Guidebook for Mount Colah
Food Scene
This is a pub / bar with and excellent menu. I go here for the grass fed steak. You can't pay more money for better steak. It's truly one of Sydney's best at a fair price (around $30 for the 250g) including your choice of sides. There are other steaks however I can only vouch for this one!
The atmosphere is a bit lacking, but the steak....
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The Blue Gum Hotel
55 Pacific HwyThis is a pub / bar with and excellent menu. I go here for the grass fed steak. You can't pay more money for better steak. It's truly one of Sydney's best at a fair price (around $30 for the 250g) including your choice of sides. There are other steaks however I can only vouch for this one!
The atmosphere is a bit lacking, but the steak....
Thai food 'infused' with other influences...
I eat here regularly. The food here is absolutely gorgeous and the service is excellent. I find it very hard to go past the tapas menu and mostly pick bits and pieces from that. I am very fond of all of their prawn dishes and the scallops are to die for! If I venture off the tapas menu, there are some solid meat meals from the grill on offer which are very good also.
Booking might be an idea from Thursday to Sunday as it gets busy.
It is not cheap but you get what you pay for. I'm a regular customer and I am VERY fussy about food!!
Infuzions Hornsby
236 Pacific HwyThai food 'infused' with other influences...
I eat here regularly. The food here is absolutely gorgeous and the service is excellent. I find it very hard to go past the tapas menu and mostly pick bits and pieces from that. I am very fond of all of their prawn dishes and the scallops are to die for! If I venture off the tapas menu, there are some solid meat meals from the grill on offer which are very good also.
Booking might be an idea from Thursday to Sunday as it gets busy.
It is not cheap but you get what you pay for. I'm a regular customer and I am VERY fussy about food!!
Very good food. Upmarket and worth it. Atmosphere is great, service prompt and a lot of thought has been put into the interior design.
You can have breakfast and lunch here but it's not open for dinner. They have an impressive selection of cakes and serve good coffee too.
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The Butcher's Block
15 Redleaf AveVery good food. Upmarket and worth it. Atmosphere is great, service prompt and a lot of thought has been put into the interior design.
You can have breakfast and lunch here but it's not open for dinner. They have an impressive selection of cakes and serve good coffee too.
Ridiculously magic location and a secret amongst locals. It is a seafood bonanza. Fully licenced so you can BYO if you choose. It's worth going for the magical winding drive into Berowra Waters which includes a fun ferry ride where you don't get out of your car! Drive the car right up onto the ferry - free of charge. The ferry is closed for maintenance fortnightly at 2pm (unsure what day). They are open for lunch and dinner only from Wednesday to Sunday. From Wednesday lunchtime to Friday lunch time the menu is Á la carte, and from Friday dinner time to Sunday dinner the food is buffet style. Wine tastings happen on Friday and Sunday nights (02) 9456-2633 199 Bay Road Berowra Waters
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Waterview Restaurant
199 Bay RoadRidiculously magic location and a secret amongst locals. It is a seafood bonanza. Fully licenced so you can BYO if you choose. It's worth going for the magical winding drive into Berowra Waters which includes a fun ferry ride where you don't get out of your car! Drive the car right up onto the ferry - free of charge. The ferry is closed for maintenance fortnightly at 2pm (unsure what day). They are open for lunch and dinner only from Wednesday to Sunday. From Wednesday lunchtime to Friday lunch time the menu is Á la carte, and from Friday dinner time to Sunday dinner the food is buffet style. Wine tastings happen on Friday and Sunday nights (02) 9456-2633 199 Bay Road Berowra Waters
Brooklyn is another little magic spot, 20 minutes north of Mount Colah. The drive in is gorgeous and the very small and quaint Lifeboat restaurant serves delicious locally caught seafood. They only serve what has been caught that morning in the area.
I love the fiddler shark best however I never seem to turn up on the right day for it!
1 Dangar Rd, Brooklyn NSW 2083
lifeboatseafood.com.au
(02) 9985 7510
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn is another little magic spot, 20 minutes north of Mount Colah. The drive in is gorgeous and the very small and quaint Lifeboat restaurant serves delicious locally caught seafood. They only serve what has been caught that morning in the area.
I love the fiddler shark best however I never seem to turn up on the right day for it!
1 Dangar Rd, Brooklyn NSW 2083
lifeboatseafood.com.au
(02) 9985 7510
Parks & Nature
Ku-Ring-Gai National Park is absolutely enormous. One entrance to the park is 3 kilometres from the house. You can walk in however if you want to picnic it is advisable to be in a car as the water is about 7kms from the entrance. I can be available to deliver and collect guests to and from the park.
At the bottom of the entrance road are beautiful places to picnic by the water in Apple Tree Bay. A cafe is located here also however I'm not sure what the food is like. The natural surroundings are stunning however.
There are many hikes in the park and the staff at the visitor centre will help you decide what to see and do here!
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Ku-Ring-Gai Chase
Ku-Ring-Gai National Park is absolutely enormous. One entrance to the park is 3 kilometres from the house. You can walk in however if you want to picnic it is advisable to be in a car as the water is about 7kms from the entrance. I can be available to deliver and collect guests to and from the park.
At the bottom of the entrance road are beautiful places to picnic by the water in Apple Tree Bay. A cafe is located here also however I'm not sure what the food is like. The natural surroundings are stunning however.
There are many hikes in the park and the staff at the visitor centre will help you decide what to see and do here!
Essentials
ALDI
Pacific HighwayFruit and vegetables are not good here however it is close and cheap
Coles is close and you can buy alcohol here. Open until 12am every day but the liquor store closes much earlier than the grocery store.
Coles Asquith
339 Pacific HwyColes is close and you can buy alcohol here. Open until 12am every day but the liquor store closes much earlier than the grocery store.
This is a post office and chemist. Super close but very small so may not have everything you need.
Mt Colah Pharmacy and Post Office
601 Pacific HwyThis is a post office and chemist. Super close but very small so may not have everything you need.
Getting Around
Trains run every 30 minutes and this station is 1.3 kms from the house. You can walk there in 15 minutes. Trains don't run super late to and from this station.
Mount Colah Station
Trains run every 30 minutes and this station is 1.3 kms from the house. You can walk there in 15 minutes. Trains don't run super late to and from this station.
This station is a major one. It has many trains going in all directions. From here you can get to the city, Airport, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and beyond.
Hornsby station also has a taxi rank here. A taxi ride to the house is around $20 or so.
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Hornsby station
This station is a major one. It has many trains going in all directions. From here you can get to the city, Airport, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and beyond.
Hornsby station also has a taxi rank here. A taxi ride to the house is around $20 or so.