Fun Activities for Kids in the Hawkesbury

Activities in Mount Tomah

Shiny carp linger in still dark pools, anxious skinks scurry under rocks, terrified of your big feet. Hidden among the rhododendrons, look for a tall, really tall rock of basalt – lava of volcanic origin from perhaps 15 million years ago. Go on a quest for a dinosaur munching among the tallest gum trees or the crunchy green salad (ferns) below. Across the northern ridge of Mount Wilson, see in your mind’s eye a thousand Aboriginal camp fires under a clear starry night. Find a place for a picnic and a spark for your imagination. Hint: take along binoculars and cameras. Bring a jumper as the wind can come up unexpectedly.

With all the activities available at Mount Tomah, make this an extended holiday. On your return trip, purchase the best of the Hawkesbury produce, jams and juices at fruit and veggie stands in Berambing and Bilpin, have lunch and do a bit of shopping in Kurrajong Village – all along historic Bells Line of Road. Kids will love the wicked curves and bends on the trip home. A number of charming B&Bs, including a health retreat in Bilpin, are nearby if you make this an overnight trip.

Great Activities for Kids

    1. Take a photo of a koala and her joey at Featherdale Native Wildlife Park. 02 9622 1644 (Fee)


    2. Visit Muru Mittigar Aboriginal Cultural Centre in Castlereagh/Penrith for some great cultural activities. Throw a boomerang, hear Aboriginal stories. 02 4729 2377


    3. Stay overnight at Madison Mountain Retreat & Alpaca Homestead, Kurrajong Heights. Watch the shearing in November. 02 4567 7398 or 0415 404 643


    4. “Earn Your Tucker” and be a farmyard helper at Rouse Hill House & Farm 02 8239 2211 (Fee)


    5. Meet a stockman and his working sheep dog. Learn to shear a sheep. Tobruk Sheep Station at Maroota. 02 4566 8223 (Fee)


    6. Take a kids’ clinic at Windsor Rum Corps Barracks Golf. 02 4577 6600 (Fee)


    7. Eat a picnic and climb a tree at Wisemans Ferry Park, near the ferry


    8. Join the Kids Club at Mean Fiddler in Rouse Hill. 02 9629 4881


    9. Climb the Great North Road at Wisemans Ferry. It’s very old . . . colossal rocks. National Parks and Wildlife Services 02 4320 4204


    10. Find the ‘history walk’ in Windsor Riverview Centre at Windsor


    11. Dance at Thompson Square in Windsor every Sunday afternoon


    12. See Mount Tomah’s waratahs in spring (Fee)

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