Dungog activities
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Lostock Dam
Lostock Dam is a minor rock fill and clay core embankment dam with a concrete lined, flip bucket spillway across the Paterson River upstream the village of East Gresford in Hunter region of New South Wales. The dam's purpose includes flood …
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Cooreei Bridge over Williams River
The Cooreei Bridge over the Williams River at Dungog is listed under the NSW Heritage Act. Built in 1906, the Cooreei Bridge is an example of the Dare design. According to the pamphlet "Historic Bridges of the Hunter Valley" Harvey Dare…
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Stella Bistro
Stella Bistro is a small Parisian style restaurant serving inexpensive French home-style cooking and alcoholic beverages in a modest setting. Serves breakfast, lunch, drinks and coffee.Catering Good for groups or parties Outdoor seating …
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John Tucker Park
John Tucker Park is located in the township and is located beside the Paterson River. It is named after local identity John Tucker who in 1939 purchased a riverside parcel of land alongside a small area already being used as a park by the …
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Blue Gum loop trail
This delightful track offers a soothing riverside walk through patches of untouched forest in Barrington Tops National Park. From Williams River picnic area, Blue Gum loop trail crosses the magnificent Williams River, winding past cascades,…
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Dungog Contemporary
Dungog Contemporary is a commercial fine art and object gallery. They work with emerging and established artists and curators, providing the Dungog region with a centre for creative learning, experiences and exchange. Art, Arts Culture and …
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Allyn River Rainforest Walk
The Allyn River Rainforest Walk is located in Chichester State Forest on the Allyn River. This beautiful short, looped walk takes visitors through stunning rainforest with towering trees, buttress roots and mossy logs creating a fairy-like…
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Paterson self guided walk
Nestled on the banks of the Paterson River, the historic village of Paterson invites you to step back in time via the self-guided Paterson Town Walk. The area was originally blanketed in a cedar forest – the ancestral lands of the Wonnarua…
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Paterson Bridge
The iron lattice bridge over the Paterson River, south of Paterson was built in 1887. Despite the dominance of timber bridges in the area, there were rivers whose sizes and flood histories required much larger spans in order to maximise t…
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Tocal Homestead
Tocal Homestead has one of Australia's finest collections of colonial farm buildings dating from the 1830's. The heritage site is open on Sunday’s, 10am to 3pm, from March to November. The Homestead is set among magnificent fig trees and …
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Jerusalem Creek trail
For a revitalising walk through one of the largest sections of protected temperate and subtropical rainforest in Australia, try Jerusalem Creek trail World Heritage-listed Barrington Tops National Park, near Dungog. A medium track passing w…
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Dungog Memorial Bowling Club
Wednesday night Twilight Bowls is fun for everyone. Beginners are always welcome. Come along on Wednesday nights and give bowls a go from 6pm after their winter recess. Wednesday is called the Roll and Giggle night. While at the club enjo…
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Boot Hill
"Boot Hill" is a selection of hundreds of shoes and boots strung along the fence of a property on Allyn River Road, north of Eccleston. The owners originally put up a "Boot Hill" sign and a few old shoes on the fence which has since increa…
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Chic and Antique
Chic and Antique is full of upcycled vintage and some antique furniture, and an eclectic range of vintage wares ....antique day bed, rocking chair, chairs that don't rock, beautiful Vintage Bear, candelabras, vintage wooden toolbox, mirror…
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Coffee Bean Cafe
At the Coffee Bean Café they offer great coffee, nice cakes and tasty savory snacks. Cakes are home made and all meals are a generous size. Their menu has a great variety to sooth every taste bud. The Coffee Bean is a locally owned café …
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Paterson Rail Motor Museum
The depot in the old Paterson Goods Yards houses the Society's Museum collection of rail motors and other rolling stock items. The Museum is located opposite Paterson Railway Station on the North Coast Line to Brisbane. Road access and visi…
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Ladies Well
Ladies Well is a special place, where visitors can enjoy the cool waters of the Allyn River surrounded by granite boulders and lush forest. Located within the eastern portion of Chichester State Forest on the Allyn River, and at the foothi…
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Dungog Museum
The Dungog Museum was formed in 1963 and since 1968 has operated a museum in the heritage-listed former School of Arts building. The purpose of the museum is the collecting, preserving and interpreting of local heritage for everyone. The s…
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Paterson Court House Museum
Paterson Court House, built in 1857, was the centre of justice in the district, housing many policemen. In 1973, a small group of locals met in Paterson's School of Arts building to look into the possibility of forming a group to preserve t…
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Shaw's Williams River Bakery
Shaw’s Williams River Bakery now has an extensive range of pies and other products – 21 different savoury pies (including the very popular plain and cheese and bacon pies), sausage rolls, custard tarts, apple pies, vanilla slices, fruit fla…
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Gresford Heritage Museum
The Museum shows the extensive and rich history of the area, extending back to the first settlements in the 1820’s. Collecting, preserving and making accessible the stories, artefacts, documents and photographs which chronicle this history…
