I'll be bringing our caravan down from the Tweed Valley to the Central Coast sometime next week. Usually I'd be accompanied by the Memsahib and would stay at one of the many campgrounds along the way, but this time I'll be by myself and will just be looking for a place where I can pull over at around 4 or 5 pm, have a beer and a meal and be on my way early next morning. I'd certainly prefer not to have to unhitch.
Is such overnight stopping tolerated at roadside rest areas? I certainly see plenty of vans and campers at them when I'm on the road early, but I am aware that Tweed shire Council has recently placed Stotts Island out of bounds for overnight stays and this may well apply to other areas.
I was thinking of Johns River (internet seems to suggest that there are two reserve sites within the village), Tom Cat Creek, Log Wharf Reserve at Telegraph Point, perhaps even Wang Wauk - I've stopped at all of them, but never tried to overnight - it all rather depends on what time I leave home and how far I get.
I would greatly appreciate advice from those more experienced in these matters than I.
GEODIA said
07:15 PM Feb 11, 2016
Coopernook hotel just off hwy has overnight parking for rvs/caravans
Woody2 said
07:19 PM Feb 11, 2016
G.Day Groo Coopernook hotel would have to be one of the best overnight stops a long the coast.Have a meal ,beer and if you like fishing wet a line there too.
trev4612 said
08:35 PM Feb 11, 2016
We have stayed over night behind the Kew hotel there is a large car park. we stayed right up the back there were 4 other rigs parked over night.Enjoy a beer and meal at the pub.
Trevor
Aus-Kiwi said
09:32 PM Feb 11, 2016
We often stop over at the Caltex area near Toukley .. Well set up for truckies etc.. There is a separate section for vans..
Thanks all for a host of excellent information. The Coopernook Hotel looks just about right in terms of distance and I'll be aiming for it - I look forward to dining there as well, though I'll probably not try fishing. I've often wondered how that hotel fared since the highway was diverted around it, and it seems to have done rather well. I am delighted to see that the dreadful narrow bridge by its side has been removed.
The Kew Hotel will be an excellent alternative and I'm pleased to note that camper overnighting is permitted at at least some roadhouses. Good site, D and D. I've bookmarked it.
Groo wrote:I was thinking of Johns River (internet seems to suggest that there are two reserve sites within the village), Tom Cat Creek, Log Wharf Reserve at Telegraph Point, perhaps even Wang Wauk - I've stopped at all of them, but never tried to overnight - it all rather depends on what time I leave home and how far I get.
Tom Cat Creek is excellent when travelling north. If you are travelling south you have to exit left and make a U-turn across the highway. Kew and Johns River pubs would be a much better spot. Wang Wauk still involves crossing the highway but is much easier than Tom Cat.
I'll be bringing our caravan down from the Tweed Valley to the Central Coast sometime next week. Usually I'd be accompanied by the Memsahib and would stay at one of the many campgrounds along the way, but this time I'll be by myself and will just be looking for a place where I can pull over at around 4 or 5 pm, have a beer and a meal and be on my way early next morning. I'd certainly prefer not to have to unhitch.
Is such overnight stopping tolerated at roadside rest areas? I certainly see plenty of vans and campers at them when I'm on the road early, but I am aware that Tweed shire Council has recently placed Stotts Island out of bounds for overnight stays and this may well apply to other areas.
I was thinking of Johns River (internet seems to suggest that there are two reserve sites within the village), Tom Cat Creek, Log Wharf Reserve at Telegraph Point, perhaps even Wang Wauk - I've stopped at all of them, but never tried to overnight - it all rather depends on what time I leave home and how far I get.
I would greatly appreciate advice from those more experienced in these matters than I.
We have stayed over night behind the Kew hotel there is a large car park. we stayed right up the back there were 4 other rigs parked over night.Enjoy a beer and meal at the pub.
Trevor
Dave
The Kew Hotel will be an excellent alternative and I'm pleased to note that camper overnighting is permitted at at least some roadhouses. Good site, D and D. I've bookmarked it.
Coopernook Hotel
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3 Creeks Campground
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Tom Cat Creek is excellent when travelling north. If you are travelling south you have to exit left and make a U-turn across the highway. Kew and Johns River pubs would be a much better spot. Wang Wauk still involves crossing the highway but is much easier than Tom Cat.