Brooklyn on Hawkesbury
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When dining out in Brooklyn the visitor can choose from a range of cuisines and styles ranging from seafood restaurants to the restaurants of the local clubs where visitors are always welcome. There are several excellent restaurants nearby many with water frontage. Restaurants include Leah's Alfresco (ph. 9985 7120), Riverside, Jay Jays, Anglers A-La Carte and the Mooney Mooney Workers Club. For those who want to wander by water there is Dangar Island Bowling Club, Cottage Point, Peats Bite (famous for weddings) and Berowra Waters, which are accessible via water taxi from our jetty by arrangement.

There are several well-maintained council parks and picnic areas where the visitor can enjoy a casual picnic or barbecue in pleasant surroundings on the water front.

Other amenities and attractions in and around Brooklyn include:

• Local boat hire.
• Cruises.
• Ferries.
• Water taxis.
• Marinas.
• Enclosed sandy swimming pools.
• National Park walks.
• Train station.

Nearby (300 metres) you might hire one of the many small motor boats (most do not require a licence to drive) from Brooklyn Central. A small fee and bait allows you to enjoy fishing on the Hawkesbury River for such excellent eating fish as Jewfish, Snapper, Whiting or Flathead. A great day out on the water for relatively little expense, or just explore the many creeks & Beautiful River.

If you really feel like something special augment your stay at Brooklyn on Hawkesbury with a night on the river in a house boat, you can hire them just down the road at Ripples, Luxury Houseboats or Holidays-A-Float. Many of our guests stay with us the night before and after their houseboat adventure to avoid a morning rush to pick their boat up then to recover and relax afterwards.

Extensive public access to the Hawkesbury River in most places around Brooklyn allows shore fishing and picnics to be enjoyed in many quiet sheltered areas with a privacy that often surprises visitors.

Brooklyn has a shopping village including a post office and general and specialist stores. All day to day needs are catered for and the specialty shops provide an interesting browse.

From Brooklyn wharf the visitor can enjoy a Hawkesbury River Cruise to Wisemans Ferry or Patonga Beach including lunch or Devonshire Tea. Enjoy the last postmans' cruise Boat or an additional crab oyster cruise on MV Islander II. Within 20 kilometres the visitor will also find:

• The Somersby Falls.
• The Reptile Park.
• Glenworth Valley Horse Riding.
• 1 Hour to the famous Hunter Valley wine region.
• Beautiful drives, such as up the Hawkesbury River towards Wisemans Ferry and St. Albans or along the Old Pacific Highway.

The more adventurous visitor can enjoy the beauty of the world renowned ”Great Northern Walk” in the Ku-ring-gai National Park. The walking track passes through Brooklyn and you can walk to Cowan or Woy Woy and then catch a train back to Hawkesbury River Station or from Parsley Bay, walk to Dead Horse Bay, a hidden sandy beach secluded from Brooklyn in the National Park. Or you might choose to cycle the ”Old Pacific Highway” and return to Brooklyn on one of the frequent local train services. Cottage Point, Peats Bite and Berowra Waters all have restaurants and boat mooring for water taxi from our marina.

Just 20 minutes away is Glenworth Valley Horse Riding, Australia's largest horse riding complex. Stay with us, enjoy the horses during the day, and relax in the Brooklyn restaurants in the evening.

Historic Dangar Island is easily accessible by boat, ferry (regular service on the hour) or water taxi and offers a licensed bowling club with restaurant, beautiful tranquil water front coffee shop as well as several scenic walking tracks and and a swimming beach. This is the perfect trip for anyone who wants to really feel the river. The ferry also visits Wobby Beach, see river living in its most pure form.

To browse around all of the attractions of the region visit the Hawkesbury River Tourism Promotion Group's web site.