Living at Breakfast Point
Breakfast Point is a 52-hectare masterplanned community on the Parramatta River, sixteen kilometres west of the Sydney CBD, in the City of Canada Bay. Around 2,600 homes and 5,500 residents. Almost a third of the site is landscaped gardens, parks and community facilities.
It was a gasworks
The site belonged to the Australian Gas Light Company. The Mortlake Gasworks began operating in 1883, converting coal into gas for Sydney. The coal arrived by collier from Newcastle — sixty nautical miles up the coast, which is why the ships were known as sixty-milers.
The works ran until the 1990s, when piped natural gas made them obsolete. AGL selected Rose Corporation in 1998 to acquire and redevelop the land, and the American architect Drew Barnyak designed the community on a Hamptons model — which is why the Country Club has a shingle roof and a whale weathervane. Construction finished in 2021.
The Memorial Gates turned 100 years old in August 2026.
The Country Club
Membership attaches to the title rather than being a subscription. Every owner within Community Association DP 270347 has it, and can assign it to a tenant.
- Heated 25-metre lap pool and spa
- Separate lagoon pool
- Two gyms — cardio and weights in separate rooms, no bookings
- Sauna and steam room
- Five full-size tennis courts
- Library, lounge, two function rooms
- Bayview Bar & Dining — 9am to 8pm most days, to 10pm Thursday and Friday
Open 6am weekdays, 7am weekends, 8am public holidays. Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day. The clubhouse sits above a lawn that runs down to the water, with a gazebo at the bottom.
Member satisfaction is formally surveyed — 391 responses in 2026, with service, cleanliness and the events program all rated higher than 2022.
How it’s run
Community Association DP 270347, with an elected committee and a general manager. The 2026–27 committee was elected at the AGM on 19 August 2026. Facilities and strata management sit with the PICA Group; security is contracted to BNP Security.
The association publishes a monthly newsletter, The Breakfast Pointer, maintains an asset register and a work-order system, and operates to a three-year strategic plan. Capital works are costed by quantity surveyors before approval.
Getting around
| Ferry | Cabarita Wharf. Route F3 to Barangaroo and Circular Quay via Abbotsford, Chiswick, Huntleys Point, Drummoyne, Cockatoo Island and Balmain. Every ~20 min. First out ~6.11am, last back 12.19am. Wheelchair accessible. |
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| Bus | 502 to the CBD via Five Dock and Drummoyne (45–55 min). 466 to Burwood via Cabarita. 464 to Ashfield. 410 to Hurstville or Marsfield. |
| Train | Rhodes 2.1km. Concord West 2.8km. |
| Car | 25–30 min to the CBD off-peak, 35–50 in peak, via Victoria Road. |
Who lives here
Median age 47, but that average hides two peaks. The largest single age band is 35–44 (15.3%), followed closely by 65–74 (14.8%). Over-65s make up a quarter of residents; children under fifteen make up 12.6%.
Median household income is $119,756. Around 40% of residents were born overseas — the largest groups from China, England, South Korea, Italy and Hong Kong. Roughly 62% of homes are owner-occupied.
The practical effect is that nobody here thinks an apartment is a lesser way to live. That’s not true everywhere in Sydney and it changes the feel of the place.
Compared to nearby
Rhodes
A train station and a shopping centre, higher density, more towers, better public transport, far less green space. Better if you commute by train daily.
Cabarita
Quieter, waterfront, fewer facilities, no village centre. Breakfast Point residents use its ferry wharf.
Concord and Five Dock
Established, houses rather than apartments, more shops and restaurants, a much higher entry price for equivalent space. This is where most Breakfast Point downsizers come from.
What Breakfast Point has that none of them do: a private country club with two pools and five tennis courts, included in the levies, and a foreshore promenade you can walk from your front door.
The market
In 2025 there were 146 unit sales in Breakfast Point at a median of $1.45 million, up 3.3% on 2024, according to the NSW Valuer General. Houses are rare — nine sales at a median of $4.38 million.
The broader Sydney unit market peaked in January 2026 and has softened since. Average time on market in Breakfast Point is around 33 days.
Come and see it
Inspections by appointment. One of us will show you through, and we’ll answer anything — including the things that aren’t on this page.
Or email directly: hello@spyglasshillbreakfastpoint.au
Or call: 02 9099 4489