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Made it to Wooli and back
« on: January 22, 2011, 09:05:09 PM »
Hi Guys and Girls

Just a quick thanks to everyone for all the info prior to us leaving Brisbane to Wooli during the floods, hopfully i wasn't to much of a pain. We ended up detouring through Casino and made it Wooli with no dramas, just a short drive through some flood water on the Wooli rd but that was it.

Wooli itself was absolutely stunning as was the solitary island resort, it had some of the bigest sites I have ever seen, we have allready booked for Sep and next Jan.

Once again thanks to everyone for all the help.

Ati :cheers:

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Re: Made it to Wooli and back
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2011, 10:55:18 PM »
Thought you would get there. Working on the roads I think it was amazingly over dramatised. Road was blocked at the Bruxner Hwy for way longer than it need be. Problem is councils wont let heavy vehicles travel on their roads so RTA is forced to shut routes down onto their assets. Will happen over and over untill the Pacific Hwy is fully upgraded between Sydney and Brisbane in 2016 (date supplied by politicians not me!)..............

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Re: Made it to Wooli and back
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2011, 06:37:25 PM »
Fantastic and sooo glad you enjoyed it! Did you go up to Minnie and Diggers and have a look around there too? Its a great part of the world thats for sure.

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Re: Made it to Wooli and back
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2011, 07:30:17 PM »
Fantastic and sooo glad you enjoyed it! Did you go up to Minnie and Diggers and have a look around there too? Its a great part of the world thats for sure.

 :worthles:  Can,t agree more the drive from Minni Waters up the beach to Sandon River fishing village is worth a look some well known fishing I.D,s have weekenders there from what I was told great spot you can see why.TINKERA.

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Re: Made it to Wooli and back
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2011, 08:13:10 PM »
Luck Bugga,
I hope you had a Pizza at the pub, which is next door to the resort, very nice...beers pretty good too.
Then there is the Adults Bar above the outdoor kitchen, no kids allowed, just the place to get away and look at the wide screen TV sports and suck on a stubby or too, whilst the kids are being kids.
I hope the river was getting better after the floods, last time we were there we saw a turtle near the boat ramp...
The resort and Wooli is a bloody nice place, next time I will try Diggers near Minnie Waters, I've heard some good reports about it.

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Re: Made it to Wooli and back
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2011, 08:20:39 PM »
Gday Ati,
glad you enjoyed your trip to Wooli. The whole chunk of coastline from Yamba to Coffs is all pretty good, not too developed, not "flash " enough for most, just about right for Swaggers  ;D. Catch up when you come back, you know you want to visit again..... :cheers:
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Re: Made it to Wooli and back
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2011, 09:33:08 PM »
Once again thanks to everyone for all the info. Yes I did manage to get to Minnie and Diggers, very impressive coastline and so underdeveloped, reminded me of my holidays in the early 90s to Straddie and Moreton Island. I also hope to get to explore Sandon in Sept, I hear that is also quite nice.

Hope to catch up with you all sometime.

Kind regards,

Ati :cheers:

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Re: Made it to Wooli and back
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2011, 09:39:13 PM »
Ati,
Yell out on the Swagvine when you plan on coming down & we will see if we can round up some local 'swaggers for a get together. :cheers:
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Re: Made it to Wooli and back
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2011, 12:49:01 AM »
Off topic ;-)
Bullfrog, See your from Grafton,
A couple of friends of ours mentioned the Nymboida Canoe Park as a good/fun place to camp. I was going to check it out, I was wondering if you have seen it or heard anything good or bad about the place.

Cheers.

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Re: Made it to Wooli and back
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2011, 06:54:20 PM »
Off topic ;-)
Bullfrog, See your from Grafton,
A couple of friends of ours mentioned the Nymboida Canoe Park as a good/fun place to camp. I was going to check it out, I was wondering if you have seen it or heard anything good or bad about the place.

Cheers.

Renno



We are heading there on Feb 20, I'll give you an update.

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Re: Made it to Wooli and back
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2011, 06:27:26 PM »
Thought I might tag onto this thread instead of starting a new one.

Decided to head down to Wooli for the first week of the Easter school holidays. Drive down Friday and return on Good Friday seven nights.

Were able to get a booking at the Wooli Camping and Caravan Park http://www.clarence.nsw.gov.au/cmst/cvc009/view_doc.asp?id=3236&cat=73

Camping with Sam and our 2 kids, 4 and 6 yo.

Wooli looks like a great part of the Northern Rivers area. This is fast becoming our favourite area to get away. Been to Yaamba and Woody Head and have toured down to Brooms Head.

Saw the Solitary Island Resort website, place looks good but we wanted to be nearer the beach.

Can anyone give any feedback on the Wooli Camping and Caravan Park?

Thanks

Grant

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Re: Made it to Wooli and back
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2011, 07:19:47 PM »
very impressive coastline and so underdeveloped, I also hope to get to explore Sandon in Sept, I hear that is also quite nice.


Shhh the reason it is underdeveloped is that we keep it to ourselves. Don't tell everyone.

Sandon, Hmmm down the Sandon rd from Brooms head the there is a sign, Bosches water hole. This road/track will take you through to the Grafton-Wooli rd through the Candole State Forest.
Unfortunatley We wont be here then, we are heading to the Swaggers gathering at Jamestown SA.
30th Sept - 4th Oct and will be leaving on or about the 16th of sept, otherwise we'd show you guy through there. It's BullFrogs backyard LOL. Hemi & flemo also have had a few runs through there.
Here are a couple of trips through there we've taken.
06 2008 There is a short video at the bottom of this page.
24/07/2010 There is also some Youtube video here, thanks to Nav04 and his wife keryl.

There are a lot of excellent places to see around here.
Day Trips

As I said earlier, Shhh keep it under ya hat  :cheers:

PS, sorry Grant, haven't stayed there yet.
But down the H/way a bit farther is Darlington Park
Stayed there and it is a good park.

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Re: Made it to Wooli and back
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2011, 08:20:54 PM »
Watch these locals the ones giving short cuts I took one along the Sandon Rd hung a left up over the dunes before a right hander on Sandon Rd turned into a mini Gunshot onto to the beach.This was just after QLD rapped up the State of Origin he hee anyway loved it. Had some fun getting back up after one of your local boys in a troopy had half a dozen goes.TINKERA.