Kincumber is the Coast's calm side
Not every Central Coast holiday needs to start with sand in the car. Kincumber sits on the Kincumber Broadwater, the sheltered water tucked in behind the surf beaches, and it still works like a proper village. There's a real bakery, a butcher, a grocer and a pub that's been pouring since 1976.
Behind the village rises Kincumba Mountain, seven hundred hectares of bushland with rainforest gullies, lookouts and eleven walking trails, from twenty minute strolls to two hour treks. The Kanning Walk passes Aboriginal axe grinding grooves that have been there far longer than any of us. Down on the water, free boat ramps at Carrak Road and Hawke Street open up the whole Broadwater for kayaks and tinnies.
The surf is never far. Avoca Beach and MacMasters Beach are both about ten minutes by car, so you can do flags and boards all morning and still be back for a quiet afternoon on the water. Kincumber is where you stay when you want the beaches without sleeping in the middle of them.
Fill your days
Kincumba Mountain
Eleven trails through rainforest and ridgeline, with Colin Watters Lookout at the top and a mud brick kiosk that's been there since 1985. The family friendly Kanning Walk loops past Aboriginal axe grinding grooves.
Out on the Broadwater
Launch free from Carrak Road or Hawke Street and you've got flat, sheltered water in every direction. Kayak at dawn, fish through the morning, swim off the boat by noon.
The Davistown ferry
From the wharves at neighbouring Davistown, Central Coast Ferries potters across Brisbane Water to Woy Woy seven days a week. Stand on the wharf, flag it down, and see the Coast the way it used to move.
The beach run
Ten minutes east to Avoca's point break, or ten minutes south to the quiet sand at MacMasters. Pick a beach each morning and come home to dinner at the pub.
Eat & drink
The village does the basics properly, which is exactly what you want after a beach day. There's even a brewery tucked away in the industrial units.
Kincumber Hotel
The Kinny. Bistro meals, a beer garden and The Hairy Goat craft beer bar, going strong since 1976.
Block'n Tackle Brewery
The local microbrewery, with its own taproom. Check their socials for opening hours before you head over.
Kincumber Post Cafe
Coffee and breakfast in the old post office. Dogs welcome out the front.
Explore the area
Our Kinny homes.
Browse all stays →When to come
Summer
Use Kincumber as your base. Beach mornings at Avoca or MacMasters, afternoons in the shade or out on the Broadwater.
Book earlyAutumn
Still water, empty trails and the best walking weather of the year up on Kincumba Mountain.
Locals' pickWinter
Humpbacks pass Captain Cook Lookout at nearby Copacabana from May, and the Kinny hosts the Central Coast Craft Beer Festival in June.
Spring
Whales head back south with calves, the Broadwater warms up, and the beaches are still weeks away from their summer crowds.
About 90 mins from Sydney CBD
M1 north, then the Central Coast Highway and Avoca Drive to the village.
Gosford or Woy Woy, then bus
Busways routes 64 and 65 run through Kincumber from both stations, or it's a 15 minute taxi from Gosford.
Ferry to Davistown, next door
Central Coast Ferries runs between Woy Woy and the Davistown wharves seven days a week, a few minutes from the village.
Easy, and free
Free parking at the boat ramps and through the village centre. No meters out here.