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20 August 201825 August 2018

Hunter Valley Segway Tours

Hunter Valley Segway Tours is located in the Hunter Valley Resort in the vineyards. Getting there is very easy. Once you find the Resort, just flow the signs to Segway Tours.

The tour starts with a safety briefing and how to operate your Segway. This is followed by a test drive around a field and learning how to maneuver around obstacles.

Once you and the guide are comfortable and confident that you can operate the segway safely you can then start the tour. The tours winds around the local vineyards with some excellent views of the Broken Back Range. You pass dams and creeks and navigate through some uneven ground and between trees, and down a little gully. We saw a lot of kangaroos, who posed for photos. The guide will happily take photos of you during the tour. The guide was happy to answer any questions, as well as give a vast amount of history of the area.

Broken Back Range Hunter Valley Segway Tours

As the tour progresses the difficulty increases as your skill gets better.

At the end of the tour we had free time to drive around a gentle slope for a while. We had a fantastic time with Hunter Valley Segway Tours, a fun tour with wonderful scenery.

Morning Tea Hunter Valley Resort Segway Tours

To see what else there is to do in the Hunter Valley, please see some of our other stories.

20 August 201820 August 2018

Hunter Wetlands National Park

We have previously had a kayaking tour through the Hunter Wetlands National Park. This gave us a great perspective from the water. Walking through the wetlands was to give us a different one.

The road into the wetlands is a one lane bridge. Be careful when using it in case someone is coming the other way.

We parked at Riverside Park as this was centrally located and allowed us to do several of the walks as a loop.

There are toilet and picnic facilities available along with a small jetty. A great spot for a picnic.

The walk is flat and either gravel / bitumen roadway or metal walkway through water areas.

Board Walk over the Wetlands Hunter Wetlands National Park — Board Walk over the Wetlands

The walk takes you past the Hunter River and its mangroves and then turns and runs through swamp with reeds and bird life. This is a great opportunity to take some great photos of birds.

Mangroves and Hunter River Hunter Wetlands National Park — Mangroves and Hunter River

Also in the Hunter Wetlands National Park is an old World War Two radar station. There are boards that describe its use and importance during the war. The old concrete structures are fairly intact despite being defaced with graffiti. Unfortunately access is not permitted and the entrances are barred.

Old Radar Station Hunter Wetlands National Park — Old Radar Station

To see what else there is to do in the Hunter Valley, please see some of our other stories.

11 August 201829 March 2022

Sculptures in the Scrub Coonabarabran

First Lesson Sculptures in the Scrub Pilliga Stae Forest Coonabarabran www.destinationsjourney.com

Sculptures in the Scrub is located in the Pilliga State Forest to the north of Coonabarabran. The road in is dirt and when we went was badly corrugated. Be careful of the road conditions with respect to your type of car as it may be dangerous in the wet. There are two section to this walk. The first follows the top of the ridge where the sculptures are located, while the second winds around the base and then leads back to the car park (you can get a different perspective of the sculptures from the bottom level).

Five artists have work displayed here in a unique bush environment, with each piece taking advantage of its natural setting to enhance its beauty. As you walk along the bush tracks, you come across each sculpture in turn.