David Gillespie (Lyne, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I'd like to take this opportunity to promote a beautiful region in my electorate called the Barrington coast. It's governed by the MidCoast Council. Not only has the whole area been hard-hit by fires, but also the region has been battling the drought. Whilst some welcome rain has changed the landscape, the community would greatly benefit from the injection of tourism dollars.

So if you'd like to come to the tourism area known as the Barrington coast, it spans 10,000 square kilometres from the World Heritage-listed Barrington Tops to the Pacific Ocean of the mid-north coast. It's an area where volcanic flows shaped the incredible wilderness millions of years ago. In the upper Manning, you can enjoy the scenery of the Ellenborough Falls or experience great bushwalks, kayaking and mountain-biking trails. You can kayak all the way down to the lower Manning and sit by the banks of the Manning and enjoy an ale in the Harrington Hotel or Harrigan's Irish Pub in Harrington. You can camp by other parts of the beautiful Barrington coast, visit the Tinshed Brewery in Dungog or the Roundabout Inn in Gloucester or the Plough Inn Hotel in Bulahdelah. Foodies, try our food trail where you can taste tender pasture-fed beef and lamb produced by Great Lakes Paddocks and Long Table Farm, through to buffalo mozzarella at Burraduc Farm, or try our famous oysters from Hamiltons or Barclays. History lives on in towns like Paterson, where you can visit the historic courthouse or stop in at the Rail Motor Society and rekindle the nostalgia of yesteryear's travel. I encourage you all to visit the amazing Barrington coast.