A local’s guide to Port Stephens: ‘Everyone’s pretty excited about the new coastal walk’

With ever-changing sand dunes and a big breakfast culture, local artist Anna Webster says ‘the bay’ is filled with creative energy

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Port Stephens is two and a half hours north of Sydney on country traditionally owned by the Worimi. It’s a huge area but tourists usually just think of Nelson Bay. When locals refer to “the bay”, though, we mean Anna Bay to Soldiers Point, about a 30-minute drive, with Fingal Bay, Shoal Bay, Nelson Bay, Corlette and Salamander Bay in between.