Local links
Businesses, community services, and useful links for Long Flat, Wauchope, and the Port Macquarie hinterland.
Directory entries are curated by hand — details can change. Want a listing added or corrected? Contact us with your name, location, website, and a short description.
In & around Long Flat
Village essentials on the Oxley Highway and nearby Toms Creek / Ellenborough.
Long Flat Pub (Travellers Rest Hotel)
Oxley Highway, Long Flat
The local pub on the Oxley Highway — meals, a cold drink, and a classic hinterland stop for travellers and locals.
Long Flat Public School
Long Flat
Local public primary school serving Long Flat and surrounding families.
Nature Domes · Toms Creek
Toms Creek
Eco glamping domes on Toms Creek Road — a quiet hinterland stay near the river and bush.
Ewetopia Farm
Near Long Flat / Ellenborough
Rural farm stay near Long Flat and Ellenborough — quiet countryside, space to unwind, pool and gazebo for guests. See About for a personal connection to this land.
Eat, stay & visit nearby
Worth a drive from Long Flat — Wauchope, Comboyne Road, and the falls country.
Bago Maze & Wine
Herons Creek / Wauchope area
Award-winning hedge maze and cellar door on a working farm — great day out about 30 minutes from Port Macquarie / near Wauchope.
Beechwood Hotel
Beechwood
Classic country pub just outside Wauchope — a popular stop on hinterland drives.
Ellenborough Falls
Elands / Bulga Plateau
One of NSW’s tallest single-drop waterfalls — a signature day trip from the Port Macquarie hinterland.
Visit NSW · Wauchope
Wauchope
Official visitor guide for Wauchope and the surrounding hinterland.
Community & services
Schools, council area, and day-to-day services for the Upper Hastings.
Wauchope High School
Wauchope
Local high school for students from Wauchope and the hinterland villages.
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
Port Macquarie–Hastings
Local government services, community news, and facilities for the LGA.
Busways
Mid North Coast
Regional bus services including the Port Macquarie–Wauchope corridor.
NSW Rural Fire Service
Fire danger ratings, incidents, and safety information for bushfire season.
Live Traffic NSW
Road closures and delays — useful for the Oxley Highway and flood-prone routes.
Local news
Regional papers covering Port Macquarie, Wauchope, and the hinterland.
Updated listings
These older directory entries from the previous site no longer have working websites, so they have been replaced above with current local options:
- Tom’s Creek Retreat (tomscreekretreat.com.au — domain not resolving)
- Blue Poles café / B&B (bluepoles.com.au — offline)
- Yarras Olive Products / Hastings Valley Olives (hastingsvalleyolives.com.au — domain not resolving)