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Category: Central Coast

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Blueberry Picking at The Giving Farm

Blueberry Bushes at The Giving Farm

The Giving Farm Blueberry Picking

A great way to spend some time on the weekend is to go blueberry picking. Not only do you get some lovely fresh blueberries, but you spend a relaxing time in the outdoors away from the city.

How to Get There

Located on Durren Road, Jilliby on the New South Wales Central Coast, The Giving Farm uses organic farming practices to supply fresh fruit and veggies. Parking is available on the road outside the farm, but don’t worry it’s only 50m to the blueberry patch. Currently, booking is required to ensure only a safe number of people arrive at one time, so ensure you do this before going.

Blueberry Picking

On arrival, you are met by the friendly owners, who explain the farm and how to pick the berries. You get as many punnets to fill as you want, which you pay for as you leave. Currently it is a requirement that you wear a mask while at the farm and while picking the berries. With twelve different varieties to choose from, we took half an hour to fill a punnet while wandering around the rows of bushes.

Blueberry Bushes at The Giving Farm
Blueberry Bushes at The Giving Farm
Blueberries Ready to Pick
Blueberries Ready to Pick
A Freshly Picked Punnet of Blueberries at The Giving Farm Blueberry Picking
A Freshly Picked Punnet of Blueberries

Other Activities

When we arrived, the field across the road had horses next to the fence, so we took some photos of them. Before leaving, we met the new additions to the farm, some milking goats, who were very friendly.

Throughout the year, the activities change, ranging from tulip and sunflower to strawberry picking.

  • Two Horses in the Fields Next Door
    Two Horses in the Fields Next Door
  • One of the Milking Goats
    One of the Milking Goats

What did We Think?

We had a great time, with friendly people and delicious fresh berries. We will be going back when the other activities are available.

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Marie Byles Lookout Beautiful Broken Bay

The View Over Broken Bay From Marie Byles Lookout

Marie Byles Lookout

The lookout is on The Scenic Road in Killcare Heights, just south of the Bouddi National Park Visitor Centre. Named after Marie Byles, the first proponent of a Bouddi National Park, the lookout has beautiful views to the south, along the coast, and over parts of Broken Bay.

A carpark allows easy access to the lookout, although no toilets are present. The area is well fenced due to the steep terrain. The views are amazing. An information board details the life of Marie Byles, which enables you to appreciate what she achieved. Additional boards point out features you can see and provide information on migrating whales.

Marie Byles

Marie Byles (8 April 1900 – 21 November 1979) was a committed conservationist, pacifist, the first practising female solicitor in New South Wales, mountaineer, explorer and avid bushwalker, feminist, journalist, and an original member of the Buddhist Society in New South Wales.

The Views

The views along the coastline and over the ocean are amazing. If you are unable to walk to some of the other lookouts, this one is great, because it lets you see some great views.

  • The View Over Broken Bay From Marie Byles Lookout
    The View Over Broken Bay From The Lookout
  • The View Over Broken Bay From Marie Byles Lookout
    View Over Broken Bay
  • Location Information Board
    Location Information Board
  • Marie Byles Information Board
    Marie Byles Information Board
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Patonga on the Hawkesbury River

Patonga

Located on the Hawkesbury River, Patonga is a small community of around 200 inhabitants. Surrounded by Brisbane Water National Park, it is a great place to go bushwalking, or enjoy the water. A beautiful beach extends along the front of the town on the shores of Brisk Bay.

Shops opposite the beach offer meals and drinks, where you can dine in or eat on the beach.

Patonga means “oyster” in the Guringai people’s language, whose country stretches from the north side of Port Jackson to the southern end of Lake Macquarie.

Having just completed the Pearl Beach Patonga Fire Trail, we were looking for something to eat and somewhere to relax. We bought take-away coffee and morning tea at the cafe before walking to the beach to relax and eat.

  • Patonga
    Brisk Bay
  • Beach
    Patonga Beach
  • Fishing Boats at Patonga
    Fishing Boats in Brisk Bay
  • Jetty
    Underside of the Jetty with Barnacles Growing on the Piers
  • Row Boat
    Row Boat on the Beach

What Did We Think?

A great place to stop and relax on the beach, or go boating. If you like bush walking, this is one end of the Fire Trail that leads to Pearl Beach, so is a great place to relax before or after you do the walk.