View over Mooney Mooney and Peat Island from Spectacle Island in the Hawkesbury River

Mooney Mooney is a small waterfront village and

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of the Central Coast region of

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, Australia. It is located in the Central Coast Council local government area at the end of a peninsula extending southwards into the Hawkesbury River, that is situated north of

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. Mooney Mooney has two islands which are

Peat Island Peat Island is an island in the village of Mooney Mooney, New South Wales, Mooney Mooney located in the Hawkesbury River on the Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The Island has approximately eight hec ...

and Spectacle Island. Mooney Mooney is where the Pacific Motorway and Pacific Highway cross from the Central Coast into the Greater Sydney Metropolitan area on the south side of the Hawkesbury River.

Transport

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operates one bus route through Mooney Mooney: 592: Hornsby to

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via

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and Berowra.

History

Mooney Mooney is significant 'for its association with the early settlement of coastal NSW', according to a plaque at Deerubbun Reserve. In 1844, an early-colonial settler, George Peat, commenced a ferry service across the Hawkesbury River, from Mooney Mooney Point to Kangaroo Point on the southern bank. By 1930 this service was replaced by two diesel-powered vehicular ferries which became obsolete on completion of the Peats Ferry Road Bridge in 1945. Remnant timber piles of the former ferry docks, preserved in situ for posterity, can be seen on the foreshore of Mooney Mooney Point.

The locality

Mooney Mooney is part of the Central Coast Council

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. It includes

and Spectacle Island. It formerly included

Cheero Point Cheero Point is a waterfront locality and suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Cheero Point is located on the west bank of the Mooney Mooney Creek in the Brisbane Water National Park. It is situated north of Sydney ...

to the north, which was separately gazetted on 21 March 2003. Its topography is characterised by a rocky foreshore onto the Hawkesbury River and a hilly landscape with slopes ranging from moderate to very steep. Land use is dominated by the north–south transport corridors, comprising the M1 Pacific Motorway and the Pacific Highway, and two adjoining residential areas east of the highway.

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farms and related depuration depots are in the suburb's south. The locality is serviced by sealed roads, electricity, telephone, and a reticulated water supply. The Deerubbun Reserve adjoining the motorway at the suburb's southwest has been developed for public access to the Hawkesbury River. The reserve's public facilities include wharf, boat ramps, car and trailer parking area, fish-cleaning table, advisory signs (boating, fishing, personal water craft and navigation), picnic tables and amenities.Ellis Karm & Associates, p. 37. Linked by a causeway, the former

hospital, to the west, is now operated by the

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. The , Spectacle Island, to the east, is an offshore nature reserve managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

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