Overnight camping along the Pacific Highway

Groo · Member

Overnight camping along the Pacific Highway

GEODIA · Member

Coopernook hotel just off hwy has overnight parking for rvs/caravans

Woody2 · Senior Member

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 · Member

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 · Guru

We often stop over at the Caltex area near Toukley .. Well set up for truckies etc.. There is a separate section for vans..

D and D · Guru

If you're in NSW have a look at this - www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/using-roads/trip-information/rest-areas/restareasmap/index.html use the from where and to where options and the type of rest area you want to identify suitable places. They're not all as good as they first appear.

Dave

Groo · Member

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.

cmatten · Newbie

Some Google maps links to places suggested

Coopernook Hotel
goo.gl/maps/7AAxTyebtJw

3 Creeks Campground
goo.gl/maps/twURD8bAoq22

PeterD · Guru

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.