Take up ballooning. That’s just to far to go man.
Don't doit find a job on the coast.
It would either be Newcastle or Port Macquarie, I guess its going to be a very long three hour drive to the coast. I you drive about 4 hours you can take your pick of any of the coastal towns on the mid north coast
You might find a few big dams out there.
I remember going to a sport & rec camp at lake keepit a couple of years ago

when I was about 11, but I remember it had a lot of trees around.
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