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If I never had to visit this place again, it would be too soon! Dive does not even BEGIN to describe this place. If it wasn’t for my sister and her family living there, I would be extremely pleased not to visit the place ever again.

A lovely little coastal town not too far from Wollongong. If you are visiting “The ‘gong”, you HAVE to stop by Kiama. The blowhole is one of the best pieces of free entertainment I’ve seen! It’s not always blowing big though, so sometimes it can be disappointing if your trip has been solely for that. It’s a bit of a hunt, but there is a smaller scale blowhole a little further down the coast again and it’s not really signposted, but worth a look too. Kiama is kind of sleepy, but cute and always full of us tourists at peak times of the year. If you live in the south-east of Engalnd, it’s kind of like Hitchin by the sea.

I stayed at the Boat Harbour Motel by the North beach. It is SSSOOO lovely. Beach views from the hotel room balcony. Just heaven. The beach is literally across the road. We would shower and get ready in the morning, walk out of the hotel and across the road and we were at the beach. There is a seafood shop right on the beach where you can eat at, or take-away to eat on the beach or on seats in a park area by the beach. I had the most beautiful tempura prawns I have ever eaten in my whole life from that shop. They were melt in the mouth. And the calamari was divine too!

So close to mainland UK, but further south so ever so slightly tropical! Would be lovely to visit in the early spring I should think. The botanical gardens look amazing. Great for wildlife watching.

I love the canal running through the city. It would be amazing to stay in a narrowboat whilst there. I’d love to visit Anne Frank’s house. I read Anne Frank’s diary at 13 and I was just blown away by it and by her. So I would love to see the house. Visit a coffee house as well.

I don’t know why really. I’ve just always wanted to. Since I was a young teen. I wanted to learn German at school, but didn’t. I just think Germany having the history its had would make Berlin an amazing place to visit. It has a seedy side that I find exciting. Not that I would ever venture into those places. Dunno really. It’s a childhood goal.

Looks like a very lovely beach and a fun place. I’ve not been further west of Bristol. Never been to Dorset, Devon or Cornwall. Weymouth will be my first port of call if I ever get further west England than Bristol.

It seems like a thriving little cultural hub and I’d like to visit the Baltic, as well as take a walk over the bridge (the new flip-down one). The furthest north I’ve got (apart from an overnight visit to Edinburgh which will NEVER be repeated) was a weekend in York. There’s much more of the UK I want to see, and Newcastle is high on the list.

Especially with the giant slides in the turbine hall being there! I am a child at heart! lol

IMHO. You can lose yourself for a whole day in here – and that’s just WINDOW SHOPPING! I love the place. Haven’t been for about 2 years now, but would dearly love to go back. Been to other supposed “large” shopping malls like Lakeside, Bluewater and Meadowhall (supposed to be the largest in the UK), but none of them beat The Trafford Centre.