Wondabyne, New South Wales

Wondabyne
Central Coast, New South Wales

Wondabyne railway station

Postcode(s)

2256

LGA(s)

Central Coast Council

Patonga

Suburbs around Wondabyne:
Mooney Mooney Creek	Kariong	Kariong
Mooney Mooney Creek	Wondabyne	Woy Woy
Mooney Mooney	Cogra Bay	Patonga

Wondabyne is a suburb located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, and is part of the Central Coast Council local government area.

Wondabyne railway station, is serviced by NSW Trainlink services to Newcastle and Central on the Main North railway line and is adjacent to a wharf on Mullet Creek, a tributary estuary of the Hawkesbury River. The train station has a very short platform, which is long enough to hold only around one train door.^[1]

Due to the rugged terrain of the area, Wondabyne station does not have road access.^[1] It has been suggested that it may be the only station in Australia that does not have road access. The station relies on water access, via a pontoon and walkway.

For railway buffs Wondabyne Station is interesting for its isolation, very short platform - less than one carriage (exit via rear door of the last carriage) - and the fact that it is fully equipped (except for staff) with announcements of coming trains, signage, seats and shelters on both platforms, boom-gates and bells to protect those crossing the tracks and even an Opalcard validation unit.

Trains only stop at Wondabyne at the request of passengers who must speak to the guard in the rear carriage or hail the train, as you would a bus, as it approaches. Not all trains will stop at Wondabyne. Stations either side are Hawkesbury River (south) and Woy Woy (north).

Just north of the railway station by the water is a 70-acre (28 ha) tract of land owned by Gosford Quarries that contains a sandstone quarry. Stone is cut from the quarry periodically for restoration works on Sydney city buildings that were originally constructed many years ago from Wondabyne sandstone. In 2000, the quarry was brought back into operation to provide stone for the two spires of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. The spires now complete the construction of the cathedral, which began in 1868.^[2]

Wondabyne is a popular starting point for bushwalks into the surrounding Brisbane Water National Park. Destinations include Pindar Cave, Kariong Brook and Wondabyne Trig - the latter offers extensive views of the surrounding area. Walking trails also join the Great North Walk (which stretches from Sydney to Newcastle) for more extensive trips. The track that gives access to these areas leaves from near the station and is very steep.

References

1 2 Transport Sydney Trains. Accessed 6 March 2015.
↑ Completion of St. Mary's Cathedral spires. Accessed 6 March 2015.

External links

Video of Wondabyne station precinct. Accessed 6 March 2015.
History of Wondabyne. Accessed 6 March 2015.
The only train station in Australia inaccessible by road Accessed 13 April 2015.

Suburbs of the City of Gosford, Central Coast, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Avoca Beach Bar Point Bensville Blackwall Booker Bay Bouddi Box Head Calga Central Mangrove Cheero Point Cogra Bay Copacabana Daleys Point Davistown East Gosford Empire Bay Erina Erina Heights Ettalong Beach Forresters Beach Glenworth Valley Gosford Green Point Greengrove Gunderman Hardys Bay Holgate Horsfield Bay Kariong Killcare Killcare Heights Kincumber Kincumber South Koolewong Kulnura Lisarow Little Wobby Lower Mangrove MacMasters Beach Mangrove Creek Mangrove Mountain Marlow Matcham Mooney Mooney Mooney Mooney Creek Mount Elliot Mount White Narara Niagara Park North Avoca North Gosford Patonga Pearl Beach Peats Ridge Phegans Bay Picketts Valley Point Clare Point Frederick Pretty Beach St Huberts Island Saratoga Somersby Spencer Springfield Tascott Terrigal Umina Beach Upper Mangrove Wagstaffe Wamberal Wendoree Park West Gosford Wisemans Ferry Wondabyne Woy Woy Woy Woy Bay Wyoming Yattalunga

Rivers and other waterways	Brisbane Water Erina Creek Ettalong Creek Forresters Creek Kincumber Creek Mangrove Creek Mooney Mooney Creek Mullet Creek Terrigal Lagoon Wamberal Lagoon Woy Woy Creek

National parks	Bouddi Brisbane Water Dharug

Other places and points of interest	Central Coast Stadium Central Coast Highway Erina Fair Sydney–Newcastle Freeway Watagan Mountains

List of Central Coast, New South Wales suburbs

Coordinates: 33°29′13″S 151°14′06″E / 33.487°S 151.235°E / -33.487; 151.235

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