- Use Google Maps to get you to Church Point Ferry Wharf, which is at
the southern
end of Pittwater. The most scenic routes are those that go along
McCarr's Creek Road
(the edge of Ku-ring-gai National Park) or along the
Wakehurst Parkway. We prefer McCarr's Creek Road (exit Mona Vale Road at Terrey Hills),
although you should watch out for cyclists on the many bends, especially at weekends, and increase
your travel time estimates accordingly. And if you return this way
at dusk or later, please drive more slowly and watch out for the
wallabies, many of whom are killed crossing the road.
The travel time estimates from Google Maps are pretty good, but you also need
to leave time to find parking ...
- At Church Point, find a place to park. There's pay parking in
the big lot
next to the Pasadena Hotel (large rectangular pink building on the
waterfront), but it can be hard to find a space on weekends.
It's ok to wait
at the car park entrance for bodies who might be departing
and ask if you
can have their space, but you may be just as well to park
further away and
walk back.
On-street parking in the area is free if you can find a space
where parking
is legal: read the signs carefully. It's almost certain that
the nearest
on-street parking will be up Eastview Road: note that
Eastview Road ends at
a set of steps that take you back down to Church Point, so
you don't have to
walk back down the long way via the road you drove up. Make
sure you don't
park anywhere that would cause a car passing your parked car to
cross the double
white lines in the middle of the road, a sure way to get a
parking fine
around here.
- From the Church Point Public Wharf (near the little store) you
can either take a ferry
(see the
timetable; $15 return for adults, and $7.50 for children and
concessions) or take a
water taxi ($29 one way for up to six people, so already cheaper
than the ferry if you have a party of four adults). You want to go to
Tennis Court Wharf.
When you get to Church Point, you can call the
water taxi on 0428 238 190; just tell the driver you'd like a taxi at
Church Point and going to Tennis. You shouldn't have to wait any more
than 5-10 minutes for the taxi to appear at the end of the wharf. The taxi is more fun than the
ferry; if you want to try both, best come by taxi and leave by ferry,
since that means you can be more flexible about when you arrive at
Church Point.
If
you have a reasonable number of people note that you can buy a '13
trip' ferry ticket for $61, and you can use this for multiple people:
this works out at about $10 per person for a return trip, but of course you will
all need to be coming back on the same ferry too.
-
When you get off at Tennis, walk along the wharf then about
20 meters up the slightly inclined road. Just after the telephone box on your right
you'll see the
road divides, with the left fork swinging back. Take the
left fork and walk
for 5-8 mins. The house you want
is
the wooden pole house on the right hand side
of the road just before the 90 degree bend in the road. Here's
the target on Google Maps.
There are no street names or house numbers anywhere, but for what it's worth, the address is
46 Florence Terrace.
If this is all too complicated to handle, just give Robert a call
on 0413 383 248 or 9997 2531 before you leave Church Point and he will
come pick you up from Tennis.
