Marina service
Trinity Point Marina
About
Trinity Point Marina at a glance
Resort-style marina opened 2019 at the Trinity Point development on Lake Macquarie, 60 nautical miles north of Sydney Harbour with ocean access via Swansea Channel. 94 Unifloat concrete berths for vessels 12-30m (expanding to 188), fuel dock, 24/7 pump-out, marina lounge with private ensuites and the 350-seat '8 at Trinity' waterfront restaurant.
Service area: Lake Macquarie
- Marina type
- full-service marina
- Operator
- Trinity Point (Johnson Property Group)
- Region
- Lake Macquarie
- Water body
- Bardens Bay, Lake Macquarie
- Wet berths
- 94
- Maximum vessel
- 30 m
- Berth types
- casual berthing, permanent berthing, swing moorings
Facilities and services
- fuel
- pump-out
- 24/7 security
- power & water
- wifi
- showers & laundry
- restaurant/cafe
- concierge
- professional cleaning and detailing
- 3-hour visitor berths
- carpeted fenders
- chandlery
- short-stay terrace accommodation
- boat share
- wave attenuator
About Trinity Point Marina
Trinity Point Marina is the nautical centrepiece of Johnson Property Group's roughly $500 million Trinity Point development on the Morisset Park peninsula, on the western shore of Lake Macquarie at Bardens Bay. Opened in 2019, it was conceived as a resort marina rather than a storage yard: five berthing arms of Unifloat concrete pontoons behind a wave attenuator, currently 94 berths for vessels from 12 to 30 metres with approval to grow to 188 as the surrounding precinct fills in. The development around it keeps expanding in ambition, with waterfront terraces and apartments selling off the plan, short-stay terrace homes already operating, and plans announced for a 220-room hotel, day spa, function centre and further dining. The social anchor is 8 at Trinity, a 350-seat waterfront restaurant that has made the marina a dining destination for both boaties and drive-in locals, and the marina's visitor berth system is explicitly designed to bring boats in for lunch. Positioned at 33 degrees 7 minutes south on Bardens Bay, the marina lies about 60 nautical miles north of Sydney Harbour, with open-ocean access through the Swansea Channel, which makes it a realistic overnight hop for Sydney cruisers heading for the lake. The clientele is a blend of Sydney and Newcastle owners keeping larger cruisers on permanent licences, weekending motor yacht crews, and restaurant trade, and the tone is unashamedly upmarket: carpeted fenders on every berth, concierge service, a marina lounge with private ensuites. It represents the newest model of Australian marina, where berthing, hospitality and residential development are engineered as one product.
Marina facilities
The berthing hardware is thorough: 94 Unifloat concrete berths across five arms, sized from 12 to 30 metres with multihull and over-18-metre rates on application, protected by a wave attenuator, each berth fitted with a carpeted fender, power and high-speed, long-range wifi, all watched by comprehensive CCTV with 24/7 security. Published berth rates, current from 1 July 2026, run from around $88 per night for a 12-metre berth to $128 for 18 metres, with personal watercraft from $28 and swing moorings from $48, and weekly, monthly and annual tiers scaling upward; casual, weekly and overnight rates include utilities, while permanent holders have power invoiced monthly, and every vessel must carry insurance with $10 million public liability. The fuel dock sells premium unleaded and diesel, with posted prices, dockside assistance and strict published fuel-safety rules, and a 24/7 pump-out facility handles black water. A marina lounge provides private ensuites with showers, laundry facilities and a customer lounge, plus a chandlery, free parking and concierge services including professional cleaning and detailing. Visiting diners are courted directly: a limited number of three-hour visitor berths serve 8 at Trinity patrons, bookable in advance through the marina office on 0474 012 888 with proof of insurance required, and restaurant staff assist with lines after the marina security gate closes (5pm Monday to Saturday, 4pm Sunday). The marina office opens 8.30am to 5pm weekdays and Saturdays, and 8.30am to 4pm Sundays and public holidays. Short-stay terrace homes offer three and four-bedroom accommodation for visiting crews from around $300 a night, and boat-share arrangements are also listed. Berthing agreements are documented through a formal Berthing Licence Agreement published on the marina's site.
Local sailing knowledge
Bardens Bay sits on Lake Macquarie's western shore, roughly opposite the lake's entrance, so ocean access is a short, well-marked run: out through the dredged Swansea Channel, past the opening Swansea Bridge if your air draft demands it, and into the Tasman. The channel is the lake's one real navigation constraint, with shifting shallows best crossed on a rising tide and after checking current notices; Marine Rescue Lake Macquarie covers the area. The 60-nautical-mile run from Sydney Harbour makes Trinity Point an achievable overnight passage, and many Sydney boats treat it as the lake's natural first port. Inside the lake there are no bridges, so tall rigs roam freely, and the standard cruising circuit takes in Wangi Wangi, Pulbah Island's beaches, Toronto's foreshore and the sheltered southern bays, with depths generally modest and channels worth respecting. Ashore, Morisset, about ten minutes by road, provides supermarkets, a railway station on the Sydney-Newcastle line and the usual services, while the peninsula itself, once sleepy acreage and holiday shacks, is transforming around the development. Dining at the marina is the obvious draw: 8 at Trinity seats 350 and draws weekend crowds, so the visitor berth booking system is worth using rather than hoping for a walk-up spot. Fishing and kayaking in the quiet western bays, wake sports in the open reaches, and the lake's winter Float Your Boat illuminated flotilla fill the calendar. For practical purposes the marina suits owners who want ocean-connected berthing without Sydney prices, and cruisers who want a serviced base within a day's sail of both Newcastle and the central coast.