The Hawkesbury River and North Coast Lake districts afford unlimited facilities and attractions for the tourist, whether in search of health, sport, or beautiful scenery. As a health resort it would be difficult to find a district with so many natural advantages. The scenery is diversified, and ranges from the rugged gullies and mountainous gorges of the higher reaches of the river, to plains and undulating meadows, and the wild, rocky prominences of the coast where the loud orchestral boom of the surf is in marked contrast to the stilly solitude of the rivers' upper waters, and the restful quiet of the primeval bush along their banks.
Sportsmen here are in their element.
Good shooting of various kinds, from wallabies to parrots and waterfowl, may be secured from almost any station, provided visitors are prepared to tramp through the bush or carefully stalk the lakes. After leaving Wondabyne Station, the southern end of the Warrawolong Range is pierced by a tunnel about a mile in length, said to be the longest in Australia. On emerging from the tunnel, a fine view is obtained of Woy Woy Creek and Brisbane Water, of which the former is a tributary. The surroundings are most picturesque a veritable wilderness of palms, ferns, and flowering shrubs. The line proceeds through a densely-wooded country which on approaching Woy Woy thins out considerably.