A take away affair from a town that was damn near deserted. Too hot, but got worse when cooled down. Too milky, not enough coffee taste... Overall pretty poor. At the high end of budget options, but this was from no budget operator. ...tastes weirdly sweet also. Cheeky sugar added??AF

Low expectations for this one. A cafe adjoining a subway adjoining a Shell service station. In takeaway cups, what we got was more like white coffees. But reasonably tasty white coffees at that! Went very well with an Arnott's biscuit, that we discovered yesterday is made historically near where we are, Newcastle! Slightly bitter aftertaste. A full roast.

Awakening quite late thanks to clever parking under trees at the Frederickton Golf Course, we enjoy a shower inside the clubhouse, before we snaffle down some cereal (nice change!). Leaving the golf course rest stop with fond memories, we undertake a short jaunt back to Port Macquarie, in order to visit the PeAk coffee roastery (see other blog for the full details!)Then, onto the Port Macquarie Koala hospital - a not for profit organisation that takes in injured ...

A coffee roaster and brewery in the industrial part of Port Macquarie. We had a choice of 4 different beans for the flat white, and went for the barista's recommendation - Honduran. It's strong - you can feel the caffeine hitting your bloodstream - but manages not to be overbearingly so, unlike many of the other 'posh' coffees we've tried. Their tasting notes stated: "Medium roast and certified fair trade organic . Sweet caramel flavours of ho...

Up and out from our golf club campsite early, in search of coffee. First stop today is JERSEYville, which we are visiting for obvious reasons. The area surrounding it is all green pastures, cows and potatoes (we see a few roadside stalls with honesty boxes, selling pots). Unfortunately, it's only a few streets, so we don't even find coffee within it, but drive on to South West Rocks, a few kms higher up the coast. I'm extremely pleased just by seeing ...