They had spent the day in Sydney taking in the sights and watching the Lion King stage production.

But when Jade Marr and her two young children Kendall, 10, and Jackson, 7, hopped onto a train bound for Newcastle on Wednesday afternoon they said it felt like stepping onto the set of a movie.

Jade Marr with her children Kendall, 10, and Jackson, 7, at their Warners Bay home. Credit:smh

‘‘It’s really hard to explain,’’ the Warners Bay mother of two told the Newcastle Herald last night.

‘‘It’s like you were watching it, but it wasn’t real. It was unbelievable to think somebody would say those things and act like that.’’