Lake Macquarie Australia Info

Lake Macquarie Australia

Just north of Wyong is another large salt water lake called Lake Macquarie. Lake Macquarie is the favorite place to head on a beautiful summers day to pursuit your favorite water sport, whether it be wakeboarding, water skiing, swimming, fishing or taking a spin in your boat. The shores of the lake are dotted with numerous small towns with boat ramps and parks, with playgrounds and BBQs, by the lake. Some of the larger towns are Toronto, Swansea and Belmont. If you want a lovely drive through the countryside then the circuit around the lake is a must.
Further north you will come to the industrial city of Newcastle. Newcastle is on the coastline, but is also on the mouth of the Hunter River and is the largest populated area in the Greater Newcastle/Hunter Region.
Newcastle is a pretty city to visit and has a great old stone Cathedral with some beautiful stained glass windows.
Scratchley Fort is situated on Newcastles foreshore and is now a museum for the area and still has the old gun barrels pointing out to sea, where they used to watch for Japanese warships and submarines.
Following the New England Highway inland from Newcastle you will come to the old towns and areas of Morpeth and Maitland.
Maitland has many old residences and shops that you can wander around the streets and view.
On the first Sunday of every month Maitland also holds a large open air market at it's race course. You can find everything here, from jams and fruit to antiques and clothes.
Maitland also, once a year in April, holds a steamfest where they hold markets, have steam trains running and other steam tractors and engines, which you can go for rides on, have old vintage cars and hot rods etc on show and have live singers, dancers and the like. It's a great day out for the whole family.
Morpeth is reached by turning off at East Maitland. Morpeth has some great old shops and is situated right on the Hunter River. If you like tea and scones, you'll have to come here to have them. The shops are full of Arts and Crafts of all sorts from home made jams to paintings and dolls.
Morpeth also has an old historic tour you can do that takes you around all the old original residences and businesses.
If you're a lover of great wines then further up the Hunter Valley in Pokolbin, near Cessnock, is the world famous Hunter Valley Wineries. The best way to get around these is to find out from the tourist information office in the area whether there's any tours running. The tours will usually take you to three or four wineries and if you're lucky the local pub.
You can stay with the Pokolbin area as there are a few hotels and hostels, some are pricey, but the wineries are at your doorstep.
We've been a couple of times now and liked The Draytons Winery, The Tamburlaine Winery, The Windarra Winery and the local brewery.

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