This is a comprehensive guide to the Hunter Region paying special attention to places of historical, scenic and other tourist interest. Many of the tours can be done easily at the weekend from Sydney. There are full details (with plenty of simple maps and photographs) to enable the visitor by car or foot to find places.
Newcastle was the second area settled on mainland Australia and so the region has a rich history. The vineyards and wineries are a major attraction given detailed coverage here. But the region has much more to offer: it is a wide expanse of varied farmland with rich coal deposits, surrounded by hills and mountains with magnificent stands of timber, beautiful streams and areas of National Park.
To the east around the river mouth the region extends into a chain of coastal waterways from Lake Macquarie in the south to Port Stephens and the Myall and Wallis Lakes northward.
So this book will be an invaluable guide to a region which has much to offer and which is only a short distance by car or train from Sydney.
