Unusual Cafe McLean NSW

Today we stopped at a very unusual Cafe at McLean on the far north coast of New South Wales. They roast their own coffee and it has a glass partition behind which the coffee preparation takes place.

We enjoyed a lovely cup of local coffee and a slice of Carrot Cake.

It's like a warehouse/processing plant. They seem to have coffee tasting and lots of information about my fave hot drink. Unfortunately we got there just before closing time so we didn't get to take full advantage of what they had to offer but the coffee and cake was good and hope to stop in again sometime.

We opted to sit out side. There was plenty of free on street parking with views of the mountains and the mighty Clarence river.

It was spotlessly clean and there was ample seating inside and out with a little dedicated play area for little ones. I loved the fact they had different varieties of coffee to choose from and even take home packs were available for purchase. We opted for take away as it was very late in the day and they were ready to close and even the packaging and cutlery was environmentally friendly. 

McLean is a lovely quaint town with plenty of river side walks.

A Gorgeous lookout overlooks parts of the town, the river and farmland with covered picnic tables. It was hot and these joggers ran up that steep hill, after we had we had eaten our big fat slice of Carrot Cake we probably should've done the same thing. We are definitely going back for a picnic. 

On the road to the Lookout is a pile of rocks set in amongst the rainforest. There wasn't even a breath of wind but I image rain torrents down that ravine during storms, to meet the valley below. After recent rain everything looked lush and green. McLean is a lovely place to stop and explore.