Guidebook for Bellingen

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Guidebook for Bellingen

Good dining options:

Popular with the locals, Number 5 has beer on tap, good coffee and chai, interesting burgers, great chips and other tasty offerings. Often with great live music, it's a cool place to sit and watch the world go by. Family friendly.
10 locals recommend
5 Church Street
5 Church St
10 locals recommend
Popular with the locals, Number 5 has beer on tap, good coffee and chai, interesting burgers, great chips and other tasty offerings. Often with great live music, it's a cool place to sit and watch the world go by. Family friendly.
This is a local secret, found at the back of the carpark, behind the Federal Hotel. This place has a very cool vibe, great cocktails and friendly faces. Open Thurs-Sun, the Brewery also has a wood fired oven and serves up the best pizzas outside of Leichhardt! ( The margherita pizza, with sourdough base and buffalo mozzarella is our fav!)
50 locals recommend
The Bellingen Brewery
5 Church St
50 locals recommend
This is a local secret, found at the back of the carpark, behind the Federal Hotel. This place has a very cool vibe, great cocktails and friendly faces. Open Thurs-Sun, the Brewery also has a wood fired oven and serves up the best pizzas outside of Leichhardt! ( The margherita pizza, with sourdough base and buffalo mozzarella is our fav!)
For delicious organic sourdough bread, pies and pastries. Has tables and chairs for eat in, and also serves teas, coffee and chai.
27 locals recommend
Hearth Fire Bakery
73 Hyde St
27 locals recommend
For delicious organic sourdough bread, pies and pastries. Has tables and chairs for eat in, and also serves teas, coffee and chai.
Wonderful, fresh Israeli food. Currently operating mainly as a takeaway, with some seating available.
23 locals recommend
Za'atar Bellingen
66 Hyde St
23 locals recommend
Wonderful, fresh Israeli food. Currently operating mainly as a takeaway, with some seating available.

Everything Else

Alchemy is an established health centre offering remedial massage, acupuncture, osteopathy, homeopathy, colonic therapy, naturopathic advice, hot spa and sauna, plus an extensive range of supplements.
Alchemy in Bellingen
5 Hyde St
Alchemy is an established health centre offering remedial massage, acupuncture, osteopathy, homeopathy, colonic therapy, naturopathic advice, hot spa and sauna, plus an extensive range of supplements.

Entertainment & Activities

Fabulously fresh gelato, made on the premises by a genius. Also serving great coffee, cakes and vegetarian lunches .
18 locals recommend
The Bellingen Gelato Bar
101 Hyde St
18 locals recommend
Fabulously fresh gelato, made on the premises by a genius. Also serving great coffee, cakes and vegetarian lunches .
49 locals recommend
TreeTops Coffs Harbour
Sealy Lookout Drive
49 locals recommend

Sightseeing

58 locals recommend
Dorrigo Rainforest Centre
142 Dome Rd
58 locals recommend

Food scene

Emily makes the best coffee in the region! Very friendly place where the locals and their dogs hang out and chow down inexpensive toasties, smoothy bowls, smashed avocado on toast, home made cakes and the opportunity to pick up some local produce.
8 locals recommend
Liberty Providores
4241 Giinagay Way
8 locals recommend
Just a short wander along from The Bales, this little beauty is open from 10am -5pm Wed-Sun, serving coffee and cake, wine and cheese, delicious brunches and lunches in a friendly, peaceful setting, overlooking the Bellinger river.
29 locals recommend
Raleigh Winery
36 Queen St
29 locals recommend
Just a short wander along from The Bales, this little beauty is open from 10am -5pm Wed-Sun, serving coffee and cake, wine and cheese, delicious brunches and lunches in a friendly, peaceful setting, overlooking the Bellinger river.

Neighborhoods

Lovely little towns with half an hour of the bales
Cute historical town offering long walks through the Dorrigo rainforest.
49 locals recommend
Dorrigo
49 locals recommend
Cute historical town offering long walks through the Dorrigo rainforest.
Lovely 1km boardwalk over the mangroves to the sea. Also the closest place for groceries.
39 locals recommend
Urunga
39 locals recommend
Lovely 1km boardwalk over the mangroves to the sea. Also the closest place for groceries.
Great beach, fabulous dining options and a cool little cinema.
107 locals recommend
Sawtell Beach
107 locals recommend
Great beach, fabulous dining options and a cool little cinema.
Beautiful headland walk to the south, through mobs of wild kangaroos
46 locals recommend
Emerald Beach
46 locals recommend
Beautiful headland walk to the south, through mobs of wild kangaroos
Bucolic country town with a great community spirit. Many great cafes and restaurants, live music and an alternative eco-friendly scene.
163 locals recommend
Bellingen
163 locals recommend
Bucolic country town with a great community spirit. Many great cafes and restaurants, live music and an alternative eco-friendly scene.