Narara Creek

LOCATION: NARARA CREEK FROM GOSFORD WATERFRONT
LENGTH: 10km

This is a more interesting paddle than it might seem to locals. It has a variety of water from open to lagoon and creek, and takes in views (often filtered) of Gosford's main sporting fields:

• Gosford pool
• <insert sponsor name> Stadium, aka Grahame Park
• Adcock Park - netball, baseball, cycling, and when we went past, roller hockey
• The Entertainment Grounds, aka Gosford Racecourse
• Gosford golf course

It also passes under a low bridge that carries some of the busiest traffic in the region and it's interesting seeing the town from this viewpoint. We didn't go all the way up the creek but could have, with more time.

We started from the beach beside the yacht club ...

 Past the pool with this temporary fantastic obstacle course out on the "bay". The stadium is just visible in the background ...

 Over to the rail bridge ...

 And under it. Next time we'll wait for a train to go over ...

 A good spot to fish for Mulloway and maybe the odd flathead apparently!

Then out in to the lagoon heading towards West Gosford and Point Clare. The brick buildings are the retirement village behind the RSL.

 Up the creek with a paddle. At this point Adcock Park is on the right, visible through the trees.

 We spotted this family padding up ahead approaching the bridge where they turned back.

 Past the bridge, near McDonalds the creek stays pretty wide

Here the race course is on the right, the caller's box visible.

 This looks like the main water supply to Gosford ...

Now we pass the golf course ...

With a handy refreshment facility for golfers (and kayakers?) ...

For the first time I brought a sponge to bail out ...

This looks like a fishing pontoon made from two old boats ...

We saw lots of pelicans thermaling and cruising ...

Heading back there was a train ...

And the old bridge pylons ...