How To Get Here
Hunter River Retreat is the perfect place for anyone looking to leave the city behind.
Via the Hunter Express Way
Turn off at the Lovedale / Lochinvar exit.
Turn Right at the round a bout and Continue to end of Lovedale Rd and turn right onto New England H’way.
Travel down H’way about 2km and turn left where sign says Windemere – Luskintyre
Travel 0.5km and turn left into Luskintyre Rd.
Follow Luskintyre Rd for 12.3km and eventually you will come down a hill and turn right into Maitland Vale Rd. (Luskintyre Rd takes several 90 degree bends and has side tracks off but stay on main road).
Continue along Maitland vale Rd approx 7km.
Hunter River Retreat 1090 Maitland Vale Road is on the left hand side of the road.
There is a street light and two wine barrel letter boxes at the entrance and a large sign adjacent to the driveway.
Once you turn off the road go over a cattle grid and past the large shed on your right and you will see a farm gate with a Hunter River Retreat sign on the gate.
This gate is the entrance to our property. Please dial the phone number provided and the gate will open automatically and close behind you. Follow the signs onto your cottage.
Getting There From Sydney
FROM SYDNEY (via Rutherford)
Follow F3 Freeway North to Maitland.
You go to the end of freeway and turn left on to the New England H’way to Maitland.(Follow signs)
You go through a roundabout near Maitland Railway Station.
Follow Singleton, Muswellbrook signs.
At next roundabout follow Singleton, Muswellbrook signs.
Then continue 1 km to a set of traffic lights.
Turn right here into Aberglasslyn Road. (Rutherford Hotel on corner).
Continue along this road 4kms to Melville Ford Bridge.
Go over bridge and turn left into Melville Ford Road.
Travel a further 3kms and you come to a T-intersection.
Turn left here into Maitland Vale Rd. Continue along Maitland Vale Rd 4kms to Hunter River
Retreat 1090 Maitland Vale Road.
There is a street light at the entrance and 2 wine barrel letter boxes on the right side of road and a large sign adjacent to the driveway
One you turn off the road go over a cattle grid and past the large shed on your right and you will see a farm gate with a Hunter River Retreat sign on the gate. This gate is the entrance to our property, please close the gate after passing through.
Follow the signs to your cottage.
FROM SYDNEY (via Lorn)
Follow F3 Freeway North to Maitland.
You go to the end of Freeway and turn left onto the New England H’wy to Maitland. (Follow signs)
At Maitland turn right at Roundabout at Railway Station. (Signs say Paterson – Dungog).
You go over bridge over railway line and turn left at round about.
Continue along and straight through next round about.
You will then come to a set of traffic lights which you go straight through over Belmore Bridge over the Hunter River to Lorn.
Over the bridge you will travel about 4.4km to a little Metro Service Station at Bolwarra. Keep going to the left here.
Travel another 1.1km and take the 1st turn on the left – Maitland Vale Rd. (The main road goes to the right here and says Paterson and Tocal College. Don’t go this way. Take the left turn off.)
Continue along Maitland Vale Rd 10.9km to Hunter River Retreat 1090 Maitland Vale Road.
There is a street light at the entrance and 2 wine barrel letter boxes on the right side of the road and a large sign adjacent to the driveway.
One you turn off the road go over a cattle grid and past the large shed on your right and you will see a farm gate with a Hunter River Retreat sign on the gate.
This gate is the entrance to our property; please close the gate after passing through
Follow the signs to your cottage.