Guidebook for Cooranbong

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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 Dr
Enjoy 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
22 locals recommend
Yummy Thai
81A Dora St
22 locals recommend
Scrumdumptious Thai food at a good price makes an enjoyable meal out
An intimate setting where you can enjoy beautiful Thai cuisine.
20 locals recommend
Thai Square - Morriset
51 Dora St
20 locals recommend
An 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
25 locals recommend
Punjabeez Indian Restaurant
3 Short St
25 locals recommend
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
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
28 locals recommend
The Lakehouse Cafe
1 Wild Duck Dr
28 locals recommend
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
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.
11 locals recommend
Wangi Workers Club Bistro
11-19 Market St
11 locals recommend
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.

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.
247 locals recommend
Hunter Valley Gardens
2090 Broke Rd
247 locals recommend
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.
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.
39 locals recommend
Catherine Hill Bay Beach
39 locals recommend
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.
Cool off in the hot weather at this lovely outdoor pool centre
Morisset Swimming Pool
1 Kahibah St
Cool 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
13 locals recommend
Budgewoi Beach
13 locals recommend
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 .
182 locals recommend
Australian Reptile Park
Pacific Highway
182 locals recommend
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 .
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.
100 locals recommend
Hunter Valley Zoo
138 Lomas Ln
100 locals recommend
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.
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

13 locals recommend
Coles Morisset
35 Yambo St
13 locals recommend
18 locals recommend
Woolworths
103-105 Dora St
18 locals recommend
Waratah Medical Services Cooranbong
567 Freemans Dr
For a medical emergency this is the closest hospital
Wyong Hospital, Henry Moore Dr station
For a medical emergency this is the closest hospital
A handy store catering for all your basic needs.
Mega Fruit Barn
563 Alton Rd
A 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.
72 locals recommend
Morpeth
72 locals recommend
Morpeth, a historical suburb of the city of Maitland has many quirky shops and cafes that make an enjoyable day out.
The closest shopping mall with everything you need.
83 locals recommend
Westfield Tuggerah
50 Wyong Rd
83 locals recommend
The 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.
7 locals recommend
The Elephant Shop
567 Freemans Dr
7 locals recommend
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.

Entertainment & Activities

A great complex where you can see all the latest movies.
25 locals recommend
Event Cinemas Tuggerah
50 Wyong Rd
25 locals recommend
A 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”.
39 locals recommend
Dobell House
47 Dobell Dr
39 locals recommend
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”.
Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm - Open 7 days during NSW school holidays and Public Holidays
102 locals recommend
Newcastle Museum
6 Workshop Way
102 locals recommend
Tuesday - 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.
13 locals recommend
Morisset Station
13 locals recommend
Regular trains take you north to Newcastle or south to Sydney. There is plenty of parking at the station.