Tanning and bathing along Terrigal Beach. Observing the locals at the beach, exploring the rocks and having lunch at "The Skillion". Short stroll around the town centre.

Just 50 minutes away from Sydney, Terrigal would be classified as one place where people don't do much other than swimming, surfing the waves or sun tanning on the beach. It is your typical holiday resort town with only the beaches and rocky outcrops to explore. Around the town centre beside Terrigal beach are shops and restaurants where the visitors and locals hang out. There has also been some new development going on with new apartments being built along the outskirts ready for those who have decided to escape the rat race of Sydney or simply want to own a holiday house.

The main beach is where we find most of the visitors and locals lying in the sun or swimming in the surf. The beach was crowded with people along the sand tanning their bodies on the hot sand, or bobbing up and down around the surf. Such crowds, though, capture the moment of what a summer holiday is like along the NSW central coast. We had to walk up north away from the town centre until we could find a quiet spot to settle in. From here we bathed around the beach while watching the large writhing crowd of holidaymakers from a distance.

Hours later, we headed back up the beach past Terrigal Haven and Broken Head to the Skillion. What is most interesting are large amount of rocks and boulders around this area, which probably gave its name. Weathered by the elements, the rocks around the area possess interesting shapes and colours. As we head towards the sea, the rocks become covered in seawater, creating crystal-clear rock pools filled with all sorts of life ranging from seaweed and seamoss, sea snails, small crabs and even the occasional fish. We spent a substantial amount of time here observing the life around the rock pools before heading back up to the rocky cliff lockout of The Skillion.

After spending a short moment traversing the steep incline of The Skillion, we reached the lookout which is a excellent vantage point for taking photos of the area or just for observing the Terrigal area. To the north we could make out the small inlet of The Entrance in the distance, the huge expanse of Terrigal Beach, the toy-sized boats moored in Terrigal Haven and Broken Head just a few hundred metres away from us. On the south side, through the thick haze produced from the reflection of the sea spray over the rocks, we could just make out North Avoca and Avoca Beach.

Despite being late evening, the sun was still high in the sky, something you don't see often when you live or work in London. Such long days would beckon anyone, including myself for a "seachange", leaving the day job and moving out of the city to the coast so that every day could be a summer holiday.