The Plains were covered with grass trees and aborigines went there to collect the resin, used in spear-making. There were campsites at Ham's beach because of the good fishing and availability of a fine-grained quarzite for making stone implements. In later years, after the turn of the century, a number of part-aborigines lived between Swansea and Caves Beach along the old rail line. Situated on the picturesque coastline of the Hunter vinyards
Life's a Beach @ Caves Beach: Surfing Godfather Bursting into Soprano ;-)
