Oh that every town could have a Flow Bar. It's a cafe, a restaurant and a beer garden during the day (with very decent food and coffee) and on weekends it morphs into a live-music venue with an atmospheric outdoor stage area surrounded by towering gums. Local and international touring acts play here under fairy lights.

Definitely worth a detour or a stay upstairs at the Boogie Woogie Beach House.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Mid-North Coast attractions

1. Wingham Brush Nature Reserve

14.09 MILES

A wheelchair-accessible 1.9km boardwalk traverses this idyllic patch of rainforest, home to giant Moreton Bay figs and flocks of flying foxes. You might…

2. Bennett's Head Lookout

14.75 MILES

Follow Bennett's Head Rd all the way to the top for dramatic views of the east coast as it arcs its way northward in spectacular fashion. There's also a…

3. Crowdy Bay National Park

20.27 MILES

Known for its rock formations and rugged cliffs, this park backs onto a long and beautiful beach. A 4.8km (two-hour) loop track heads over the Diamond…

4. Booti Booti National Park

24.06 MILES

This 15.67-sq-km national park stretches along a skinny peninsula with Seven Mile Beach on its eastern side and Wallis Lake on its west. The northern…

5. Dooragan National Park

24.38 MILES

This little park immediately north of Crowdy Bay National Park and on the shores of Watson Taylor Lake is dominated by North Brother Mountain. A sealed…