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  www.hawkesburyriver.com :: Australian River Traders :: Hawkesbury River NSW Australia
It may be that you can hire a small boat and discover the river magic, that you can bring your pet, or that the weekender is on an island, or great for families.
There are a few townships and holiday houses along the Hawkesbury River with road access such as Spencer, offering the ideal base for exploring the Hawkesbury / Hunter/ Central Coast hinterland region of Sydney.
Whether searching for an original waterfront boatshed on the Hawkesbury, or a getaway with a modern feel, or perhaps a stay on a houseboat, there are accommodation options for you.
www.hawkesburyriver.com   (292 words)

  
  www.hawkesburyriver.com :: Australian River Traders :: Hawkesbury River NSW Australia
Wendoree Park is a secluded river settlement of about 30 houses, at the junction of the Hawkesbury River and one of the major river tributaries - Mangrove Creek.
LITTLE WOBBY BEACH is a boat access only community along the Hawkesbury River that offers some of the most spectacular views from the sanctuary of any one of the properties along this shoreline.
Just 60km by road or rail from Sydney, Brooklyn is one of those hidden gems, right on the river, 4km from the F3 freeway, and on the main intercity northern rail line.
www.hawkesburyriver.com /townships.php   (466 words)

  
  Hawkesbury River, Australia
The Hawkesbury River to the north of Sydney, one of the most beautiful rivers in Australia, played an important part in the early days of the colony of New South Wales.
The surrounding area is still farming country, and the river is flanked for considerable distances by unspoiled woodland and bush.
The Hawkesbury River is surrounded by four national parks.
www.planetware.com /sydney/hawkesbury-river-aus-nsw-hr.htm   (367 words)

  
  Hawkesbury River
The Hawkesbury River is one of the major rivers of the coastal region of New South Wales, Australia.
The Hawkesbury River and its tributaries virtually encircle the metropolitan region of Sydney.
The Colo River and the Macdonald River are major tributaries of the Hawkesbury.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/ha/hawkesbury_river.html   (279 words)

  
 Hawkesbury River, Brisbane Water and Pittwater - NSW DPI - Fisheries   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The whole of the waters of Hawkesbury River, its creeks, tributaries and inlets, upstream to its source from the vehicular ferry crossing at Wiseman's Ferry.
Hawkesbury River and tributaries - all waters upstream of a line drawn across the River from the most northerly point of portion 29 at the head of Sentry Box Reach, to the opposite shore adjacent to the starboard hand navigational marker.
The whole of the waters of Patonga Creek, its creeks, tributaries and inlets, upstream of its confluence with the Hawkesbury River, being a line drawn north-easterly from the easternmost foreshore corner of Oyster Farm no. 59-30 (section 2), on the western foreshore, to the southernmost extremity of the reserve on the opposite foreshore.
www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au /general/homepage/locations/hawkesbury_river,_brisbane_water_and_pittwater   (1236 words)

  
 Hawkesbury River and Patonga Creek - NSW DPI - Fisheries   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hawkesbury River and Patonga Creek - NSW DPI - Fisheries
declare the Hawkesbury River and Patonga Creek to be a quarantine area, (“the quarantine area”), because of the presence or suspected presence of the declared disease marteiliosis (QX disease);
Oysters taken from aquaculture permit areas in Patonga Creek and Hawkesbury River may be relocated to aquaculture permit areas in the Georges River and Botany Bay, including their bays and tributaries, subject to the oyster shipment logbook protocol.
www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au /general/homepage/locations/hawkesbury_river_and_patonga_creek   (717 words)

  
 River of life - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
As the riverboat postman criss-crosses the river between Brooklyn and Bar Point, it offers potent reminders that here, on Sydney's northern edge, is a region that has remained unchanged since it was first settled by Europeans in the early 1790s.
The flood plains, from the start of the Hawkesbury at Grose River near Richmond, are still primarily farming land.
The lower Hawkesbury, which starts at Cowan Creek in the Ku-ring-gai National Park and extends upriver beyond Wisemans Ferry, is wonderfully unpretentious with the riverside shack being the dominant domestic housing and access by water being the desirable option.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2007/01/10/1168105026710.html   (1662 words)

  
 RiverSystems
One river that deserves attention is the Hawkesbury River, this river meanders from the back of the Sydney basin from the Nepean River at Penrith, through Windsor - Wisemans Ferry - and opens to the Tasman Sea at Broken Bay near Palm Beach.
Today the river bottom is heavily contaminated with heavy metals in the fl sludge or mud and there is a ban on fishing along its length.
This river has been sadly neglected to the point of being a health hazard, the Yarra was once a source of drinking water but today 2005 the river is a drainage channel carrying all the storm water effluent from greater Melbourne.
www.homestead.com /World_environment/River_Systems.html   (856 words)

  
 Elanora Heights Primary School - Information - Hawkes
Education of the people is being driven by their unhappiness when the river is badly affected by the way we abuse the land on either side of the river.
The river receives what is left after we dam a part of it and other small creeks and minor rivers draining from the Blue Mountains and the high land to the south of Sydney.
The mangroves growing along the edges the river where it is tidal are important for the ecological balance of the river.
www.elanorahts-p.schools.nsw.edu.au /zipweb/hawkes.html   (1869 words)

  
 Hawkesbury River Oyster Industry - 05/05/2005 - PRIV
The Hawkesbury oyster farmers differ from the classical definition of "farmer" because they do not own the place where they cultivate their crop.
The most pressing need is for the river's 22 oyster farmers to remove thousands of tonnes of oysters and trays to stop the parasite from spreading...
When oyster farming began in the Hawkesbury area, oyster farmers used to sell bottles of oysters to train passengers or motorists who were stationary for a couple of hours while waiting for the ferry.
www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20050505039   (914 words)

  
 Hawkesbury Map - Lower Portland - Locate Two Rivers Retreat
The beautiful Hawkesbury River only 1 ½ hours comfortable drive from Sydney, this quiet little part of the country doesn't see a lot of vehicular traffic, although time is catching up.
The common denominator is the Hawkesbury River and the wonders of the Hawkesbury valley.
uninterrupted views of the Hawkesbury River and to the Blue Mountains, and the old quill has surrended to the computer, and the lifestyle is still as relaxing as it always was.
www.tworiversretreat.com.au /location.html   (526 words)

  
 Strange Nation - Dedicated to strange phenomena in Australia
Somewhere in the depths of the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales lurks the long lost cousin of Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, according to Australian naturalist Rex Gilroy.
Descriptions of the Hawkesbury Monster liken it to the prehistoric plesiosaur, an aquatic dinosaur 70 million years extinct.
Like Nessie, which cryptozoologists also believe to be a plesiosaur, the Hawkesbury River monster has a large body, two sets of flippers and a long snakelike neck and head.
www.strangenation.com.au /Articles/rivermonster.htm   (543 words)

  
 THE "DEATH BIRD"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The "Death Bird" of Colo River whose weird cries bring terror to many residents of the locality, was described recently in one of our Sydney evening contemporaries.
Several Hawkesbury natives, who have been keeping a tally of the visitations of the 'Death Bird', tell of 20 deaths and in every case the weird cries of the river terror preceded their deaths."
Old residents of the Hawkesbury say that the legends of the bird came from the aboriginies (sic) who believed that its weird call always preceded a death.
www.hawkesburyhistory.org.au /stubbs/deathbird.html   (540 words)

  
 The Hawkesbury River Monster - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
THE HAWKESBURY RIVER MONSTER - Dharuk tribal Aborigines of the New South Wales central coast, north of Sydney, have preserved traditions of enormous reptilian ‘water monsters’.
Strange slide marks have appeared along the Hawkesbury River’s shore — the marks of massive creatures who have presumably left the water to rest on the banks.
The Hawkesbury river is in NSW, near Sydney.
www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=34689   (1142 words)

  
 HAWKESBURY GATEWAY, LOWER HAWKESBURY, SYDNEY HILLS, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
A taste of the country along the Hawkesbury River, the Hawkesbury Gateway boasts the natural beauty of the Hills and the Hawkesbury River.
The Hawkesbury River meanders through Brooklyn where you can tour an oyster farm, to picturesque Wiseman's Ferry where you can try water-skiing.
The winter high temperature for Hawkesbury Gateway is approximately 17 °c.
www.australianexplorer.com /hawkesbury_gateway.htm   (409 words)

  
 Hawkesbury Harvest - Project Partners
Hawkesbury City Council have clearly identified the need for the retention of agriculture within the region, and as part of an ongoing process they have initiated the 'Hawkesbury Agricultural Retention through Diversification and Clustering' (HARtDaC) project; the first of its kind in the region.
Hawkesbury City Council, inital sponsors of the Hawkesbury Harvest project are very proud to support Hawkesbury Harvest and its goals for the Region.
The University is a proud supporter of Hawkesbury Harvest and students and staff are actively involved in its development.
www.hawkesburyharvest.com.au /partners.asp   (776 words)

  
 Hawkesbury River
The Hawkesbury Gateway boasts the natural beauty of the Hills and the Hawkesbury River.
Both span the awesome Hawkesbury River with its sandstone cliffs and deep forested valleys.
The Hawkesbury River runs through historic towns and ripples past coves, inlets, bush-covered banks and picnic dells as it winds to the sea just 30 kilometres north of Sydney.
www.about-australia.com /new-south-wales/sydney/destinations/hawkesbury-river   (386 words)

  
 Naming of the Macquarie Towns
The Distance from Dr. Jamison's Farm to the junction of the New River with the Nepean cannot be less than Twelve miles from the time we took to row it.
The Banks of the River are here very lofty and almost perpendicular, not being less than 400 Feet in height and wooded to their very summits.
Wishing to explore the Hawkesbury River, down as far as Portland Head, and at the same time view the Front Farms on both Banks that far, I set out this morning between 5 and 6 o'clock, accompanied by Mrs.
www.hawkesburyhistory.org.au /articles/macquarie_town.html   (3021 words)

  
 ' History on the Hawkesbury River"
An extraordinary event occurred at Refuge Bay on the Hawkesbury River in late March 1891, recorded as the only time politicians came clean in public, Government leaders from Australia's colonies gathered in Sydney for the constitutional convention.
The first Hawkesbury River railway bridge was constructed by the Union Bridge Company of Brooklyn, New York and opened with the first train crossing in May 1889.
The Swan sank in 1934 and in 1935 a wild storm caused the Parramatta to break free of her mooring and she ran a ground under the towering cliffs of Cascade Gully.
www.hawkesburyriver.org.au /History.htm   (977 words)

  
 Hawkesbury River Gateway - Accommodation, Dining, Attractions, History & Maps
The river town of Brooklyn, famous for its fresh Hawkesbury oysters, is a great place to unwind.
The Hawkesbury River Gateway offers a plethora of B and B’s, self contained and water based accommodation many along the waters edge and the islands in the river.
But the river is not the only attraction to the area.
www.hawkesburyvalley.com /riverGate.asp   (601 words)

  
 Supply Systems > Hawkesbury-Nepean River & Tributaries > Summary of Results
This section of the Nepean River begins below where it meets the Cordeaux River, which carries flows from the Cordeaux, Avon and Nepean dams in the Upper Nepean.
The Cataract River joins the Nepean River approximately 15 km downstream of Maldon.
At West Camden, water quality was influenced by discharges from West Camden Sewage Treatment Plant, via Matahil Creek, as well as by the township of Camden and the new development areas within the Narellan Creek catchment.
www.sca.nsw.gov.au /awqr/ss-hawkes-results-unepean-p101.html   (296 words)

  
 Hawkesbury-Nepean Report Card   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Hawkesbury Nepean region stretches from north of Putty to Lithgow in the west and south to Lake Bathurst.
The Hawkesbury Nepean region includes a variety of natural landscapes, from rainforests to open woodlands, and grasslands to wetlands, and a river system that flows from highland freshwater streams to the Hawkesbury River estuary.
The former Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Board (predecessor to the current Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority) endorsed the integrated natural resource management plans (the Blueprints) for what is now the Hawkesbury Nepean region, incorporating social, economic and environmental elements of natural resource management.
www.nrm.gov.au /state/nsw/hawkesbury-nepean/publications/report-card/index.html   (1245 words)

  
 "Hawkesbury River Tourism Promotion Group - Who we are - Cruises - Accommodation - Tours - Hawkesbury River - Sydney"
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www.hawkesburyriver.org.au   (234 words)

  
 Hawkesbury River, NSW, Accommodation, Tours, Events and Hire
This region follows Australia’s longest eastward flowing river, the Hawkesbury, from the edge of the Blue Mountains to Broken Bay.
Linking historic townships and riverside villages, the river offers a fascinating mix of country ambience, fine dining and accommodation, natural attractions and lots of opportunities for exploring its peaceful tributaries.
Exploring the river on a houseboat from Brooklyn.
seesydney.com.au /Destination.aspx?DProductID=9017204   (207 words)

  
 Hawkesbury City Council: Environment: Recycling
The Hawkesbury City Council area is divided into 2 collection areas, divided by the Hawkesbury River.
Area 1 is South/East of the Hawkesbury River, and includes; Windsor, South Windsor, Richmond, McGraths Hill, Bligh Park, Pitt Town, Cattai.
Area 2 is North/West of the Hawkesbury River, and includes; North Richmond, Bilpin, Howes Creek, St Albans and all in between.
www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au /environment/1240/1280.html   (1550 words)

  
 Holiday accommodation Hawkesbury NSW
Hawkesbury holiday activities can range from bushwalking to water sports - indeed house boats are a very popular holiday option in the Hawkesbury.
The Hawkesbury region also boasts a wide range of accomodation to suit every holiday and visit - from hotels and resorts to unique self contained holiday houses and luxury bed and breakfast accommodation.
The historic Windsor Township is set on a high bank of the magnificent Hawkesbury River, at the foot of the Blue Mountains and surrounding National Parks.
www.takeabreak.com.au /hawkesbury.htm   (694 words)

  
 Sydney Hawkesbury River, Broken Bay: Hawkesbury River in Sydney Area, NSW, Australia, AU
Australia AU Hawkesbury River enters the sea at Broken Bay approximately 30 km / 19 miles to the north of Sydney.
This immense river is lined with attractive coves, secluded beaches, a wealth of picnic spots, walking trails and settlements.
Highlights close to the Hawkesbury River include Berowra Waters, Cowan Creek, Pitt Water and Brooklyn.
www.sydney.attraction-guides.com /sydney_hawkesbury.html   (131 words)

  
 Hawkesbury River Walk
The journey follows the Hawkesbury River downstream by foot and by boat as it meanders its way through the dissected sandstone plateaus of the area.
Eventually the river reaches the ocean through a fast-flowing tidal estuary and the dense forests and peaceful river inlets give way to the breathtakingly beautiful beaches and dramatic cliff tops of the coast.
Follow a branch of the Hawkesbury River past mangrove swamps and magnificent angophora forests to Bobbin Head marina.
www.travel-innovations.com /hawkesburywalk.htm   (1154 words)

  
 Hawkesbury Australia - Accommodation, Attractions, Hawkesbury Valley...
The Hawkesbury Valley area truly is the historical heart of New South Wales, and an integral part of the successful colonization and settlement of Sydney — an ideal destination for anyone curious about the early days of this state.
The Hawkesbury Region stretches from the Gateway of the Hawkesbury River around Brooklyn all the way through the Heartland of the fertile Valley to the Highlands at the foot of the Blue Mountains.
Today the region is still well known for its quality apples, stone fruits, oranges, honey and vegetables - many of them grown organically – and it is still the home to a variety of produce farms, small business and markets which provide goods to the Sydney market.
www.hawkesburyweb.com.au   (228 words)

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