It was quiet when I woke up this morning, no rain hitting the roof. The storm had passed. Tom and I went for a morning ride on bike, along the seashore.

We left mid-morning to Newcastle. Tom and Nat first took us to the Newcastle Memorial walk, a nice promenade along the shore. We ate lunch at a restaurant on the beach. After lunch, we visited Fort Scratchley, built to protect the Newcastle harbor. We finished our day in Newcastle with the Newcastle museum, presenting the short history of the city and the steel plant that closed in 1999, but was the main employer for 9 decades.

According to Nat, the city has changed a lot since the plant closed, or even in the last years. It’s quite obvious that the city is modernising at a high pace, with high buildings replacing the more traditional, almost far-west looking narrow, 2 storeys shops.