Guidebook for Cooranbong
Food Scene
Enjoy a yummy breakfast, lunch or dinner or grab a quick takeaway at this handy cafe.
Cooranbong Takeaway
567 Freemans DrEnjoy a yummy breakfast, lunch or dinner or grab a quick takeaway at this handy cafe.
Scrumdumptious Thai food at a good price makes an enjoyable meal out
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Yummy Thai
81A Dora StScrumdumptious Thai food at a good price makes an enjoyable meal out
An intimate setting where you can enjoy beautiful Thai cuisine.
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Thai Square - Morriset
51 Dora StAn intimate setting where you can enjoy beautiful Thai cuisine.
Indian Cuisine at its best. BYO. Gluten free available. Open 6 days (closed Tuesday) from 4.00pm and lunch Thursday and Friday 12.00-2.30pm
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Punjabeez Indian Restaurant
3 Short StIndian Cuisine at its best. BYO. Gluten free available. Open 6 days (closed Tuesday) from 4.00pm and lunch Thursday and Friday 12.00-2.30pm
This little restaurant on the shores of Lake Macquarie is an absolute gem. The beautifully presented food is complimented by the peaceful bush setting overlooking the lake. Open everyday 8.30-3.30
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The Lakehouse Cafe
1 Wild Duck DrThis little restaurant on the shores of Lake Macquarie is an absolute gem. The beautifully presented food is complimented by the peaceful bush setting overlooking the lake. Open everyday 8.30-3.30
A beautiful location overlooking Lake Macquarie to enjoy the Australian and Chinese cuisine on offer. Reasonably priced and suitable for the whole family. After you meal relax with stroll along the foreshore.
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Wangi Workers Club Bistro
11-19 Market StA beautiful location overlooking Lake Macquarie to enjoy the Australian and Chinese cuisine on offer. Reasonably priced and suitable for the whole family. After you meal relax with stroll along the foreshore.
Parks & Nature
A naturally beautiful experience in the heart of Hunter Valley Wine Country. The Gardens are a place for the appreciation of nature and peaceful reflection…but they are also a place for families and fun. Unique events like Snow Time and our Christmas Lights Spectacular are a fun day/night out and feature beautiful custom-built rides.
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Hunter Valley Gärten
2090 Broke RdA naturally beautiful experience in the heart of Hunter Valley Wine Country. The Gardens are a place for the appreciation of nature and peaceful reflection…but they are also a place for families and fun. Unique events like Snow Time and our Christmas Lights Spectacular are a fun day/night out and feature beautiful custom-built rides.
Catherine Hill Bay is a secluded and sleepy old mining village in the hinterland behind the Central Coast within the City of Lake Macquarie. The beach is a unspoilt place to relax, walk swim or surf. The beach is patrolled from the September school holidays to April.
If you want to eat lunch or dinner head to the charming heritage-listed Catho Pub. The pub has a real Aussie feel. It’s the only place you can have a meal in this village. There’s life music on weekends and a little play area for kids.
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Catherine Hill Bay Beach
Catherine Hill Bay is a secluded and sleepy old mining village in the hinterland behind the Central Coast within the City of Lake Macquarie. The beach is a unspoilt place to relax, walk swim or surf. The beach is patrolled from the September school holidays to April.
If you want to eat lunch or dinner head to the charming heritage-listed Catho Pub. The pub has a real Aussie feel. It’s the only place you can have a meal in this village. There’s life music on weekends and a little play area for kids.
Morisset Swimming Pool
1 Kahibah StCool off in the hot weather at this lovely outdoor pool centre
Our closest surf beach with sparkling sand and rolling waves suitable for swimming, surfing, fishing, walking and picnics
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Budgewoi Beach
Our closest surf beach with sparkling sand and rolling waves suitable for swimming, surfing, fishing, walking and picnics
The wildlife park houses a wide range of animals, from spiders to mammals to birds.
Of course they have plenty of snakes and spiders. And deadly ones such as funnel-web spider, eastern brown snake and common death adder.
As well as a huge saltwater crocodile. A lake full of alligators. A Galapagos tortoise. Wombats, dingoes, Tasmanian devils and platypuses.
You can see koalas up close eating gum leaves and kangaroos roaming freely.
The experience at The Australian Reptile Park is enjoyable because you get close to the animals. You see them inside the exhibits and during shows. Also staff walk around the site with creatures, such as snakes, in their arms that you can approach .
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Australischer Reptilienpark
Pacific HighwayThe wildlife park houses a wide range of animals, from spiders to mammals to birds.
Of course they have plenty of snakes and spiders. And deadly ones such as funnel-web spider, eastern brown snake and common death adder.
As well as a huge saltwater crocodile. A lake full of alligators. A Galapagos tortoise. Wombats, dingoes, Tasmanian devils and platypuses.
You can see koalas up close eating gum leaves and kangaroos roaming freely.
The experience at The Australian Reptile Park is enjoyable because you get close to the animals. You see them inside the exhibits and during shows. Also staff walk around the site with creatures, such as snakes, in their arms that you can approach .
Set in the beautiful Hunter Valley, The Hunter Valley Zoo has 10 acres of land with everything from native Australian animals to exotic animals such as monkeys and meerkats. There are picnic areas and free BBQ facilities great for a family day out. They have special feed bags for feeding the farmyard animals and a walk-through kangaroo enclosure and bird aviary. You will also enjoy encounters with Meerkats and Marmoset Monkeys.
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Jagd-Tal-Zoo
138 Lomas LnSet in the beautiful Hunter Valley, The Hunter Valley Zoo has 10 acres of land with everything from native Australian animals to exotic animals such as monkeys and meerkats. There are picnic areas and free BBQ facilities great for a family day out. They have special feed bags for feeding the farmyard animals and a walk-through kangaroo enclosure and bird aviary. You will also enjoy encounters with Meerkats and Marmoset Monkeys.
This is the leading swimming facility on the Central Coast and caters for the whole family with its three pool areas.
Mingara Aquatics
14c Mingara Dr This is the leading swimming facility on the Central Coast and caters for the whole family with its three pool areas.
Essentials
Coles Morisset
35 Yambo StWoolworths
103-105 Dora StWaratah Medical Services Cooranbong
567 Freemans DrWyong Hospital, Henry Moore Dr station
For a medical emergency this is the closest hospital
Mega Fruit Barn
563 Alton RdA handy store catering for all your basic needs.
Shopping
Morpeth, a historical suburb of the city of Maitland has many quirky shops and cafes that make an enjoyable day out.
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Morpeth
Morpeth, a historical suburb of the city of Maitland has many quirky shops and cafes that make an enjoyable day out.
Westfield Tuggerah
50 Wyong RdThe closest shopping mall with everything you need.
An icon of Cooranbong, the Elephant Shop sells all nature of unique and natural bits and pieces including crystals, fossils, salt lamps, jewellery, wooden figurines and moroccan lanterns to name some. A good place for a browse.
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The Elephant Shop
567 Freemans DrAn icon of Cooranbong, the Elephant Shop sells all nature of unique and natural bits and pieces including crystals, fossils, salt lamps, jewellery, wooden figurines and moroccan lanterns to name some. A good place for a browse.
Entertainment & Activities
A great complex where you can see all the latest movies.
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Event Cinemas Tuggerah
50 Wyong RdA great complex where you can see all the latest movies.
Arts & Culture
Situated on the shores of beautiful Lake Macquarie is the National Heritage listed Dobell House, the home and studio of the late Sir William Dobell, one of Australia’s most famous painters. The home and its contents offer a unique experience of the life and work of Wangi’s “Gentle Genius”.
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Dobell House
47 Dobell DrSituated on the shores of beautiful Lake Macquarie is the National Heritage listed Dobell House, the home and studio of the late Sir William Dobell, one of Australia’s most famous painters. The home and its contents offer a unique experience of the life and work of Wangi’s “Gentle Genius”.
Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm - Open 7 days during NSW school holidays and Public Holidays
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Newcastle Museum
6 Workshop WayTuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm - Open 7 days during NSW school holidays and Public Holidays
Getting Around
This is our closest station but not all trains to Sydney or Newcastle stop at this station. There is plenty of parking available.
Dora Creek Station
This is our closest station but not all trains to Sydney or Newcastle stop at this station. There is plenty of parking available.
Regular trains take you north to Newcastle or south to Sydney. There is plenty of parking at the station.
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Morisset Station
Regular trains take you north to Newcastle or south to Sydney. There is plenty of parking at the station.