Putty Road, NSW. A great place to camp.
Submitted: Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 14:11
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Member - DW Lennox Head(NSW)
We have just had a lovely night
free camping near the
Putty Road, about half way between Windsor and
Singleton. It is reasonably quiet and very tidy.
I used to haul grain through this road in the 1970s and 80s with much more traffic then. There are a lot of motor bikes using the road now.
The location is beside the
Grey Gum Cafe. There is
free camping for 2 nights, showers can be had for a donation and nice clean
toilets. No power available but that is expected for
free camping.
The bonus is that we had lunch and breakfast there. They make great cappuccinos, too.
I have no interest in this location other than to return again in the future.
Reply By: Allan B (Member, SunCoast) - Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 14:29
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 14:29
Thanks DW, I'll remember that for next time I am passing through.
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Reply By: Lyn W3 - Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 15:49
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 15:49
Yep,
Great place
the Grey Gum Cafe, don't suggest you turn up on a Sunday afternoon though as they generally cater to 100+ bikes.
Also a very popular place for car clubs etc for lunches or afternoon teas.
Highly recommended.
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Reply By: Nomadic Navara - Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 16:32
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 16:32
How long has it been there? I tried to look at it on Google maps and I can't find it.
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Follow Up By: Member - DW Lennox Head(NSW) - Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 17:02
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 17:02
Try the link www.greygumcafe.com.au/ or put this address in Google Map - 8679
Putty Road,
Putty NSW 2330
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Follow Up By: Nomadic Navara - Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 22:34
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 22:34
DW, I got that info from your link. When I fed it into GM the place it showed up looked like a rural residential block. Street view did not reveal anything like a roadhouse/cafe. That's why I am asking to find out if it is too new for Google Maps to show it. Did you get something better?
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Follow Up By: Member - DW Lennox Head(NSW) - Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 at 06:44
Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 at 06:44
Peter,
It is in the rural area and the Google Map is obviously in need of an update. It does show the area in which it is in.
Cheers
DW
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Reply By: Meridith D - Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 17:39
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 17:39
It's only been there are couple of years. It opened around the time the time the original half way house burnt down. The local council almost closed them down with lots of constrictions but that seems to have settled down. They do a yummy egg and bacon roll and everything is clean etc. A welcome sight on the
Putty Road!
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Reply By: Member - Bruce C (NSW) - Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 18:03
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 18:03
Thanks for the heads up DW,
Greatly appreciated.
Cheers, Bruce.
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Reply By: Member - peter & dawn m (QLD) - Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 18:38
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 18:38
we lived for many yeafs in wilberforce & drove the
putty many time in a drilling rig supose it,s a lot quiter now with less trucks swampy
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Reply By: Member - Mark (Tamworth NSW) - Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 21:46
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 21:46
Gee DW, in the 70s and early 1980's most grain trucks I knew using the
Putty did it to avoid the scales (RTA)!!
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Follow Up By: Member - DW Lennox Head(NSW) - Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 at 06:50
Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 at 06:50
Mark
In those earlier days there was not a reliable weigh bridge in the Premer area to check weight as there is now.
Being an honourable ExplorOz member, I would never have 'intentionally' overloaded!
Cheers
DW
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark (Tamworth NSW) - Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 at 13:59
Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 at 13:59
I'll pass on your thanks to Barb Purkiss who put that weighbridge in!
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Follow Up By: Member - DW Lennox Head(NSW) - Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 at 14:04
Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 at 14:04
Barb knows who I am as I was a regular grower delivering to the depot there.
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Reply By: Motherhen - Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 21:50
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 at 21:50
Don't forget
Grey Gum Cafe provide this as a service with the expectation that guests will be their customers. They told me that apart from a few backpackers, everyone does the right thing by them.
Motherhen
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