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Bombah Pt via Buladelah Accommodation
Bombah Point Eco Cottages, North Coast Accommodation Nsw
Accommodation Description
Our glass and timber cottages are architecturally designed to respect the natural environment and to celebrate the unique heritage of our surroundings.
The sun-drenched living area provides spectacular 360 degree bush and valley views and each cottage is positioned discretely within the foliage to ensure privacy. With polished timber floors and elegant interiors cottage appointments are both stylish and comfortable with plenty of space to spread out and settle in. Floor to ceiling glass doors open to the surrounding veranda and provide the perfect place to put your feet up and watch the sunset or retire to the hammock to listen to the birds. The main living area also offers a large wood-burning fireplace as well as a new television DVD player and CD/cassette sound system.
The modern kitchen is fully equipped to handle everything from sandwiches for a picnic to a gourmet meal of your own devising. Each cottage has new stainless steel appliances and an outdoor gas BBQ.
Cottages comfortably accommodate 2 people with a large downstairs master bedroom. Extra guests can be accommodated in the upstairs loft with a double and single bed. One cottage is larger and suited to 4-6 guests. Each room comes supplied with all the comforts you could want to fully relax in this setting � thick fluffy bathrobes heated mattress pads and cozy doonas. Watching the dawn rise over the valley from the warmth of your bed is one of the great pleasures of staying with us!
Central to the spacious bathroom is an oversized spa bath that we hope will encourage our guests to unwind and enjoy their time at Bombah Point.
We are a self catering retreat and have provided each cottage with all the tools and supplies necessary to create delicious meals. We have a limited quantity of kitchen �basics� that can be purchased and special kitchen equipment can usually be provided on request.
We offer guests the opportunity to pre-order a Breakfast Basket Picnic Hamper BBQ Dinner Pack or Gourmet Dinner Pack from our menu.
Guests looking for a novel to read by the fire or a wildlife guidebook to identify the bird outside their bedroom need go no further than our central reception building. There is a comprehensive reading library of fiction and reference books and information on activities available in the local area. In addition there is a collection of DVDs and CDs that are available for guests to borrow.
Built in a style similar to the cottages the reception building is a flexible space that houses a pool billiards table TV and DVD as well as a large kitchen lounge and eating area. The space is ideal for a group meal a congregating space mini conferences and special events.
Bombah Pt via Buladelah Accommodation Summary
| Location | Bombah Pt via Buladelah |
| Accommodation Type | Cottage/ House |
| Bedrooms | 2 |
| Max Adults | 6 |
| Local Attraction | beach / lakes / sand dunes |
| Dist. Local Attraction | 10km |
| Lowest Price | 178pd/pn |
| Highest Price | 220pd/pn |
Area (Bombah Pt via Buladelah Accommodation)
Less than 3 hours drive from Sydney the Myall Lakes region feels like a magical escape from the hustle and bustle of the city. Thousands of hectares of unspoilt National Park and State Forest provide the perfect environment for some of Australia�s most diverse and abundant wildlife to flourish - visitors to the area are likely to see everything from sea eagles pelicans and egrets to wallabies kangaroos bandicoots goannas and even the occasional koala. The area also hosts one of Australia�s largest and most interesting coastal lake systems as well as protected waterways wetlands and more than 40 kilometres of spectacular unbroken beaches.
The region�s lakes � Myall Lake Wallis Lake and Smiths Lake are the largest � cover more than 10000 hectares and were created between 6000 and 10000 years ago when sea levels rose and flooded much of the low-lying coastal land. The surrounding Melaleuca trees commonly known as �tea trees� and famous for their oil give the lakes their "tea" colouration.
Myall Lakes National Park which borders the Bombah Point Eco Cottages property on three sides includes the largest and oldest sand dune system in New South Wales. The hind dunes were formed before the last Ice Age and now huge trees grow in their mineral-rich sand. There are numerous Aboriginal sites hidden in the dunes and visitors can find themselves wandering through expansive areas of stone tools axe heads bones and shell deposits that were hidden for thousands of years and only recently revealed by shifting sands. These sites are heralded as some of the most significant and extensive sites in coastal NSW.
A short drive north is Seal Rocks where whales and dolphins can be found frolicking in the surf and visitors marvel at the spectacularly beautiful lighthouse � built in 1875 and officially known as Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse - which overlooks an unspoilt beach and the group of offshore rocky outcrops which give the area its name.
Port Stephens the picturesque inlet that provides water views for Nelson Bay Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest is also quite well known for its marine visitors particularly the seasonal whales. It also has the largest permanent population of dolphins on the east coast more than 200 offering visitors a 99% chance of seeing them on a ferry trip to the Port.
The region also includes Booti Booti National Park Wallingat National Park and Tomaree National Park as well as several additional designated nature reserves.
Accommodation Attractions
The Myall Lakes region is as diverse as it is engaging and everyone from the most adventurous to the more serene will find the perfect activity to suit their mood. We often find our guests have been reading by the fire or napping in their cottage hammock but opportunities abound for those visitors who wish to explore the area further.
LOCAL POINTS OF INTEREST:
Walk to the lighthouse at Seal Rocks or wander through giant sand dunes littered with ancient Aboriginal tools. Call into to Hunter Valley on your way and purchase a bottle or two of the best ones to sip on your cottage veranda.
Indulge in fresh oysters and local prawns at Tea Gardens or lie in the sun at one of the many nearby beaches. Pick up some iconic Australian food from the local rural town of Bulahdelah - great pies at the local pub Bulahdelah "high top" at the bakery home smoked bacon at the butcher � or stroll with a picnic basket full of fresh local produce to a secluded beach at the lake�s edge.
Nearby Barrington and Gloucester Tops are famous for their giant trees alpine environments and spectacular waterfalls. A perfect day can be spent exploring the old logging towns or take a guided or self guided walk through old growth forests that survived the felling. Eucalyptus grandis and Antarctic Beech grow to over 70 meters.
BUSHWALKING:
There is a wide variety of walking trails that wind their way through the property and into the National Park. Short easy walks are available for families with more challenging climbs for the keen bushwalker. A complete list of local bushwalking trails with detailed maps are available onsite.
BIRD WATCHING:
Casual observers and bird enthusiasts alike are sure to be rewarded when they visit Bombah Point. Due to its proximity to a wide range of environments the area boasts an incredible variety of birds including minute wrens and finches parrots ospreys black swans and Jabirru right up to the huge and majestic Wedge Tail Eagle and White Bellied Sea Eagle. 280 varieties of birds have been recorded in Myall Lakes National Park and of the 80 recorded on site many can be seen right from your cottage veranda!
CANOEING AND KAYAKING
The pristine waterways and resident wildlife of the Myall Lakes provide an ideal environment for memorable paddling particularly since much of the area is best viewed from the water. Find a hidden cove in Bombah Broadwater or picnic on an island in Boolambayte Lake while you listen to the native wildlife. Bring your own boat or kayak or several local tour operators offer self-hire or guided boat trips.
BIKE RIDING:
For those guests wishing to explore on two wheels and get away from tourist spots the area offers both scenic National Park tracks and roads with little traffic. Information about local rides is available on site.
WHALE AND DOLPHIN WATCHING:
Between June and October an estimated 3000 whales pass by Port Stephens making the area one of the most popular to view these majestic mammals. Several whale watching cruises operate in season from nearby Nelson Bay.
Dolphins are also abundant in this region and can be seen year round from many of the local beaches or aboard one of the local dolphin cruises that depart daily from Tea Gardens.
SWIMMING SNORKELING SURFING AND DIVING:
Thanks to the surrounding Melaleuca or �tea trees� swimming in the local lakes is said to leave the skin soft and cleansed and there are plenty of easy access points nearby. For those preferring a dip in the surf the 40 km of unbroken sandy beach provides endless opportunities to cool off in the ocean. Surfers will find excellent breaks at the Hawk�s Nest patrolled beach and scuba and snorkelling enthusiasts will find memorable dive sites around Seal Rocks Broughton Island Dark Point and The Boulders.
Bombah Pt via Buladelah Accommodation
Myall Lakes
Beautiful and underdeveloped area of lakes and coastal waterways north of Sydney
'Myall' is an Aboriginal word meaning 'wild'. It was apparently applied by Europeans to Aborigines who had had no contact with whites. While European contact with the area has become constant and extensive, particularly since Myall Lakes National Park was declared in 1972, there is still considerable 'wildness' about this area.
The Myall Lakes National Park incorporates 31 562 ha of headlands, forests, swampland, forest fringes to the west and 10 000 ha of coastal lagoons south of Wallis and Smiths Lakes. These lagoons - Myall Lake, Boolambyte Lake, Two Mile Lake and The Broadwater - are linked by narrow straits which form a continuous waterway joined to Port Stephens by the lower Myall River. To the east, between the lakes and sea, are high sand dunes with a good and varied vegetation cover. Along the seaboard are 40 km of almost unbroken beaches. This natural combination has produced one of the largest, most complex and most interesting lake systems in Australia.
The area was inhabited by the Worimi and Birpai tribes and there are still numerous middens on the coast and on Broughton Island. The Aborigines were driven away when white settlement began in the mid-19th century with the arrival of timbergetting and boatbuilding enterprises and the establishment of small communities at Nerang, Bulahdelah, Neranie, Mayer's Point and Bungwahl.
In 1866 Rachel Henning preserved, in her diary, a record of her journey down the Myall River and a snapshot of the area: "It is quite unlike the deep, dry rocky river-beds of the North, but very beautiful in its own way, not very wide but very deep, so that the great timber-punts can go up and down it, and the banks shut in by very dense forest so that you cannot see any light through the beautiful vines hanging from the trees and dipping into the water. Then you turn a corner and come upon a bright little clearing with a settler's wooden house and a patch of maize and perhaps an orange orchard or a vineyard. Further on the forests shut you in again."
Boat traffic virtually ceased with the development of roads and there was relatively little economic activity in the area until sandmining began in the late 1960s leading to major struggles between conservationists and mining interests. Partially as a result of that conflict 15 000 ha of land was reserved as national park in 1972.
There are a variety of ecosystems in the park and hence a diversity of plant communities and wildlife. Myall Lakes Park is today a very popular holiday spot and its extensive waterways are ideal for sailing, surfing, canoeing, power-boating, kayaking, windsurfing, sunbathing, safe swimming, camping, waterskiing and bushwalking. There are river, lake, fishing, deep-sea fishing and dolphin-watch cruises available, as well as boats and houseboats for hire at Tea Gardens, Bulahdelah and Nelson Bay. There are canoes, sailboards, power boats and catamarans for hire at Myall Shores campground.
There are four main access routes into the park. The principal road is the Mungo Brush Road via Hawks Nest. The road is sealed all the way to the ferry. There are also five signposted beach access tracks for 4WD vehicles which depart from Mungo Brush Rd (they are only permitted south of The Big Gibber).
Things to see:
Myall Lakes National Park - Some Walks
Mungo Track
The park starts 4.3 km north of Kingfisher Ave, Hawks Nest. There is an information board at this point. You can walk the 21-km Mungo Track to Mungo Brush, a popular camping and picnic spot on the southern shore of The Broadwater, the southernmost of the three Myall Lakes where the bird life is prolific. It starts from a signposted spot 750 m along the road from the information board.
Dark Point Walk and Wildflower Walk
8 km from the information board is the start of the Dark Point walk to the right and the Wildflower Walk to the left. The former leads over a series of impressive sand dunes to a beautiful and unspoiled coastline looking out over Broughton Island. Both Broughton Island and the waters off Little Gibber are noted diving spots. The former is also well-suited to fishing and bushwalking. However, access is only provided in the summer season from Nelson Bay and, sometimes, Tea Gardens. Otherwise you must make your own way. Little Broughton Island is an important breeding location for a number of birds. The Wildflower Walk, and the park in general, are best between August and October.
Mungo Brush Rainforest Walk
The Mungo Brush Rainforest Walk departs from the northern edge of Mungo Brush campsite and is essentially a loop walk but it can be as long or short as you like as the paths branch off to other paths. The first portion of the walk takes you to the lakeside and then turns off into some dense and quite beautiful rainforest. You will notice that you are passing from sand to stone, from paperbark to rainforest, indicating that you are stepping on to one of the area's ancient volcanic peaks. Mungo Brush itself is a small rocky hill that was once an offshore island. There is plenty of wildlife about the area. Amongst the sedges, broad-leafed paperbark, swamp oak, coogera and brush bloodwood are lorikeets, wattle birds, honeyeaters, bowerbirds, kookaburras, green catbirds, little terns, ground parrots, the jabiru and tawny frogmouth, eastern grey kangaroos, echidnae, lace monitors, koalas, sugar gliders, ring-tailed possums, carpet pythons, flying foxes and bandicoots. There are also marsupial mice and dingoes in the park. There is a boat ramp at Mungo Brush and caravan sites are available from September 15 to October 15 and from December to April.
Other Walks
It is another 2.1 km along Mungo Brush Rd to the White Tree Bay campsite and another 2.2 km to a parking area on the right where you can undertake the walks to Johnsons Hill (4 km), Tickerabit (8 km) and Shelly Beach (11 km). Experienced guides can be hired for all local walks, tel: (02) 4997 0872, or phone the Tea Gardens Visitors' Centre.
Bombah Point and the Upper Myall River
It is 20.7 km from the information board at the park boundary to the ferry at Bombah Point. Every half hour from 8.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. it will transport you and your vehicle the 40 m across to Myall Shores, (formerly Legges Camp) now a private camping ground, caravan park and convention centre, tel: (02) 4997 4495. From this point a walking track leads to the mouth of the Upper Myall River and a very poor quality unsealed road leads to the township of Bulahdelah, 15 km distant.
Camping in the National Park
There are numerous camping grounds, day-use areas, caravan parks and picnicking sites. Three of the recognised camping areas have fresh water: Yagon (3 km south of Seal Rocks), Mungo Brush (19 km north of Hawks Nest via Mungo Brush Rd) on the south-eastern shore of The Broadwater where the water is shallow and you are close to Mungo Beach, and Violet Hill (9 km from The Lakes Way along Violet Hill Rd) - a deep-water site where there is a boat ramp, a wharf and a lookout. Other campgrounds are the shallow waters along the northern foreshores of The Broadwater from just north of Mungo Brush around to the ferry, Korsmans Landing on the western shore of Two Mile Lake (access off Lakes Rd out of Bulahdelah), and several sites which are only accessible by boat or foot - the River Mouth (where the upper Myall empties into The Broadwater), Johnsons Beach on the southern shore of Boolambyte Lake, Tickerabit and Shelly Beach, both on the southern shore of Myall Lake. There are fees but bookings are not essential.
Myall Shores (formerly Legges Camp) at Bombah Point (at the end of Lakes Rd) is now a private camping ground, caravan park and convention centre, tel: (02) 4997 4495. There is a ferry service from here across to Mungo Brush from 8-6 daily. There is also a day-use area just north of Mungo Brush on the eastern side of the road with toilets and barbecues.
There are boat-launching ramps at Bombah Pt, Mungo Brush, Violet Hill and Bungwahl, a township at the northern end of Myall Lake (access via The Lakes Way). There are also ramps at Nerong, Bulahdelah and Hawks Nest-Tea Gardens.
Accommodation and Eating
For all Accommodation and Eating connected to Myall Lakes refer to the specific information provided in the entries on Bulahdelah, Hawks Nest, and Tea Gardens.