A Hamptons inspired oasis just a few hours north of Sydney Just a two and a half hour drive north of Sydney you will find the beautiful Port Stephens with its endless beaches and bays, gourmet restaurants, whale and dolphin watching and much more. We've stayed in many different places throughout the area and on this visit we chose the beautiful, Hamptons inspired, luxury accommodation The Anchorage. I'd been wanting to stay here for so long. Friends of ours had stayed before