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Wisemans Ferry is a town north of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the Hornsby Shire and Baulkham Hills Shire local government areas.
The town is named after Solomon Wiseman, a former convict who received a land grant in the area from Governor Macquarie in 1817. Wiseman established a ferry service on the Hawkesbury River in 1827 for the transport of produce, and provisions to the convicts building the Great North Road. The ferry service is still running to this day.
The town is now a tourist spot with picnic and barbecue facilities. As well as a rich convict and colonial heritage in the area, the Dharug National Park and Yengo National Park are close by.
The Area is also famous for the dirt road connecting Wisemans Ferry and Gosford, nicknamed the "old road." This road is infamous, in that it was frequented by 2 youths who would rally a Renault Clio 1.6 - this came to a sudden end, when one of the youths, "Josho", took a corner around 80km/h and lost control almost flipping the car, his co-driver "Steve" was injured but luckly escaped with his life. From this however came a new term in Australian English - "Wisemansing it" which definition means "loosing control of an automobile and curbing the automobile at high speed. Since the incident the two youth's have had small success in both a Renault Clio and a Ford Fiesta in the half yearly Concord Rally.