Overnight for Horse & Pet Travellers
Drive times from Highway Stables to:
SYDNEY SIEC ... 7 hrs
BRISBANE ... 7 hrs
TAMWORTH via Walcha to ALEC/Showground ... 4-5 hrs
Nearest Fuel Station - Pacific Hwy-Oxley Hwy Roundabout B56 - 24hr food & fuel ... 3 min
Tips: Allow extra travel time for horse tick inspection & NSW pesty daylight saving factor between Queensland & NSW!
Wauchope CBD-Showground...10min
Walcha Showground...3-4hrs
Port Macquarie AIRPORT ... 5 min
Port Macquarie Base Hospital... 7 min
Port Macquarie Charles Sturt University Campus ... 9min
Port Macquarie AILDI ... 3 min
Stable & Cottage Rate
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Stable Overnight $25/horse
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Companion animals No Charge
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Stables : 4 x 4m & 4 x 6m with bedding & rain water supplied on arrival
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Owner to provide hard feed
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Cottage: $165/night: 2 bedrooms (queen bed & double bed), shared bathroom. Dinning room: microwave, coffee/tea facility, bar fridge. No air conditioning.
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Individual rooms available @ $85/night (if cottage not booked as whole)
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Companion animals welcome: On Leash, In Hutch, In Cage, In Box No Charge
Great Reasons To Stay Overnight...
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4 minutes to/from Pacific Highway
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Safe, roomy , well ventilated stables - stallion, mares, geldings and miniature ponies. night lights, close float parking, easy walking to check on horses during the night
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Cottage accommodation: Safe, quite, two bedrooms, shared bathroom and dinning room in walking distance from stables
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Well behaved companion animals welcome
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Relaxed bush walks for children and animals to stretch legs
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Quiet surrounds
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7 minutes to Port Macquarie CBD
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3 minutes for 24hr fuel & food outlets
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Halfway between Brisbane and Sydney SIEC Pacific Highway
Transport Vehicles - Entry/Exit
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Look for 1.5m x 2m signage: HIGHWAY STABLES @ 733 Fernbank Creek Road, Port Macquarie
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Livestock vehicles LESS THAN 10m lenght (ordinary double float) enter/exit from any direction
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Livestock vehicles GREATER THAN 10m lenght (goose neck, ridge truck) enter / exit from Hastings River Drive. It is an extra 6 minutes drive for total peace of mind. Hastings River Drive in the northern entrance to Port Macquarie
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Livestock vehicle + float LONGER THAN 15m - Unsuitable Access
'We had a lovely stay at Eva's place and it was a great place to date stay with our dog. We would stay again'
' Ann 24 January 2020
'We had a great stay at Evas place and felt very welcome from the start. It’s a lovely property and we enjoyed a short walk through the bush which was lovely. Perfect location being right off the freeway but close to town as we were stopping along a road trip.' Jess 16.10.19
Thank you Eva for your welcoming hospitality. Our mares enjoyed your generous sized safe stables and the fresh water you had waiting for them . Lovely property , well maintained and easily accessible from the highway . Highly recommend for anyone needing a pit stop in the Port area 😊 10.3.2020
Awesome clean relaxing vibes for an agistment stables a great place to be able down gears , calming and clean with lovely accommodation Thank you Highway stables , Gris , Kate , Mia , cottage Very relaxing break for travellers Clare 27th May 2020