TEA GARDENS to NEWCASTLE using ferries (see alternate route via Raymond Terrace by scrolling down)
DISTANCE: 64 km FITNESS: Easy SKILL: cycle path & rural roads TRAFFIC: Can be busy on link roads (shoulders are good on new sections) GRADE: relatively flat, a few hills around Port Stephens.
Click for Tea Gardens ferry timetable (Port Stephens) or Tea Gardens Y-Knot catamaran ferry
Click here for Stockton ferry timetable
DISTANCE: 61 km FITNESS: Easy SKILL: Major rural link roads (limited shoulders) & A1 Highway (wide shoulders) TRAFFIC: Commuting GRADE: undulating. Some hills near Tea Gardens & Ferodale