Watersedge Boathouse B&B Lake Macquarie Guidebook

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Watersedge Boathouse B&B Lake Macquarie Guidebook

Towns Nearby

Curving around the shore of Australia’s largest coastal saltwater lake, the sparkling Lake Macquarie, the town is a hub for watersports and outdoor activities, with plenty of tasty cafes for refuelling. You’ll also find an eclectic sculpture trail along the shore with works from a variety of contemporary Australian artists. The shared path along the waterfront Esplanade runs for 9km from Lions Park in Eleebana to the Museum of Art and Culture (MAC). At the southern end is the impressive Red Bluff Boardwalk which juts out over the lake and is hundreds of metres long. There are three viewing platforms along the way. The path is perfect for walking, cycling and rollerblading. Positioned around the lake from Speers Point to Eleebana. Feast your eyes and your stomach on Fredeli’s, right on the Warners Bay Esplanade. Counter Lunch at Fredeli Delicatessen, Warners Bay. . http://www.hunterhunter.com.au/newcastle/fredeli Across the road from the waterfront at Warners Bay. (Our favorite little deli). 2/472 The Esplanade, Warners Bay NSW 2282 Phone: (02) 4023 5496
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Warners Bay Foreshore
The Esplanade
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Curving around the shore of Australia’s largest coastal saltwater lake, the sparkling Lake Macquarie, the town is a hub for watersports and outdoor activities, with plenty of tasty cafes for refuelling. You’ll also find an eclectic sculpture trail along the shore with works from a variety of contemporary Australian artists. The shared path along the waterfront Esplanade runs for 9km from Lions Park in Eleebana to the Museum of Art and Culture (MAC). At the southern end is the impressive Red Bluff Boardwalk which juts out over the lake and is hundreds of metres long. There are three viewing platforms along the way. The path is perfect for walking, cycling and rollerblading. Positioned around the lake from Speers Point to Eleebana. Feast your eyes and your stomach on Fredeli’s, right on the Warners Bay Esplanade. Counter Lunch at Fredeli Delicatessen, Warners Bay. . http://www.hunterhunter.com.au/newcastle/fredeli Across the road from the waterfront at Warners Bay. (Our favorite little deli). 2/472 The Esplanade, Warners Bay NSW 2282 Phone: (02) 4023 5496
The pretty lakeside town of Toronto is 12 mins north and has the larger supermarkets, restaurants, boutiques and cafes. Lakeside relaxation and waterfront dining are a few of the pleasures you can expect to enjoy when visiting in Toronto. The largest town on the western side of the Lake, Toronto features a vibrant sailing scene, the yacht club and marina are both attractions. Other highlights include modern shopping, cafes and restaurants and an 18-hole golf course. Don't Miss - A meal at a waterfront café or restaurant - Strolling along the picturesque Toronto Foreshore - Lake Macquarie Classic Boatfest, held annually on the Easter long weekend. The Boulevarde Cafe LarderGifts and Fragrances is a favourite stop for great coffee or a light lunch.
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The pretty lakeside town of Toronto is 12 mins north and has the larger supermarkets, restaurants, boutiques and cafes. Lakeside relaxation and waterfront dining are a few of the pleasures you can expect to enjoy when visiting in Toronto. The largest town on the western side of the Lake, Toronto features a vibrant sailing scene, the yacht club and marina are both attractions. Other highlights include modern shopping, cafes and restaurants and an 18-hole golf course. Don't Miss - A meal at a waterfront café or restaurant - Strolling along the picturesque Toronto Foreshore - Lake Macquarie Classic Boatfest, held annually on the Easter long weekend. The Boulevarde Cafe LarderGifts and Fragrances is a favourite stop for great coffee or a light lunch.
Wangi (pronounced Wongee) Take the bikes for a 20 min trip around the waterfront to Wangi Village. Turn left out of the driveway, follow the road to the little bridge (3 mins), immediately after the bridge cut hard left down onto the grass, past the Market Street Café, and then onto the bike track which runs all the way along the waterfront to the Wangi Village. Stop for a coffee, breakfast or lunch at the Market Street Cafe or a drink on the waterfront terrace of the RSL 10 minutes ride further on. Enjoy great coffee and something decadent at the Wangi Bakehouse or lunch at the Wangi Deck Cafe on the corner of Watkins Road. Vita Restaurant also do coffee and homemade pastries.
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Wangi Wangi
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Wangi (pronounced Wongee) Take the bikes for a 20 min trip around the waterfront to Wangi Village. Turn left out of the driveway, follow the road to the little bridge (3 mins), immediately after the bridge cut hard left down onto the grass, past the Market Street Café, and then onto the bike track which runs all the way along the waterfront to the Wangi Village. Stop for a coffee, breakfast or lunch at the Market Street Cafe or a drink on the waterfront terrace of the RSL 10 minutes ride further on. Enjoy great coffee and something decadent at the Wangi Bakehouse or lunch at the Wangi Deck Cafe on the corner of Watkins Road. Vita Restaurant also do coffee and homemade pastries.
Quiet, peaceful, romantic, beautiful natural views.
Arcadia Vale
Quiet, peaceful, romantic, beautiful natural views.

Sightseeing

Spend a day in Newcastle ... Browse the galleries, boutiques and shops along Newcastle’s Darby Street, many quirky cafes, sleek restaurants and popular bars. Enjoy lunch with a view at nearby Honeysuckle, Newcastle’s newest dining hot spot perched on the edge of the busy harbour. Take a tunnel tour of Fort Scratchley, a former coastal defense installation, is now a museum. It was built in 1882 to defend the city against a possible Russian attack Visit Nobby’s beach: Newcastle is famous for its many famous sandy beaches, This Newcastle beach is bound by Nobbys Headland, which was originally an island, sighted in 1770 by Captain James Cook. It was initially joined to the foreshore by Macquarie Pier in 1846. In place of this now stands the Hunters River entrance wall. This break-wall collected sand, which over time led to the birth of Nobbys Beach. It has since become a popular hangout among families and surfers. Today, you'll find a soft white sand bank lining sparkling seawater. It's the ideal setting to unwind and enjoy a cool, refreshing splash among the waves. There is plenty of space. Choose a spot to set up on for the day. Relax with conveniences right beside the beach - amenities block, free BBQs, kiosk. Nothing like good old chips on the beach. To the south you'll find a series of ocean baths, including the Historic Soldier's Baths Rock Pool. Newcastle Museum http://www.newcastlemuseum.com.au/Home 6 Workshop Way, Newcastle. Phone: 02 4974 1400 10am - 5pm, Tuesdays to Sundays. General exhibition free, some special exhibitions incur a fee. A fantastic compilation of the city's history complete with interactive displays and audio re-enactments of important events. Climb aboard the resident tram, one of many that ran along Newcastle's Tramways until the service was closed in 1950. Featuring poster advertisements from the 40s and 50s, and preserved tram timetables, the tram gives a realistic feel of what it was like to use this form of transport in the city. Take a stroll through Hunter Street Mall, historical buildings, markets, boutiques, cafes. Stop for an aperitif or coffee in ‘Bar Petite’ 5/5 King St, Newcastle.   Lunch or Dinner at Rustica – Bookings essential PH: 49293333 2/1 King Street, Newcastle. https://www.rustica.com.au/ Rustica is a memorable Mediterranean dining experience, beautiful scenic view and top notch food. Stop for an aperitif at Bar Petite. 5/5 King Street, Newcastle (opposite Rustica). Cosy, old world atmosphere. Live music Friday, Saturday & Sunday - local and international artists with an acoustic vibe.
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Newcastle
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Spend a day in Newcastle ... Browse the galleries, boutiques and shops along Newcastle’s Darby Street, many quirky cafes, sleek restaurants and popular bars. Enjoy lunch with a view at nearby Honeysuckle, Newcastle’s newest dining hot spot perched on the edge of the busy harbour. Take a tunnel tour of Fort Scratchley, a former coastal defense installation, is now a museum. It was built in 1882 to defend the city against a possible Russian attack Visit Nobby’s beach: Newcastle is famous for its many famous sandy beaches, This Newcastle beach is bound by Nobbys Headland, which was originally an island, sighted in 1770 by Captain James Cook. It was initially joined to the foreshore by Macquarie Pier in 1846. In place of this now stands the Hunters River entrance wall. This break-wall collected sand, which over time led to the birth of Nobbys Beach. It has since become a popular hangout among families and surfers. Today, you'll find a soft white sand bank lining sparkling seawater. It's the ideal setting to unwind and enjoy a cool, refreshing splash among the waves. There is plenty of space. Choose a spot to set up on for the day. Relax with conveniences right beside the beach - amenities block, free BBQs, kiosk. Nothing like good old chips on the beach. To the south you'll find a series of ocean baths, including the Historic Soldier's Baths Rock Pool. Newcastle Museum http://www.newcastlemuseum.com.au/Home 6 Workshop Way, Newcastle. Phone: 02 4974 1400 10am - 5pm, Tuesdays to Sundays. General exhibition free, some special exhibitions incur a fee. A fantastic compilation of the city's history complete with interactive displays and audio re-enactments of important events. Climb aboard the resident tram, one of many that ran along Newcastle's Tramways until the service was closed in 1950. Featuring poster advertisements from the 40s and 50s, and preserved tram timetables, the tram gives a realistic feel of what it was like to use this form of transport in the city. Take a stroll through Hunter Street Mall, historical buildings, markets, boutiques, cafes. Stop for an aperitif or coffee in ‘Bar Petite’ 5/5 King St, Newcastle.   Lunch or Dinner at Rustica – Bookings essential PH: 49293333 2/1 King Street, Newcastle. https://www.rustica.com.au/ Rustica is a memorable Mediterranean dining experience, beautiful scenic view and top notch food. Stop for an aperitif at Bar Petite. 5/5 King Street, Newcastle (opposite Rustica). Cosy, old world atmosphere. Live music Friday, Saturday & Sunday - local and international artists with an acoustic vibe.
The Memorial Walk Newcastle's Memorial Walk is a spectacular coastal walk with a personal connection for thousands of locals. The Walk is located above Memorial Drive, The Hill, on Strzelecki Headland (between Bar Beach and King Edward Park). Built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in 1915 and the commencement of steel making in Newcastle; it acts as a magnificent memorial to the men and women of the Hunter who served their community and their country. The structure cost $4.5m to build and is a 450 meter long cliff top walkway that links Newcastle’s Strzelecki Lookout to Bar Beach. Built with 64 tonnes of stainless steel, the walkway winds its way around the cliff edge and offers unsurpassed views of the coastline, city and up into the Hunter Valley. The walk features a 160 metre cliff top bridge adorned with steel silhouettes of soldiers inscribed with close to 4,000 family names of almost 11,000 known Hunter Valley men and women who enlisted during World War I. It also links to Council's Bathers Way promenade development, a six km coastal walk linking Newcastle’s beaches and stretching from Merewether Ocean Baths to Nobbys Beach. Extensive research was undertaken by an historian who spent hundreds of hours finding the names of all of the families by searching historical records both in Newcastle and in Canberra. All of the soldiers whose names appear on the walk were enlisted in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. General enquiries about Newcastle Memorial Walk should be directed to weloveourcoast@ncc.nsw.gov.au
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Newcastle Memorial Walk
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The Memorial Walk Newcastle's Memorial Walk is a spectacular coastal walk with a personal connection for thousands of locals. The Walk is located above Memorial Drive, The Hill, on Strzelecki Headland (between Bar Beach and King Edward Park). Built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in 1915 and the commencement of steel making in Newcastle; it acts as a magnificent memorial to the men and women of the Hunter who served their community and their country. The structure cost $4.5m to build and is a 450 meter long cliff top walkway that links Newcastle’s Strzelecki Lookout to Bar Beach. Built with 64 tonnes of stainless steel, the walkway winds its way around the cliff edge and offers unsurpassed views of the coastline, city and up into the Hunter Valley. The walk features a 160 metre cliff top bridge adorned with steel silhouettes of soldiers inscribed with close to 4,000 family names of almost 11,000 known Hunter Valley men and women who enlisted during World War I. It also links to Council's Bathers Way promenade development, a six km coastal walk linking Newcastle’s beaches and stretching from Merewether Ocean Baths to Nobbys Beach. Extensive research was undertaken by an historian who spent hundreds of hours finding the names of all of the families by searching historical records both in Newcastle and in Canberra. All of the soldiers whose names appear on the walk were enlisted in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. General enquiries about Newcastle Memorial Walk should be directed to weloveourcoast@ncc.nsw.gov.au
Newcastle Art Gallery 10am-5pm Tue-Sun. Ph: 02-4974 5100. 1 Laman St, Newcastle. Admission is free. Some special exhibitions and events may incur a charge. http://www.nag.org.au/Home Free public tours are held every Saturday and Sunday at 11.00am, and are provided by one of a dedicated team of Gallery Guides. No bookings are required; simply meet the guide at the Gallery Shop and be taken on a circuit of current exhibitions and permanent sculpture displays. Ignore the brutalist exterior, as inside this remarkable regional gallery are some wonderful works. There's no permanent exhibition; displays rotate the gallery's excellent collection, whose highlights include art by Newcastle-born William Dobell and John Olsen as well as Brett Whiteley and modernist Grace Cossington Smith. Olsen's works, in particular, bring an explosive vibrancy to the gallery, with his generative organic swirls flamboyantly representing water-based Australian landscapes. Look out for his ceiling painting by the central stairwell and his brilliant King Sun and the Hunter, a tribute to the essence of his native city, painted at age 88 in 2016.
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Newcastle Art Gallery, Darby St station
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Newcastle Art Gallery 10am-5pm Tue-Sun. Ph: 02-4974 5100. 1 Laman St, Newcastle. Admission is free. Some special exhibitions and events may incur a charge. http://www.nag.org.au/Home Free public tours are held every Saturday and Sunday at 11.00am, and are provided by one of a dedicated team of Gallery Guides. No bookings are required; simply meet the guide at the Gallery Shop and be taken on a circuit of current exhibitions and permanent sculpture displays. Ignore the brutalist exterior, as inside this remarkable regional gallery are some wonderful works. There's no permanent exhibition; displays rotate the gallery's excellent collection, whose highlights include art by Newcastle-born William Dobell and John Olsen as well as Brett Whiteley and modernist Grace Cossington Smith. Olsen's works, in particular, bring an explosive vibrancy to the gallery, with his generative organic swirls flamboyantly representing water-based Australian landscapes. Look out for his ceiling painting by the central stairwell and his brilliant King Sun and the Hunter, a tribute to the essence of his native city, painted at age 88 in 2016.
Paddle around to Secret Bay, Fishing Point or among the yachts in Wangi Bay. Be sure to check the weather and tide times:- https://tides.willyweather.com.au/nsw/hunter/lake-macquarie--within-the-lake.html Kayaks are in the boatshed next door, feel free to use them anytime. Lifejackets are provided and are compulsory on the Lake.
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Paddle around to Secret Bay, Fishing Point or among the yachts in Wangi Bay. Be sure to check the weather and tide times:- https://tides.willyweather.com.au/nsw/hunter/lake-macquarie--within-the-lake.html Kayaks are in the boatshed next door, feel free to use them anytime. Lifejackets are provided and are compulsory on the Lake.

Food scene

Visit one of the many markets around the district. https://lakemacquariecityfarmersmarket.com.au/
Lake Macquarie City Farmers Market
Stockland Drive
Visit one of the many markets around the district. https://lakemacquariecityfarmersmarket.com.au/
8 at Trinity Bar and Restaurant, Trinity Point, Morisset Somewhere special for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. Modern contemporary Italian. On the waterfront at Trinity Point.
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Trinity Point
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8 at Trinity Bar and Restaurant, Trinity Point, Morisset Somewhere special for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. Modern contemporary Italian. On the waterfront at Trinity Point.
Market Street Café Waterfront café adjoining the Wangi Workers Club – 10 min walk https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Cafe/Market-St-Cafe-Wangi-Wangi-265308750798645/ Beautiful décor, food, view, excellent coffee and first rate service. 10 mins walk along the waterfront (facing the water, you can see it if you look to the right from our jetty)
Market Street
Market Street
Market Street Café Waterfront café adjoining the Wangi Workers Club – 10 min walk https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Cafe/Market-St-Cafe-Wangi-Wangi-265308750798645/ Beautiful décor, food, view, excellent coffee and first rate service. 10 mins walk along the waterfront (facing the water, you can see it if you look to the right from our jetty)
20 min walk along the waterfront. Outdoor seating area. Live music Sunday afternoon and weekend evenings. Wangi Waters Bistro. Trivia fun on Tuesday nights. Seafood raffle Saturday 4pm. http://www.wangirsl.com.au/
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Wangi RSL Sub-Branch Club
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20 min walk along the waterfront. Outdoor seating area. Live music Sunday afternoon and weekend evenings. Wangi Waters Bistro. Trivia fun on Tuesday nights. Seafood raffle Saturday 4pm. http://www.wangirsl.com.au/
Hunter Valley, Premium Wine District See our Hunter Valley portfolio and consult the winery map to select your favorites the night before. Leave early. Pick up a copy of the Hunter Blackboard publication from the tourist Info Office on the way for current news, events and specials. 455 Wine Country Dr, Pokolbin The Hunter Blackboard lists all of the wineries (mostly boutique wineries) that are running special offers, exclusive tastings and winery tours etc. It also lists restaurants and gourmet food trails. You can pick it up anywhere in the Hunter or you can go to their website and download it before you leave - it's a great tool for a self-guided wine tour.
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Hunter Region
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Hunter Valley, Premium Wine District See our Hunter Valley portfolio and consult the winery map to select your favorites the night before. Leave early. Pick up a copy of the Hunter Blackboard publication from the tourist Info Office on the way for current news, events and specials. 455 Wine Country Dr, Pokolbin The Hunter Blackboard lists all of the wineries (mostly boutique wineries) that are running special offers, exclusive tastings and winery tours etc. It also lists restaurants and gourmet food trails. You can pick it up anywhere in the Hunter or you can go to their website and download it before you leave - it's a great tool for a self-guided wine tour.