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Wollombi is a village located at the edge of the Hunter Valley wine country and located at the intersection of Tourist Drive 33, in New South Wales, Australia. While it's in the Central Coast, Wikivoyage covers it in the Hunter region for practical purposes.

Understand

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Wollombi is located at a fork on the convict built Great North Road (Tourist Drive 33).

Get in

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By car

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Wollombi is 29 km south-west of Cessnock on Wollombi Road and around 40km north of Calga. A very pleasant route, through picturesque rural countryside. Additionally, there's no other forms of transport to Wollombi. Only car.

Get around

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The village centre is very small and easy to walk around.

See

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St John's Anglican Church
  • Heritage buildings, including the school building (c1881) and the general store.
  • Former Courthouse. The former courthouse was built in 1866 and is now a small historical museum. $2.
  • Koolang Observatory, +61 2 4998 8216. Noon-5PM (and most nights).
  • 1 Mount Yengo. Mountain of great Aboriginal significance. Mount Yengo (Q6924694) on Wikidata Mount_Yengo on Wikipedia

Do

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  • Convict Trail. The Great North Road convict trail passes through here.
  • Picnic in Anzac Park.

Eat

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  • Margan Winery. Hosting the Beltree restaurant which is definitely worth a lazy Saturday or Sunday meal. Coupled with the wine produced at the Vineyard, this is a must try on the Hunter circuit

Drink

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Wollombi Tavern. Home of "Dr Jurd's Jungle Juice"

Sleep

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Go next

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This city travel guide to Wollombi is a usable article. It has information on how to get there and on restaurants and hotels. An adventurous person could use this article, but please feel free to improve it by editing the page.