Mountshannon: The Pink Room

Mountshannon is in an ideal location to experience a retreat into nature, offering a base from which to explore the wonderful Historic Hawkesbury Region and Australia's iconic Blue Mountains and or simply spend some time relaxing in the country side in this wonderful farm property and beautiful gardens. All rooms have their own private entry, facilities and bathrooms. Mountshannon also offers a venue for parties, including wedddings, and horse agistment. Tractor: 828 Sackville Road Ebenezer NSW (Phone number hidden by Airbnb) a five minute drive away, Tractor offers breakfasts and lunches. Thai 89: 46 George St, Windsor NSW (Phone number hidden by Airbnb) one of the best Thai places in the area Windsor Markets: Held every Sunday, Windsor markets offers an array of artisanal goods and food Richmond Good Food Markets: Held every Saturday, Richmond markets has a focus on food stalls Ballooning: Cloud 9 offers hot air balloon tours of the Hawkesbury Boating: A boat ramp to the Hawkesbury River is accessible in Windsor Sydney Polo Club: Located in Richmond the Club hosts many Polo competitions, check out their website for more information Trees Adventure: Located in Grose Vale an obstacle course set in the trees Navua Reserve: Located in Yarramundi this nature reserve has walking and riding trails, places to swim, picnic tables and off lease areas for dogs Easy Access to the Blue Mountains Bush Walking Near MountShannon: There are some trails on property, these can be accessed by the gate behind the chicken coop or through the drive between the two paddocks near the house. Bob Turner’s Track: Located in Colo, this is a return walk to the Hawkesbury River, offering a secluded place to swim or have a picnic – about two hours of walking Scribbly Gum Forest Track to Rainforest Walk: This is an easy 4.5km loop in Cattai national park West Portland Road Lookout: Drive to the end of Bull Ridge road and proceed to turn left onto Portland Road, about a minute’s drive down that road turn right onto a dirt entrance, here is a picnic area which offers a look out over the Hawkesbury River as well as some trails that branch off from there. Mount Banks: If you wish to travel a bit up the mountains the Mount Banks National Park offers a lovely trip up to the top of the mountain – depending on what path you take it’ll be a 3 to 4 hour walk. As you will be travelling through Bilpin to get there make sure to stop for an apple pie!