Beyond the pilot station is King's Wharf

The original lighthouse was designed by Edmund Blacket though it has since been replaced You can walk along this artificial promontory, with Nobbys Beach to your right, past the lighthouse and along the breakwater to its terminus, from whence there are excellent views across to the northern breakwater which extends outwards from the southern end of Stockton Beach, a massive stretch of sandy shoreline which you can see trailing off in a northeasterly direction to Port Stephens. Not far from the northern breakwater, clearly visible on the shoreline of the beach, is the 1974 wreck of the Sygna. Towards the end of the pier are five basrelief sculptures reflecting upon various aspects of Newcastle and its history. Walking back towards the mainland the remnants of some more military fortifications are clearly apparent on Nobbys, though they are not very accessible. 2.THE FORESHORE If you look to your right, as you return along Nobbys Head towards the mainland, you will see tiny Horseshoe Beach facing east out to the ocean. The rock wall adjacent Horseshoe Beach is a popular fishing spot. It lies at the tip of the harbourside area now officially known as The Foreshore. Start walking in a westerly direction along The Foreshore. At the end of the rocky section is an area known as the Boat Harbour, a stone harbour constructed between 1866 and 1873. It contains the Pilot Station, established in 1866, and the Tug Wharf and has been used continuously for over one hundred years. The earliest pilot station was a convictmanned whaleboat which commenced operations in 1812. Tugs still take the huge coal and container ships from the ocean up the estuary to their moorings. Beyond the pilot station is King's Wharf. The large section of adjacent grassy parkland is Harbourside Park. The enormous barbecue and shelter shed in the park was originally a railway shed (c.1880) as this area was once the site of the Newcastle East Marshalling Yard. The gigantic yellow building looming over the park at its southern fringe (in Stevenson Place) is the former John Bull Warehouse (c.1890). There is a pond in the park known as the Frog Pond which, in its original form, was a well fed by a freshwater spring. It was the major source of freshwater for the first European settlers Rosetta Stone . Convicts once carried 100 gallons of water a day to the prison in Scott St and ships docking in the harbour used it to restock supplies. The original shoreline of 1797 lay close to this site, drawing attention to the fact that the harbour foreshores are entirely manmade and bare little resemblance to the way the Hunter was prior to the 19th century. They were constructed from about 1840 with material supplied by ship's ballast, the dredging of the river mouth and sand taken from the dunes of Newcastle East. Queen's Wharf Walk westwards along Wharf Rd and you will come to Queens Wharf. The observation tower,which is linked, via a walkway, to the city mall offers an excellent view up the Hunter River and across the city. There is also a marina, a ferry wharf (you can cross the Hunter on the Stockton ferry a pleasant 15minute trip), a tavern, boutique brewery, cafe and restaurant. Great North Walk and the Yuelarbah Track A plaque on the tower indicates that this is also the end point of the 250km Great North Walk from Sydney Cove through the Hunter Valley to Newcastle, a 14day walk taking in a wide range of environments and attractions, both natural and manmade. It can be broken down into smaller subsections, such as the Yuelarbah Track (the local section) which covers 25 km. Contact the tourist information centre for a brochure. The William IV and Merewether St Wharf Just a little further west along Wharf Rd are the Merewether St wharves where, on the third Sunday of each month, the William IV, a replica of the first Australian built coastal steamer, departs at 11.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. for a cruise around the harbour, (02) 4926 1200. The original vessel was built near Clarencetown and the replica was constructed at Raymond Terrace. The industrial area of Carrington lies on the other side of the harbour. Directly opposite the wharves is the state dockyard.

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