Weekend getaways from Sydney: Lake Macquarie, Caves Beach and Blacksmiths Beach

By Sheriden Rhodes
Updated December 8 2016 - 1:10pm, first published December 4 2016 - 12:15am
Dolphins can often be seen playing around the boats exploring Lake Macquarie. Photo: Sheriden Rhodes
Dolphins can often be seen playing around the boats exploring Lake Macquarie. Photo: Sheriden Rhodes
Sunset at Lake Macquarie, NSW. Photo: Sheriden Rhodes
Sunset at Lake Macquarie, NSW. Photo: Sheriden Rhodes
Catherine Hill Bay. Photo: Sheriden Rhodes
Catherine Hill Bay. Photo: Sheriden Rhodes
Wangi Wangi on Lake Macquarie, NSW.  Photo: iStock
Wangi Wangi on Lake Macquarie, NSW. Photo: iStock

It's surprising, given it's twice the size of Sydney Harbour and the largest permanent salt water lake in the Southern Hemisphere, how underrated Lake Macquarie is. And for all that water, remarkably there are only a handful of places to hire a boat. "It's a forgotten haven for boating," Michael Paull tells us as we sail across the lake in his sleek yacht Yesdear, the salty spray licking our faces.

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