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Town in Australia
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Walcha is a town on the Northern Tablelands of the New England (New South Wales) region, 425 kilometres north of Sydney via Thunderbolts Way and 184 km west of Port Macquarie. The area is the southern gateway to the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park which can be accessed at the Apsley Falls, 20 km east of Walcha and 1 km off the Oxley Highway via a sealed road.
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Features artwork by Aboriginal people, screen printing and contemporary clothing with original designs.
Bistro fare - see here for menu.
Bistro fare.
This is a quality restaurant 20 km west of Walcha. Snacks, lunch and dinner. Enjoy some local characters, stories, local wine and fine food, or call in on the trip from Bendemeer to Walcha.
New England Hotel Motel
Chinese cuisine.
Bistro fare.
Cafe fare. Pizza. Fast food.
Eat in or takeaway coffee and food.
Home-cooked meals, menu varies. Gluten-free options. Cold drinks.
Cafe fare.
Coffee shop.
Cafe fare.
Cafe fare.
Full range of takeaway foods, hot spuds, nachos.
Fast food, fruit and veg, seafood, bread, milk.
Ten motel units and budget hotel accommodation. Lock up facilities for bikes.
Craft beers, wines, spirits through to mineral waters.
Electric blankets, heater. Free continental breakfast.
Lockup facilities for motorcycles available
10 motel room plus 9 budget hotel rooms. Lockup facilities for motorcycles available.
3 cabins or a converted railway carriage.
19 rooms with ensuite bathroom, flat screen HD TV, free WiFi, courtyard parking, room-service breakfast. Motorcycle friendly. On-site restaurant only for group bookings with prior arrangement.
A self-contained apartment (sleeps 3 - queen + sofa bed) with ensuite bathroom, fully equipped kitchen (no dishwasher), hairdryer, electric blanket, safe, ironing board, washing machine, separate entrance, off-street undercover parking, no pets.
This fully equipped self-contained cottage in more than 100-year-old gardens accommodates 2 people (queen bedroom). Tea, coffee, milk and breakfast supplies provided. Alternate phone number: +61 488 771 335
This cottage has 4 bedrooms (sleeps 7) with a spacious living room, sun room, fully equipped kitchen, 2 queen rooms, 1 twin room, 1 single room. Full laundry facilities, washing machine and dryer. Portable cot available.
Old Greenwells homestead (built 1856) offers 2 private bedrooms (1 queen room with ensuite, second bedroom shares ensuite), cot available on request. Basic kitchen facilities, no stove. Electric blanket, TV, WiFi available. Continental breakfast. No smoking, pets welcome with restrictions. Dinner available on request at time of booking only. The property is being renovated but this will not affect your stay.
9 upstairs rooms plus a cottage. Breakfast is to be orded from the cafe menu the night before.
A guest house with 4 rooms with TV and DVD player, 2 bathrooms - 1 with laundry, private garden with barbecue, fully equipped kitchen, wood fire heating, air conditioning, lock up garage, pets by arrangement only. Broadband internet available.
Valley Views has a master bedroom, an additional queen room, and a twin room. This cottage is fully renovated with a large kitchen containing a full stove, microwave oven, fridge, dishwasher, and toaster. The sitting room has a TV with DVD player, and a sun room. Charming, chic and comfortable.
3 self-contained cottages. Take part in typical farm activities such as bushwalking, feeding chickens, collecting eggs, toasting marshmallows around a fire, feeding young livestock, petting farm animals, milking a cow, or just catch up on reading and sleeping.
Stay in the original farmhouse, which has 4 double bedrooms, a lounge/family room with a fireplace and TV, separate dining area with fireplace, fully equipped kitchen. Pet friendly with up to 8 kennels. Undercover parking for up to 8 vehicles, more parking without cover. Crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils provided - bring your own food. Alternative phone number +61 427 003 375. Remember to fill your fuel tanks before departing for the homestay, as the nearest petrol stations are in Walcha and Wauchope.
A self-contained farmhouse with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lounge room, family room, kitchen, laundry, double garage, barbecue facilities. Master bedroom with ensuite. Lounge room has fold-out divan. Family room has wood heater, electric heater, TV. Kitchen has dishwasher, microwave oven, cutlery, crockery, cooking utensils. Opportunities to work the vegetable garden, meet the farm animals, or help out the farm owners - ask when booking.
Cabins, powered drive-through sites, powered slab sites, shady unpowered sites. Pet friendly. Camp kitchen with microwave oven, wood heater, fridge, stove, hot water. Fire pits, but bring your own firewood. Dump point. Gas available as swap or fill.
12 unpowered sites, and a cabin. Shelter with tables and chairs, rainwater tank, pit toilet, barbecue, fire pit. Great for trout fishing in a stocked dam or an idyllic getaway for two or the family. The cabin only supplies 12V electricity, so no hairdryers, shavers, etc..
Supermarket. Liquor store.
Convenience store. Liquor store.
Guardian Pharmacy
Chemist.
Newsagent.
Fruit and veg. Coffee shop.
Bakery.
A unique and distinctive brewery, distillery and restaurant.
By train
Walcha does not have a railway station; rather it is serviced by the station at Walcha Road Station, approximately 20 km west of Walcha.
There are not any public transport services in the town and you will need a vehicle to visit the many out of town sightseeing locations.
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