Bringing your Partner?
Activities for partners or stayers on
The region around St Albans offers many interesting activities for visitors:
Tennis in the Village
(see village map) Bring your own rackets and balls, $10 per person – see The Settler's Arms Inn for access
St Albans Common
One of the few remaining original colonial commons still in use – Wollombi Road – entrance 5km from village of St Albans - excellent birdlife
Yoga - Saturday morning
St Albans School of Arts Hall (see village map) $15 per person stretching at 7am – yoga at 8am, no booking required
Dinners, lunches and breakfasts available at the historic Settlers Arms Inn (see village map)
Workshop dinner – Saturday evening for participant it's included and for guests at cost
Historic driving tour of the Valley
Maps available showing historic houses, inns and cemeteries – 50km round trip
Historic village of Wiseman' s Ferry
21 km along St Albans Road museum at Solomon Wiseman's pub (subject of Kate Grenville' s novels and TV series)
Ferry Artist's Gallery - Wiseman' s Ferry
A co-operative of regional artists with excellent and reasonably priced art and craft works
Golf at Wiseman's Ferry 21 km back along St Albans Road, Retreat at Wiseman's
18 hole golf course - contact 45 664 422 to book, ring in advance if you wish to hire equipment
Fishing spots
Wiseman's Ferry and the many water holes along the Macdonald River
Historic town of Wollombi
60 km (34 km dirt road) along Wollombi Road - galleries, museum, restaurants and historic pubs
Dharug National Park
Entrance 26 km past Wiseman' s Ferry – take Settlers Road which becomes Wiseman's Ferry Road
Watt Buddha Dhamma
Theravadin Forest Monastery. Located within the Dharug National Park - visits by appointment only. Telephone: 0409 389 887 Website: http://www.wbd.org.au/
The Great North Road
Amazing convict-built road abandoned in 1840' s with sandstone culverts and embankments - entrance about 19 km on Settlers Road just before Wiseman' s Ferry
Hawksebury River towns of Gunderman and Spencer
90 km round trip - via Settlers Road continuing on to Wiseman' s Ferry Road to Spencer
Hawkesbury Ferries tour
https://www.sydneyhillsaustralia.com.au/info/car-ferries/ - 78 km round trip
St Albans Road -Webbs Creek Ferry- Sackville Ferry- Lower Portland Ferry- Bicentennial Road- St Albans
Wineries
- Krinkelwood Winery - Address: 712 Wollombi Rd, Broke 2233 Phone: (02) 6579 1322 - 84 km
- Tizzana Winery - Address: 518 Tizzana Rd, Ebenezer 2756 Phone: (02) 4579 1150 - 52 km
- Jubillee Vineyard Estate - Address: 519 Tizzana Rd, Ebenezer 2756 Phone: (02) 4579 0740 - 52 km
- Talai Estate Winery - Address: 748 Wisemans Ferry Rd, South Maroota 2756 Phone: (02) 4572 8493 - 43 km
