Gan Gan Lookout — Attraction in Nelson Bay

Public lookout with brilliant long range views.

Parking atop the mountain. Hence Telstra Communication Towers. Port Stephens in the Second World War had a massive Australian and American Naval presents.

This vision / video ends with the South Head, Mount Tomaree. This Mountain had a massive Radar on top which each Christmas we would scramble up the Southern Face of "Radar Mountain". That was in the mid 1960's. I was 25 before I learnt that Radar Mountain was actually geographically called Tomaree Mountain.

Sand dunes abound. The golden fine Sands are smooth underfoot. The colour almost silver.

Compared to Hawkesbury Sand which is course to the feet.

Hawkesbury Sand enters the Pacific Ocean at Gosford. The Hawkesbury Sands then go South to the Royal National Park or North to Newcastle, Port Stephens and beyond going as far as Byron Bay, Australia's Mainland most...

Absolute Must go to spot. One of the best lookouts in NSW .

Leave your trailer or caravan at home before you drive up there though as it's a narrow road with a fairly small car park and not much room to manoeuvre particularly if there's already a few cars parked there.

Outstanding views over from the East , North and West over Port Stephens , North over Tea Gardens and Hawkes Nest and Eastward towards Tomaree Heads and Fingal Bay to the SE from the top lookout.

A good pair of binoculars and a Digital SLR camera with a Wide Angle Lens will be a definate asset to bring. The lower lookout near the carpark also provides sensational views to the South over Anna Bay and Stockton Beach .

If you can pick a nice sunny day early in the morning to get the...

Funny how the other reviewers are using rose tinted sunnies. Not worth the short drive up there to the dismal and tiny car park that has been taken over by telcos. I hope the council are charging Telstra enough to pay for ruining this amazing lookout. The top of the small mountain has been taken over by a very large installation of towers and horrible little telco buildings; taking up over 3/4 of the area and pumping out nasty frequencies. It's not only an eyesore to behold but not a nice feeling place. Sure there is a tiny lookout where the coastline and valley can be seen from but there's plenty of places to do this from without being slapped in the face by the corrupt...