Explore Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest by Bike!
Spend the day exploring Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest with your family.
Spend the day exploring Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest with your family.
Want a gorgeous & adventurous walk with views and beach stops? Go for a hike from Caves Beach to Pinny Beach via Spoon Rocks. It’s a bit of an adventure with steep terrain in some spots, a staircase and fire trails to follow.
Pack a DIY family adventure backpack. It contains the supplies you need for a family hike & some extras to get kids to engage with nature.
Explore the Watagans, a beautiful wilderness spot only an hour from Newcastle. Here you’ll enjoy hiking tracks, camping and adventure.
Take a trip out to Blue Gum Hills Regional Park at Minmi / Fletcher. This is a lovely large bushland park and features a unique playground reflecting the history of the area with a mining theme.
Nobbys Headland will be open to the public on weekends so go for a walk with your family and enjoy the views of Newcastle, Nobbys Beach, Stockton Bridge and Newcastle Harbour
Coastal views, rock pools and sandy beach! Walk down to Burwood Beach on the Hickson Street walking track in Merewether.
Looking for a short bush walk suitable for kids? Try the Kilaben Bay Nature Walk in Lake Macquarie. This family walk ends at the lake’s edge.
Enjoy a walk around Throsby Creek through Carrington Mangrove Boardwalk and include a play at the Drop in the Ocean playground in Maryville.
Enjoy Lake Macquarie views & sculptures in a 2-kilometre walk / cycle from Eleebana to Warners Bay. This is the Creative LAKE Sculpture Trail.
Nature, culture, history. Belmont Lagoon Walk in Lake Macquarie has it all. This flat 4.3km walk is a great family walk.
Bush walk, lake views & mangroves. You’ll enjoy all this on the Galgabba Point Walk in Swansea in Lake Macquarie. Great for families and kids.
Wander through the wetlands. Belmont Wetlands State Park offers short, family-friendly walks through beautiful coastal bushland and wetlands.
Enjoy a family nature day out at Hunter Wetlands National Park at Kooragang.