BOOKED OUT! Enjoy a relaxed train journey to Hawkesbury River Station, Brooklyn, then board the RIVER POSTMAN, hear local river tales whilst cruising up this spectacular waterway and deliver the river mail.

This is a Port Stephens Bushwalking Group social opportunity – no walks!

BOOKED OUT!  To book there are 2 things you need to do please

1/ Book directly ASAP with Riverboat Postman by phone 0400 600 111 – it is important at the time of booking to indicate that you are part of the Port Stephens Bushwalkers, to ensure we are all on the same boat. Remember to provide any dietary requirements.

2/ Please also register with Lesley Freeman by text on 0438 190 151 – for group updates &  travel arrangements. Be sure to include you name, and if you have not walked with us before, your email address.

Tour price $55 – -paid at time of booking

Inclusions as outlined by the Riverboat Postman

Your ticket includes a three-hour mail delivery cruise of the Hawkesbury . Boats depart at 10am every weekday (except Public Holidays).

Morning tea is served on departure  with percolated coffee, hot tea, and delicious home-made ANZAC biscuits – we bet you haven’t had them like this before!

Lunch is served around midday and consists of a very Aussie Ploughman’s-style plate with shaved ham, tasty cheese, tomato, zucchini, carrot, mixed lettuce, pickled onions, fresh Turkish Bread roll, pickles, fruit chutney, butter & Italian dressing.

We can cater for the common dietary requirements (gluten free, vegetarian etc.) – just let us know at the time of booking.

All our boats are fully licensed, so you can enjoy a glass of wine or beer, or a soft drink, with your lunch. Water is always available at the bar.

The Riverboat Postman departs 10am weekdays, and returns at 1pm.

Travel to and from the River Postman

Travel by train ~ to Hawkesbury River Station, Brooklyn

Trains arrive from Newcastle at about 9.26am, and depart the Newcastle Interchange about 7.35am. We’ll be sitting in the 2nd last carriage up the top.

Closer to the time we’ll confirm the departure times from main stations with those that have booked on the tour and then with Lesley Freeman (details above)

Travel by car

If using a GPS, use ‘Dangar Road, Brooklyn’ as the address.

Take the Brooklyn/Mooney Mooney exit off the Freeway, or Pacific Motorway (M1), follow all the signs to Brooklyn (these will bring you over the old Pacific Hwy bridge to the Sydney side of the river) and turn left onto Brooklyn Rd. Go all the way to the end of it and turn left when you can go no further. There we will be!

There is usually enough parking at this time of the day. Parking in Brooklyn is free, some is timed parking (4 hours, which is more than enough as the cruise is just over 3 hours long) and some is untimed. There is limited specified disabled parking beside our shed, and if necessary, you can drive right up to the wharf, drop off passengers then park the car.