Gloucester
After a week at Wyee we depart for Gloucester. Gloucester is located a little inland on the NSW mid coast. Our trip takes us further north along the Pacific Highway deviating west along the Dungog Rd which begins 10kms south of Bulahdelah. We connect with the Buckets Way which leads us to Gloucester.
This to me is the first ‘real’ country area close to Sydney. The area has rich fertile soils and produces some of the finest beef cattle. The local shopping centre has that wholesome country feel and friendly shopkeepers are happy to meet your inquiry.
We checked into the Riversisde Park for our first night totally on our own; not knowing what lay ahead, when next we would see family or friend, but full of a feeling of; “what the heck, let’s go for it”
Trudgalong Farm
A little south of our base is Trudgalong Farm. Here we greeted by the owners son and manager Matthew. They have a ‘Silver Perch’ farm upon which you can come along and try your hand at catching some of these fresh water beauties. They farm up to 4000 fish at any one time and supply to the local market as well as the Sydney market. The fish are marketed as ‘ Barrington Perch’. We were told to fish on sunset and Kaz and the boys were all rewarded with a catch.
