Bobbin Head, New South Wales

Bobbin Head is a point on Cowan Creek in the north of the suburb of North Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia. It is a "near-urban" part of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Bobbin Head is easily reached by taking Bobbin Head Road through North Turramurra or Kuringai Chase Road, Mount Colah near Hornsby.

View of the marina at Bobbin Head

The Bobbin Inn building

Facilities at Bobbin Head include a marina, picnic areas with gas barbecues, a licensed restaurant and kiosk at the marina, small boat hire at the marina, and a lunch-time restaurant in what used to be the Bobbin Head Inn, which also contains a National Parks information centre.[1] The area also contains many fire trails and a mangrove boardwalk. Aboriginal engravings can be observed along some of the bushwalk trails. There is also a discovery trail along the waterfront inside the marina that chronicles the history of the area.

History

The Bobbin Inn was built by the Ku-ring-gai Chase Trust in 1936.[2] The inn was officially opened by Mr Stevens, Premier of New South Wales, on 5 March 1937.[3]

References

Bobbin Head Masterplan 2006
"BOBBIN HEAD IMPROVEMENTS". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. I, no. 138. New South Wales, Australia. 29 August 1936. p. 10. Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
"BEAUTIFYING BOBBIN HEAD". The Sydney Mail. Vol. L, no. 1302. New South Wales, Australia. 10 March 1937. p. 36. Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Niall Clugston (2008). "Bobbin Head". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2015. [CC-By-SA]

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[Masterplan-1] Bobbin Head Masterplan 2006

[2] "BOBBIN HEAD IMPROVEMENTS". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. I, no. 138. New South Wales, Australia. 29 August 1936. p. 10. Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "BEAUTIFYING BOBBIN HEAD". The Sydney Mail. Vol. L, no. 1302. New South Wales, Australia. 10 March 1937. p. 36. Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.