1. Leaving Mungerie House, 16 Bellcast Road, Rouse Hill, follow Windsor Road towards Caste Hill
2. Turn left onto Showground Road at Powerhouse Museum
3. Turn left onto Gilbert Road at Castle Hill Showground
4. Turn left onto Old Northern Road
5. Continue along Old Northern Road through Dural and Glenorie all the way to Wisemans Ferry, arrive at Australis Retreat at Wisemans, 5564 Old Northern Road
6. Return along Old Northern Road
7. Turn right at Cattai Ridge Road, Maroota
8. Turn left onto Pitt Town Dural Road
9. Turn right into Boundary Road
10. Turn left back onto Windsor Road
Places of interest along the way
Castle Hill
• Crown Plaza Norwest, 1 Columbia Court. Baulkham Hills - restaurant, accommodation, conferences, weddings
• Powerhouse Museum, Cnr Windsor & Showground Rd (open 2nd Saturday each month 10.00am – 4.00pm)
• Fred Caterson Reserve, Gilbert Road – BMX track, walking tracks
Dural
• The Pines and Roughley House, 656a Old Northern Road, Dural – Roughley family home for 200 years, guided tours
• Flower Power Nursery, Old Northern Road, Glenhaven
• Hargraves Nursery, Old Northern Road, Dural
• St Judes Church, Cnr Old Northern and Galston Roads – oldest Anglican church in the district (1846)
Glenorie
• Glenorie Bakery, Shop 4, Glenorie Shopping Centre, 930 Old Northern Road, Glenorie – cafe
• Balanced Essentials, 3050 Old Northern Road, Glenorie (near Meriden Ave), ph. 9652 0555 – natural health products for sale
Maroota
• Tobruk Sheep Station, 5050 Old Northern Road, Maroota – a working sheep station, sheep shearing, animal feeding, tea and damper, boomerang throwing, licensed restaurant (booking essential ph. 4566 8223)
• Hawkins Lookout on the left hand side of the road approx 8kms from Maroota – look out over the river, picnic area
Wisemans Ferry
• Australis Retreat at Wisemans, 5564 Old Northern Road ph. 4566 4422 – restaurant, 9 hole golf course
• Carinya Ski Ranch, 2720 River Road, Wisemans Ferry - waterskiing, kiosk
• Ferry Artists Studio, Shops 1 & 2 Old Northern Road, open Fri – Mon 10.00 – 4.00 – community run art gallery
• Solomon Wisemans Statue, beside the road next to the Inn
• Cable Ferry – established by Solomon Wiseman, the longest serving ferry service in Australia. The ferry accesses Settlers Road which leads to historic St Albans. Just over the convict built Thomas James bridge there is a gate on the right leading to a walk along the Great North Road
• Wisemans Ferry Reserve, next to the Ferry – river frontage, picnic area
• Wisemans Ferry Inn, Old Northern Road – built in 1828 by Solomon Wiseman, restaurant and bar
Cattai
• Cattai National Park, Wisemans Ferry Road, Cattai – on Hawkesbury River, historic Caddie House, picnic areas
Pitt Town
• Scheyville National Park, Pitt Town Dural Road – old WW11 military training base and memorial, migrant centre, picnic areas, walking trails