Dungog is at one of the two northern terminuses of the Hunter Line (and thus the NSW Trainlink Intercity network) in the Hunter region of New South Wales, with a population of a little over 2,000.
The town also serves as a base for exploring the Central section of Barrington Tops National Park.
Understand
Get in
By train
🌍 Dungog Station is on the northern fringe of NSW Trainlink's Intercity network on the Hunter Line ( HUN ) – there are five trains per day departing from Newcastle Interchange via Maitland at roughly around 3–4-hour intervals on weekdays and three on weekends. The timetable can be found here.
Unfortunately, the nature of the Intercity network means that it's designed to prioritise services to Newcastle in the morning and back to Dungog in the afternoon, and serves as commuter rail (except that this is between two cities). This usually means that services tend to be infrequent, unreliable and long, often inconvenient for most travellers.
Get around
See
- 🌍 Dungog Museum, 105 Dowling St, ☏ +61 2 4992 2094. W 10AM–2:30PM; Sa 10AM–2PM. The town museum with its primary focus being (unsurprisingly) local history.
Do
Buy
Eat
- 🌍 The Long Room, 122 Dowling St, ☏ +61 2 4992 1787. M–F 7:30AM–2:30PM; Sa 7:30AM–12:30PM.
- 🌍 Stella Bistro, 205 Dowling St, ☏ +61 2 4992 3272, bonjour@stellabistro.com.au. Daily noon–3PM, F Sa 6–9:30PM (in addition to lunch).
Drink
Sleep
- 🌍 Royal Hotel Dungog, 80 Dowling St, ☏ +61 418 443 398, frontoffice@dungogroyalhotel.com.au. The town's main hotel with a restaurant and bar.
Connect
Go next
| END ← | N HUN – Dungog Branch SE | → Martins Creek → Newcastle Interchange |