Holiday house review: Wynola at Boomerang Beach, Mid North Coast NSW

Accommodation doesn’t get more Instagrammable than Wynola. And the surfer chic backdrop of Boomerang Beach completes the picture.

Drive three and a half hours north of Sydney, and you’ll come across a place where the white sand beaches are empty, the pace is refreshingly slow, the lakes are great and the palm trees loom large. It’s Pacific Palms, a peaceful pocket on the NSW Mid North Coast in the Great Lakes region, which encompasses Blueys Beach, Elizabeth Beach, Booti Booti and Boomerang Beach.

And the holiday house Wynola provides the ultimate haven to enjoy this natural wonderland, located just a short scoot from the beach. 

Wynola is a Hamptons-esque beach sanctuary

The 1920s Queenslander has recently been relocated to its new beachside location, and restored into a beautiful holiday home that sleeps nine, with four bedrooms and two bathrooms. 

The scene is everything you’d want for a relaxing beach getaway. An elegant coastal palette runs throughout, oozing calm and tranquillity. There’s gorgeous high ceilings, stained glass windows and a huge wraparound deck. French windows and doors connect the chef’s kitchen and enormous lounge room with the outdoor verandah – perfect for afternoon drinks. The ensuite bathroom is just heaven too, with its antique bath and draping greenery.

And the house is huge! Although quite possibly my sense of scale is up the creek after living in a Sydney apartment for three years. Anywho… Wynola has so many little nooks to curl up in, read a trashy book and escape your husband.

Every little detail at Wynola has been thought of. From the sunscreen on the kitchen counter and charging ports beneath the breakfast bar to the scented candles in the bedrooms. Here’s a quick laundry list of the little luxuries you’ll find:

• Firewood for the outside fire pit, and ponchos and blankets to stay warm. 
• Bikes and helmets to explore the Boomerang Beach area.
• Beach towels and snorkelling gear.
• UE Mega Boom portable speaker to play your latest Spotify playlist.
• Outdoor BBQ for summer dinner parties.
• Butler’s pantry with modern appliances, wine fridge and coffee machine.
• Ultra comfortable beds with quality linen and bath towels.
• Outdoor shower, with plenty of body wash, shampoo and conditioner. 
• Games, colouring pencils and a table tennis table. 
• Under-house laundry with everything you’d need to complete a load of washing.

And Wynola’s hosts Bianca and Glen are so lovely and helpful. Especially when Jude decided on the drive home he’d left his wedding ring on the bedside table in the Boomerang Beach Room. Bianca was most concerned in finding the ring and preventing a divorce. (Note: The ring was found). 

Wynola can be booked through Airbnb. 

Keep scrolling and you’ll find my tips on where to eat and what to do in Boomerang Beach (not that you’ll honestly ever feel the need to leave this beautiful coastal sanctuary).

Where to eat in Boomerang Beach

Hueys at Blueys – our first night at Wynola, we got into our trackies and ordered a Hueys Special takeaway pizza. It was magical. I’m not a normally a huge pizza fan, but Huey’s thin-base and ultra fresh toppings won me over. And make sure you pick up some wine from Blueys Cellars too. 

Kembali Cafe – overlooking the main strip of Blueys Beach, this relaxed cafe serves a breakfast menu infused with flavours from Indonesia – and it’s a winner. The coffee is decent too. So impressed with Kembali Cafe, we had breakfast here two days in a row.

A 15-minute drive away in the nearby town of Forster are more foodie finds:

Hamiltons Oysters – there are some places in the world that just make you happy. This oyster bar in Tuncurry is one of them. A half dozen oysters, glass of bubbly and views over Wallis Lake – life is bloody good. 

Spice Monkey – this Asian-fusion restaurant in Forster is where the locals frequent, so you know it’s good. Order the bao, sushi and beef short ribs.

What to do in the Boomerang Beach area

Booti Booti Lakeside Walking Track – this 7.3km loop track combines the beauty of the ocean and the lake. It’s a hearty walk that takes in Seven Mile Beach, rainforest, the shores of Wallis Lake and a bitch of a climb up Booti Hill.

Boomerang Beach – head across the road from Wynola and there’s an access point to Boomerang Beach. Watch the sunrise from the viewing platform, go snorkelling and keep an eye out for dolphins. Boomerang Beach is also famed for its excellent surf conditions – imagine the husband’s face when I told him we’re going away for the weekend and staying in one of the best surf spots on the NSW Mid North Coast. 

Explore Pacific Palms’ other beaches – a stay at Wynola is all about the sea and the sand, and Pacific Palms really has some beach beauties. Blueys Beach, Elizabeth Beach, Shelly Beach – they’re all a picture of perfection with their squeaky white sand, aqua coloured ocean and towering headlands. 

Whoota Whoota Lookout – why wouldn’t you want to visit one of the best lookouts in New South Wales? Well, maybe because it’s deep in Wallingat National Park, you need to navigate 15km of unsealed roads to do so and you drive an obnoxious convertible. Nope, that didn’t stop this pair of Sydney toss bags. The 360-degree views across Wallis Lake, Wallingat’s eucalypt forests and 100km of coastline was totally worth the anxious, very slooooow drive up to Whoota Whoota Lookout – and the $2k service bill that followed. 

Here’s instructions on how to get to Whoota Whoota Lookout.

Cape Hawke Lookout – is another spot that delivers some pretty epic coastal views of the NSW Mid North Coast. And it’s much easier to get to if you don’t drive a Toyota Kluger. Once you’ve parked the car, there’s a steep, thigh-burning 500m hike through rainforest to get to this lookout but it’s worth it. 

Seal Rocks – finally, this sleepy seaside village is worth a squiz, with its cute historic lighthouse, lookout and jagged rocks. You might spot a whale – or 20 – while you’re here too.