Everything you ever wanted in a small-town pub…read more It's Saturday night, we're feeling alright, and after a big fat dinner a group of us are keen to kick on. The only place open is the Lakes & Ocean and everyone in town is here. It's a total shitshow, there's a terrific covers band on and hammered people in rugby league jerseys swaying around on the dance floor spilling their beers. The men are also having a good time. It's not pretty by any means, but what do you think this is, Bondi? Pssht. This is the heartland, this is a pub where you can chat to anyone and they'll give you a smile back. Not always with all their teeth, but hey, a smile's a smile. It's loud, it's raucous, it's no frills, it's a sticky, sweaty, heaving, air guitar good time that I can't wait to come back to.

A great place for a summers afternoon drink, looking across the lake with a cold beerread more

My husband and i honeymooned in Australia -- driving up the coast. Stopping in Forster was random,…read morebut we drove by the beach and seeing this place stopped to get a room. Pretty much every single room has a view and you can almost touch the ocean. As my husband put it "I have walked to a pool at a hotel that took longer". The husband and wife that own this place are also wonderful. As far as the town -- this place is great. Every single person we met was proud of their town and wanted us to love it too. Worthy.