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Berowra Waters Marina

Phone: +61 2 9456 7000

Address: 199 Bay Road 2082 Berowra Waters, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.berowrawatersmarina.com.au

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25.01.2022 Here is a different view!

14.01.2022 Good Morning Arcadia, you’ll see a lot of activity today around Arcadia Oval and down into Berrilee. Today is the Banks Creek Hazard Reduction. There will be ai...rcraft and multiple vehicles around. Be aware there may be smoke in the area. If you see fire that is unattended call 000. For information on Hazard Reductions please go to https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-informati/hazard-reductions

14.01.2022 Our new hire boat fleet! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSTw2cs_rbk&t

13.01.2022 Check out the boats we have available for hire: www.berowrawatersmarina/boat-hire/

13.01.2022 HAZARD REDUCTION | It might get smoky A controlled bush fire hazard reduction burn is scheduled in Berowra Valley National Park, near Western Crescent in We...stleigh, for this Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 August, weather permitting. Walking tracks and trails will be closed on the days of the burn. Find updates and more information at https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/

13.01.2022 ALGAL BLOOM | A temporary Caution Alert is in place for the area from Berowra Waters (Dust Hole Bay) to Calabash Bay. An orange discolouration is present thr...oughout the area that moves with the tide. We have collected samples and are awaiting results, which will take a little longer than usual as the testing labs are closed for the festive season. As Algal blooms can cause waters to be unsafe for recreation (fishing, swimming, kayaking, etc), please be cautious entering the water until further advice is provided.

12.01.2022 Prefer wheel steering? Try a new Yellow Dory. Can accommodate up to 5 people. Half day and full day hire. #berowrawaters #boathire #familyfun #boating #fishing #hawkesbury

11.01.2022 At the Berowra Waters Marina we are proactively monitoring the COVID safety guidelines. As the safety of our customers and staff is our priority we are following a strict COVID safety plan. To ensure the safety of everyone, including our staff, we are restricting the number of people in the Marina shop to 6. Please do not visit us if you have experienced a fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath or traveled out of NSW within the 2 weeks. We also require all customers who enter our shop to provide us with their name and phone number. Thank you for all the support and we look forward to welcoming you to Berowra Waters #covidsafe #boathire #berowraWaters

10.01.2022 BANKS CREEK HR Calabash rd x Banks Creek Hazard Reduction will take place tomorrow (Tuesday 8 September). Please be aware that smoke will be in the vicinity. Mo...re information on hazard reductions can be found on the NSW RFS website https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-informati/hazard-reductions

08.01.2022 Weekend Sunrise at Berowra Waters over the weekend...very exciting. Here is the take of the Berowra Waters Marina with James Tobin! #channel7 #WeekendSunrise #jamestobin #berowrawaters #hawkesbury #hawkesburyriver #berowrawatersaccommodation

07.01.2022 Ferry open earlier than expected! 7 am Saturday will see normal service resume

06.01.2022 BEROWRA WATERS' MONEY SHOT There are various photos taken from the exact same spot over 110 years. It shows the "money shot" at Berowra Waters looking from the ...eastern side across to Dusthole Bay, often with the ferry in the middle of the creek. Recently this inspired me to look for where exactly this vantage point is on the eastern side of Berowra Waters half way up the escarpment. On a clear winters day I climbed up, from the hairpin, and worked my way along the a couple of ridges above the road. It was hard going but after about half an hour I came to a place where the bush opened up about 15 metres directly above the road. Not the easiest place to find or get to but it was well worth the trek in the end. It would have been a lot harder 110 years ago with all the equipment that was required to take a quality photo. These photos go from 1910, 1920s, 1937, 1955, 1990s, to July 2020.

05.01.2022 The ferry is back and being re-attached. Should be good to go on Monday !

04.01.2022 BEROWRA CREEK ROAD PART 1 When artist George Collingridge moved to Berowra Creek (1880) he began to lobby for a road from Old Peats Ferry Road down to Berowra... Creek. In 1890, about a year after the railway opened between Hornsby and the Hawkesbury River, a road was approved for construction from Berowra Railway Station to Berowra Creek, then from the western side of Berowra Creek up to Berrilee, extending onto Arcadia and Galston. Several routes were considered, and a proposed road started to appear on maps of the area. The original route was through the modern day Currawong Road area, and winding around Britannia Rock (a similar route to where the Great North Walk is today). However, to actually construct the new Berowra Creek road resources had to be allocated, at a time when newly approved projects were numerous and resources very limited, which left a road to Berowra Creek on the to do list. Jack Smith moved down to Berowra Creek to establish his tourism business in the late 1890s, and by 1898 he had built himself a boat shed at Franks Bite. Smith started hosting popular fishing competitions at Berowra Creek but access to the area was extremely difficult, so he visited the Land Department to request work to start on the road. Smith was told there was no money available for the project, but he did not give up and continued to lobby until the project was finally funded. He also managed to have the route altered further north with the eastern side creek crossing located directly adjacent to his boat shed. On the western side Jack Smith built the family home directly above the western side creek crossing to give him prime position at both ferry ramps. Jack Smith’s suggestion that the road be constructed on either side of the creek simultaneously with two working crews was also adopted. A tender was accepted in January 1899, work started in early 1900 and it took two full years to complete. On the eastern side one of the most difficult sections to construct was where the hairpin is located. This was a huge solid rock that had to be smashed through with continuous dynamiting. Berowra residents at the time would regularly hear, and feel the rumble, of these huge explosions as workers slowly worked their way through the sandstone. The locals named that section of the road Bloomfonteins Rock, after a huge South African battle occurring during the first Boer War at that time (March 1900), which had Australians involved and was being covered in detail by the Australian newspapers. Both the roads, either side of the Creek, were completed by the end of 1902 however there was insufficient funding available to even consider a bridge over Berowra Creek. Instead in January 1903 a small punt began to operate to link the roads. When Hornsby Shire Council was established in 1906, they were allocated the responsibility of the Berowra Creek Ferry and, even though they did receive a subsidy from the State Government to help off-set the costs, it was still an expensive service for Council to fund. Council submitted their first unsuccessful application to the Department of Main Roads for a bridge to replace the Berowra Creek Ferry in 1935. Many subsequent submissions were made up until the final refused request in 1971. For the first 15 years the main users of Berowra Creek Road were horse riders or horse-drawn vehicles, with the occasional cyclist. When the road first opened it had no safety fence. At night, when vision was very limited, the reigns were released and the rider or coachman relied solely on the horse(s), with its much better eyesight, to lead the way up or down Berowra Creek Road. Pulling tourists down to Berowra Creek and back up again was hard work for horses, particularly in summer, when there were more tourists around. When the road was constructed, many locations along the road were designed to catch and fill with water coming down from natural springs. Some of these locations can still be seen today on both roads either side of Berowra Creek. These water stations were crucial to relieve the hard-working horses. Berowra Creek Road has always been a challenge for vehicles to negotiate and in 1906 it was no different. CJ Turner wrote to Hornsby Council drawing their attention to the very dangerous condition of Berowra Creek Road. He submitted the startling fact that his horse and trap had recently taken a somersault over the side, at the turn around, near the bottom. Had it not been for the hood on his trap his sister would have been crushed, and the repairs had cost him a fiver. He concluded that he hoped Council would fix the road to provide safe access to that portion of the Shire frequented by tourists. The issue was referred to the Council Engineer for attention.

03.01.2022 Stunning day for a boat trip!

01.01.2022 Batten down the hatches on Tuesday/Wednesday. East coast low is forming with strong winds and a lot of rain.