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australia, coffs harbour, Glenreagh, Grafton, Mid North Coast, Nana Glen, NSW, Orara valley, Winery
Here I am back down in Coffs Harbour on the NSW mid north coast. Yesterday we visited the lovely little township of Glenreagh
The half hour drive took us through some beautiful countryside until we reached the little town.
Glenreagh the south western gateway to the Clarence Valley, is a half hour drive along the Orara Way from Grafton (in the north) and Coffs Harbour (to the south east), through the picturesque Orara Valley.
We went to the Golden Dog pub for a great lunch. This is the most popular place in the town and it soon showed as it was filling up by lunch time.
If you would rather stop for a picnic there is Shannon Park down near the river where there are tables and seats and wood bbqs
After lunch we headed over to Nana Glen, Russel Crowe “country” where we stopped for coffee and dessert at the Idle Inn cafe.
We did also stop on the way to meet some of the locals.
The the final stop before heading back to Coffs was at the Two Tails winery where we sampled a few of the local wines. They make a wonderful selection including whites, red, bubbles and fortifieds. It was almost like being back in Italy.
This part of the mid north coast of NSW is just so picturesque and peaceful.
Hi wow that looks great. We will be in Coffs next month, but only overnight. Loved the winery. Paul been to Gold Dog.
We enjoyed it, I guess it is a combination of the area and the company
It looks so wonderful, I never knew how beautiful that part of the world was and will definately pay a visit when I head that way next. Thanks so much for sharing.
Hey Donna, we do forget how much we have at our own back doors
Very pretty country and glad you are out there exploring it for us to enjoy your photography skills.
I am very happy to share, thanx Gail
You have a gift of words with pictures to match the description!
That is nice thank Linda
Been there, lovely country side. xx
Yes, although the country is more lovely than my photos show.
Feeling quite homesick seeing these – we used to drive up to Brisbane every Xmas stopping at Coffs Harbour along the way. I loved the seventies motels with kidney-shaped swimming pools along the old Pacific Highway. Wonder if many of those are still around?
Hi Catherine, Actually there still are many of those motels around, mainly in the smaller towns although Coffs still has a few. I am happy to bring back nice memories for you. I guess your heart will always belong here even tho Italy is now your home.
That’s pretty countryside. How amazing you stopped at a Winery on the way home. Rounded off a perfect day.! Kay.
It certainly was a perfect day
Australia is def on my list of countries to travel to.. this makes me long to go even more. I love those little friends of yours, so cute! I’m glad you’re having fun in Australia!
Hi Barbara, I live in Australia but my blog is about Italy however there are times, occasionally, that I enjoy sharing parts of Australia with my followers. I hope you do get to Australia one day.
beautiful country, wide open spaces, very different from Italy…
Yes the landscape is very different from Italy. Australia is so vast and open however you will find places in Australia, particularly down south which do have similarities to Italy
Love the map, some of the towns have such interesting names.
We have many aboriginal names in Aus