Carrington Boat Ramp (Throsby Creek)

Carrington Boat Ramp (Throsby Creek): Located at the northern end of Tully Street, Carrington, this dual-lane concrete ramp provides direct access to Throsby Creek near its junction with Newcastle Harbour [30-33]. It is equipped with a modern central floating pontoon extending into the creek to assist with vessel boarding and retrieval, alongside car and trailer parking, picnic tables, benches, fish cleaning stations, and nearby restrooms at Connelly Park [30, 31, 33-36]. Boaters must manage critical physical hazards, including a strict overhead clearance limit where vessels with a vertical height exceeding 2.5 metres must monitor high tides to clear the nearby Cowper Street Bridge [30, 31, 33, 34, 36]. Additionally, boaters must stay alert to large commercial shipping and pilot vessel traffic in Newcastle Harbour and account for historical asbestos capping and containment zones along the remediated foreshore seawall [30, 31, 33].