Peat Island is an island in the village of Mooney Mooney located in the Hawkesbury River on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The Island has approximately eight hectares of land and is located just upstream from the Pacific Motorway and Pacific Highway bridge. It is considered an island due to its size. There is one road connecting the landmass to the mainland.
Peat Island
Peat Island c. 1900 before the hospital was built. Photo courtesy State Library of NSW
This series of five ladders provided access to the dam in the gully above the cliffs. Photographed in 1983.
The two walls of the Cascade Creek dam supplied water for Peat and Milson Island. Photographed in 1991.
Mooney Mooney, New South Wales
Mooney Mooney is a small waterfront village and suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, 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 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Sydney. Mooney Mooney has two islands which are Peat Island and Spectacle Island.
Mooney Mooney with Deerubbun Reserve in the background
The village of Mooney Mooney and Peat Island, as viewed from the top of Spectacle Island
Mooney Mooney Boat ramp and jetty at Deerubbun Reserve
