Guidebook for Belmont
Food Scene
Sotos Tea & Coffee Bar
45 Evans StClose walk, great coffee, friendly service.
Deck 56 Restaurant
56 Brooks ParadeGreat food, lake views, lemon meringue pie.
Common Circus
36 Brooks ParadeHomewares, lake views, good coffee
Seaview Malaysian
21 Beach RdBest Chinese food - home delivered or eat in.
Parks & Nature
Beautiful lake side walk within walking distance from home. Beautiful sunsets, sunrises and views of the lake, and the resident sea eagles.
Green Point Drive
Green Point DriveBeautiful lake side walk within walking distance from home. Beautiful sunsets, sunrises and views of the lake, and the resident sea eagles.
Quieter and more low key beach. Less crowded, surf is more consistently safe and perfect swells. Safer for kids and less confident swimmers.
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Blacksmiths Beach
Quieter and more low key beach. Less crowded, surf is more consistently safe and perfect swells. Safer for kids and less confident swimmers.
The beach has a nice cafe, and the beach club also has gigs on weekends sometimes. More of a social scene than Blacksmiths, but the surf can be more dangerous with rips and undercurrents. Must swim between the flags.
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Redhead Beach
The beach has a nice cafe, and the beach club also has gigs on weekends sometimes. More of a social scene than Blacksmiths, but the surf can be more dangerous with rips and undercurrents. Must swim between the flags.
Biggest inland tidal salt water lake in the Southern Hemisphere. Bigger than Sydney Harbour. Great fishing - fish are clean and safe to eat. Put boat in at Pelican ramp for a day on the lake
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Lake Macquarie
Biggest inland tidal salt water lake in the Southern Hemisphere. Bigger than Sydney Harbour. Great fishing - fish are clean and safe to eat. Put boat in at Pelican ramp for a day on the lake
Blackbutt is a publicly funded nature park with native animal enclosures. Bookings may be made to pat a Koala. Large aviaries and Australian wildlife abound, children can feed the animals. Beautiful bushwalks, free entry, free bbq facilities, childrens playgrounds.
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Blackbutt Reserve Entrance
72 Carnley AveBlackbutt is a publicly funded nature park with native animal enclosures. Bookings may be made to pat a Koala. Large aviaries and Australian wildlife abound, children can feed the animals. Beautiful bushwalks, free entry, free bbq facilities, childrens playgrounds.
Arts & Culture
Beautiful setting, nice restaurant, interesting art exhibitions regularly changing.
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Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
1A First StBeautiful setting, nice restaurant, interesting art exhibitions regularly changing.
Shopping
Charlestown Square
30 Pearson StEssentials
ALDI Belmont
Maude StreetWoolworths Belmont
Singleton StreetColes Supermarkets
Macquarie StreetBelmont Hospital
Drinks & Nightlife
The 16s has everything you could want, a bar, bistro, live music, cafe, wine and boutique beer bar, private functions, pokies, live gigs - music, comedians, bands, light entertaqinment, dancing. Walking distance, also free shuttle bus.
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Belmont 16s
The ParadeThe 16s has everything you could want, a bar, bistro, live music, cafe, wine and boutique beer bar, private functions, pokies, live gigs - music, comedians, bands, light entertaqinment, dancing. Walking distance, also free shuttle bus.
Great food at the restaurant or bistro, outdoor seating near the marina, live music on Sunday afternoons, free shuttle bus, lovely setting.
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Lake Macquarie Yacht Club
Ada StreetGreat food at the restaurant or bistro, outdoor seating near the marina, live music on Sunday afternoons, free shuttle bus, lovely setting.
Pub, bistro, nightclub. They offer a free bus service into Newcastle on a Friday and Saturday night.
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Gunyah Hotel
644 Pacific HwyPub, bistro, nightclub. They offer a free bus service into Newcastle on a Friday and Saturday night.
Entertainment & Activities
Belmont Golf Club
801A Pacific HwySkydive Sydney-Newcastle