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Weekend Escape – Hawks Nest, NSW

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Hawks Nest is a seaside town located 2.5 hours north of Sydney.  With Jimmys Beach and Bennetts Beach located in close proximity to the caravan park, it makes for a fun and relaxing weekend getaway with the kids.  We stayed at North Coast Holiday Park which has recently undergone a refurbishment.  The park is large with over 140 caravan and camping sites and a few onsite cabins and beach tents also available. The park has a great playground just outside the entrance and a [Read more...]

Camp Cobark

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With only a few days left before school returned for 2017, we decided to head to Camp Cobark for a long weekend! WHERE IS IT? Camp Cobark is located on the Cobark River about 35 kms west of Gloucester, NSW. Cobark Station is a fully operational cattle station and is popular for camping and horse riding. They have 5kms of riverside camping available and toilet/shower facilities at the main campground.   CAMPING FEES Main campground (with amenities) - $20 per night Riverside campground (no [Read more...]

The Little Town of Red Rock (NSW)

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Monday, 18 April 2016 - Sunday, 24 April 2016 RED ROCK Where we stayed:  North Coast Holiday Park, Red Rock, NSW Today we set off North to Red Rock for a week of exploring and relaxing!  Red Rock is a small coastal town on the Mid North Coast around 30 kms north of Coffs Harbour. Although we have lived in QLD and travelled the Pacific Highway in this direction many many times, we haven't done a lot of camping in North East NSW. After a short stop and lunch break in Port Macquarie we [Read more...]

Trilby Station – Lightning Ridge – Copeton Dam

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Saturday, 12 April 2014 - Sunday, 27 April 2014 MEDOWIE - NYNGAN Where we stayed:  Nyngan Riverside Tourist Park, NSW Today sees us back in the car heading for Trilby Station for a week and then further on after that. First stop is Nyngan for the night.  We checked into the Nyngan Riverside Tourist Park for the night - nice spot, grassy sites. NYNGAN - COBAR - TRILBY STATION Where we stayed:  Trilby Station, Louth, NSW Up early and set off to Trilby Station [Read more...]

Yarrowyck Crossing Reserve

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December 2013 YARROWYCK CROSSING RESERVE Yarrowyck is a free camp on the banks of the Gwydir River.  Peaceful spot with not many other people camped while we were there.  No showers however there is a pit toilet.  Being December it was fairly hot but the river was lovely to cool off in and kids had a great time! On the way home we had a flat tyre on the camper coming down Walcha mountain - fortunately it happened in a good spot where we could pull over with room to [Read more...]