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Catherine Hill Bay

Blackbutt Reserve

Somersby Falls . It’s a great place to picnic, with free barbecues and picnic tables and plenty of space to set up your own rug and chairs. Somersby Falls picnic area is the perfect place to escape from everyday life. Enjoy your meal amidst lush rainforest that feels a million miles away but in reality is so close to home. After lunch experience the walking track. It’s a 500m return walk through rainforest that takes in views of the top and bottom waterfalls. The walk is steep and slippery in places, so keep an eye on the kids as they walk along the track. Open 9am - 8pm daylight savings time or 5pm at all other times. Catherine Hill Bay is a secluded and sleepy old mining village in the hinterland behind the Central Coast within the City of Lake Macquarie, where coal was discovered and mined by the New Wallsend Company who built the jetty in 1873. Access is via a sealed beach road off the Sydney - Newcastle Freeway and the Pacific Highway. Despite the beauty of the bay and it’s attractive situation in a valley surrounded by high hills and bushland, the presence of the rusty iron and lifeless machinery inevitably gives the Bay a very different feel to other busy tourism-based towns of the Central Coast. Blackbutt Reserve offers an experience with our Australian wildlife in a guided tour through the exhibits. Get up close to see koalas, wombats, emus, spotted-tail quolls, snakes and a variety of kangaroos and wallabies in this 182-hectare nature reserve. Learn as you see and touch animals during this fun-filled, one hour journey which includes encounters with several reptiles. Tour information - Please contact our friendly office staff, phone the office Monday to Friday between 8am and 3pm or email enquiry. P: 4904 3344 14 Home & Lifestyle Magazine | Autumn 2020

Somersby Falls