GETTING HERE

Location Address: 336c  Old North Rd, Pokolbin, NSW 2320

 

You cannot see Kookaburra Hideaway from the road. You need to go all the way down the driveway marked Kookaburra Hideaway

 

Head to Wahroonga and take the F3/M1 north towards Newcastle.  Keep driving in the direction of Newcastle and then head for Singleton... ignore the direction to turn off at Wine Country drive to get to the vineyards... that turnoff will take you to the gravel road access...keep going to the Hermitage Road turnoff and you will be on bitumen all the way...  

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After you have turned off at Hermitage Road, keep going until you get to Old North Road, which is around 4 kms down and then turn left and drive 3.3 kms until you see a sign for Kookaburra  Hideaway on the right hand side... The house on the road is NOT Kookaburra Hideaway... follow the drive way down... see instructions in illustration to the right of this text.. :)

 

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From the north…

Pass through Singleton and head east towards Branxton on the New England Highway. The road opens into a new, concrete divided highway 15km from Singleton, and you want to turn first right after this new section starts into Hermitage Road. The signage says POKOLBIN. Go over the railway line and continue for approx 3.5km. Then turn left into OLD NORTH ROAD. This end of the road is sealed. Follow the road for 3.36km, and Kookaburra Hideaway  is on your right, just opposite the sign that says "Gravel Road".

 

From Windsor via the Putty Road…

Follow the Putty Road north via Wilberforce towards Singleton. After about 2 hours driving take the turnoff on the right at Milbrodale (Milbrodale Rd): signposted for Broke and Wollombi. Follow this to the end and turn right and then left past the only Store and head towards Cessnock. After about 15 km turn left into Hermitage Road. Kookaburra Hideaway is on your right after 3.36km opposite the sign that says "Gravel Road".

 

 

From Newcastle and the North Coast …

Head for Hexham where the Pacific Highway and New England Highways meet, and continue west along the New England Highway, past Maitland and towards Singleton. At Branxton turn left at the traffic lights and head towards Cessnock.

 

Approx 6 km along this road (it becomes Wine Country Drive) turn right into OLD NORTH ROAD.

Follow this for 5.5km. This end of the road is mostly not sealed.

Kookaburra Hideaway is on the left, just after the sealed road begins, enter via the left driveway marked Kookaburra Hideaway, regardless of which property you are staying in...

 

At Kookaburra Hideaway you may park in front of the left wing and enter via the front door according to the instructions that will be emailed to you prior to your arrival.