorabillia - as a fan of jets it was fantastic to see.   As a bonus, the RAAF base had quite an active flight schedule today, and it was like they put on a mini Air Show just for me and a few others - rather nice of them and their multi-million dollar jets.   This was one of those times when not having a schedule was perfect, because it gave me the chance to just sit on the side of the road and watch the jets taking off and returning from training missions.   There were a variety of jets including FA-18 Hornets and several trainers.

There are two sounds that nearly bring me to my knees in awe every time I hear them - one is F1 cars, the other is figher jets such as the FA-18.

Here are a few shots from both the museum as well as the jets on training missions.
And for good measure, here's a couple of my favourites from today...

After visiting the RAAF base, I then drove to the area of Port Stephens, and specifically Nelson Bay.

... and a link to a couple of other photos of the sunset at Nelson Bay.

I may have something interesting planned for tomorrow, so stay tuned....