We’re back from Newcastle. We had a really nice couple of days but the city wasn’t really what we was hoping for. In mine and Bec’s opinion Newcastle had some very good things and some very bad. Basicly the area itself with lush forests and nice sandy beaches is great, unfortunately the city isn’t, if we had to describe it in one word it would be “dodgy”. Newcastle have a lot of industries but that doesn’t matter to much since they are located north of the city. As we travelled on the airport bus into the city we thought it seemed pretty nice, but as we saw more and more of the central parts of the city we started to change our minds. Troughout the city there’s a lot of blocked up shops covered vith grafitti, and the general perception of it wasn’t one of a happy friendly place. The same has to be said of the people you saw on the streets, there where quite a few homeless and “unhealthy” looking people. I’m not someone who needs hip and cool people around me but it gave the place a certain vibe which made you feel a bit uneasy. There wasn’t much to do at night so the main thing seemed to be driving around town and doing burnouts and stuff. As you have probably already figured out we are not moving to Newcastle, even if the hospital seemed nice. We are now planning a trip to check out Sydney’s north east part.