Gloucester, the jewel of the Barrington Coast, is just a few hours’ drive north from Sydney and 1h 20min from Newcastle Airport. The train also travels through Gloucester daily.
The Barrington, Gloucester and Avon rivers meet at the town, which is only an hour west of the sandy beaches of Forster. Accommodation Options in and around Gloucester range from luxury retreats to holiday cottages, farm stays, holiday parks and motels. You will also find many picturesque camping options around Barrington Tops National Park, from riverside locations to sites in open bushland. Some campsites are accessible only by 4WD.
Gloucester is a gateway to spectacular wilderness and adventure. From bushwalks through ancient rainforest to kayaking on the Barrington River and scenic camping, you’ll also discover local markets, cellar doors and gold rush heritage.
Outdoor activities are our specialty. Our golf course has the prettiest location in the state while Gloucester District Park offers an unbeatable range of sporting facilities in its beautiful riverside location including the Olympic Pool Complex with heated hydrotherapy centre.
Further afield there’s a huge range of outdoor adventure and activities to enjoy: white water paddling by canoe or kayak, horse riding along scenic riverside trails and there are plenty of fishing spots plus walking trails in the parks that take you to rarely visited waterfalls, wetlands and breathtaking lookouts.
Gloucester, known as the gateway to the Barrington Tops, is a charming country town nestled in a valley of surpassing loveliness. As early as 1851 the famous colonial clergyman John Dunmore Lang observed that
"Gloucester is one of the best sites for an inland town, I have ever seen in the colony. A range of picturesque mountains, called by the aborigines, the Buccans, of about 1200 feet in height, bounds the horizon to the westward. Along the base of these mountains, the River Gloucester wends its way to the northward, leaving a large extent of alluvial land on its right bank, which the Company has cleared and brought into cultivation; the site of the buildings that form the station, including a house of accommodation for travellers, being on a rising ground to the eastward of the alluvial flats. It is altogether a beautiful spot in the wilderness."
Footnote: The Company references the Australian Agricultural Company (AAC)
The Barrington, Gloucester and Avon rivers meet at the town, which is only an hour west of the sandy beaches of Forster. Accommodation Options in and around Gloucester range from luxury retreats to holiday cottages, farm stays, holiday parks and motels. You will also find many picturesque camping options around Barrington Tops National Park, from riverside locations to sites in open bushland. Some campsites are accessible only by 4WD.
Gloucester is a gateway to spectacular wilderness and adventure. From bushwalks through ancient rainforest to kayaking on the Barrington River and scenic camping, you’ll also discover local markets, cellar doors and gold rush heritage.
Outdoor activities are our specialty. Our golf course has the prettiest location in the state while Gloucester District Park offers an unbeatable range of sporting facilities in its beautiful riverside location including the Olympic Pool Complex with heated hydrotherapy centre.
Further afield there’s a huge range of outdoor adventure and activities to enjoy: white water paddling by canoe or kayak, horse riding along scenic riverside trails and there are plenty of fishing spots plus walking trails in the parks that take you to rarely visited waterfalls, wetlands and breathtaking lookouts.
Gloucester, known as the gateway to the Barrington Tops, is a charming country town nestled in a valley of surpassing loveliness. As early as 1851 the famous colonial clergyman John Dunmore Lang observed that
"Gloucester is one of the best sites for an inland town, I have ever seen in the colony. A range of picturesque mountains, called by the aborigines, the Buccans, of about 1200 feet in height, bounds the horizon to the westward. Along the base of these mountains, the River Gloucester wends its way to the northward, leaving a large extent of alluvial land on its right bank, which the Company has cleared and brought into cultivation; the site of the buildings that form the station, including a house of accommodation for travellers, being on a rising ground to the eastward of the alluvial flats. It is altogether a beautiful spot in the wilderness."
Footnote: The Company references the Australian Agricultural Company (AAC)
Gloucester acknowledges the traditional Aboriginal owners of
country and pay our respects to them, their culture and their
Elders past, present and future.
country and pay our respects to them, their culture and their
Elders past, present and future.