Sussex Singlet
March 31st 2009 06:10
Sussex Inlet (or 'Sussex Singlet' as my children call it) on the South Coast of NSW is still virtually undiscovered by 'big tourism' and thank goodness for that. It is as daggy* as Budgewoi was in 1982 (voted most daggy holiday destination in the all-important Dolly magazine.)
Daggy it may be, but pristine is another adjective I'd use. You can see from these recent photographs Sussex Inlet could easily be confused with a tropical island. Clear blue water, fine white sand and very few tourists.
Sussex Inlet is a full to the brim with retirees and service clubs. If a $10 bistro meal is your idea of heaven, the Singlet is for you. But, if you're like me, you could still love Sussex despite the clubs. The thing to love about Sussex is going back in time. When life was slower. No such thing as a fancy holiday, just a caravan or a fibro shack down the coast. It's as Aussie as cracking open a beer, while fishing in your tinnie**.
After a recent diet of five star resorts, I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed the family holidays to Sussex (or Budgewoi - they were much the same.) Lying about on an old lounge, reading a book. Going for a swim, watching the cricket, having a BBQ with friends and family. The kids, out riding their bikes, nowhere to be seen till dinner time.
It's the art of doing nothing. Bliss.
* daggy - uncool
** tinnie - can mean an aluminium boat, but can also mean a can of beer
Daggy it may be, but pristine is another adjective I'd use. You can see from these recent photographs Sussex Inlet could easily be confused with a tropical island. Clear blue water, fine white sand and very few tourists.
Sussex Inlet is a full to the brim with retirees and service clubs. If a $10 bistro meal is your idea of heaven, the Singlet is for you. But, if you're like me, you could still love Sussex despite the clubs. The thing to love about Sussex is going back in time. When life was slower. No such thing as a fancy holiday, just a caravan or a fibro shack down the coast. It's as Aussie as cracking open a beer, while fishing in your tinnie**.
After a recent diet of five star resorts, I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed the family holidays to Sussex (or Budgewoi - they were much the same.) Lying about on an old lounge, reading a book. Going for a swim, watching the cricket, having a BBQ with friends and family. The kids, out riding their bikes, nowhere to be seen till dinner time.
It's the art of doing nothing. Bliss.
* daggy - uncool
** tinnie - can mean an aluminium boat, but can also mean a can of beer
Sussex Inlet, NSW
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