The rustic and well stocked Thora General Store is just over the bridge and has everything you could possibly need to supply a short stay including the famous Pitstop Hamburgers, staples like milk and eggs, a good selection of wine and alcohol, mail services, fresh local sourdough bread, pasteries and vegies, cheese board snax and petrol so you can fill up before sadly departing
The Bellinger River has a natural bend at Thora and this offers great secluded spots for swimming, kyaking or paddleboarding, or just relaxing on the grassy banks. Our propety also has 110 acres of bushland to explore.

3rd Saturday of every month
@Bellingen Park, just south of town
every Saturday morning except the 3rs Saturday of the month
@Bellingen Showground
every Wednesday afternoon
@Bellingen Park
twice per year in June & December
@Bellingen Showground
3rd Saturday of every month
@Bellingen Park, just south of town
every Saturday morning except the 3rs Saturday of the month
@Bellingen Showground
every Wednesday afternoon
@Bellingen Park
twice per year in June & December
@Bellingen Showground
2nd Saturday of March & 2nd Saturday of September
@Bellingen Park

3 times per year
@Hickory St
Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival
the last full weenend of October every year
@Dorrigo Showground
Dorrigo World Heritage Gondwana Rainforest


Firefly Cottage gets its name from these tiny flashing fairy lights that blink through the rainforest just on dusk each evening from August to October
Ghost fungi can often be seen glowing on warm nights in the wet forest areas from March to May
Pademelons and swamp wallabies can bee seen nibbling the grass on our property most evenings thr
Firefly Cottage gets its name from these tiny flashing fairy lights that blink through the rainforest just on dusk each evening from August to October
Ghost fungi can often be seen glowing on warm nights in the wet forest areas from March to May
Pademelons and swamp wallabies can bee seen nibbling the grass on our property most evenings throughout the year
There is always a chorus of birds singing each morning and evening including the brightly coloured but threatened Wompoo fruit dove and Regent bowerbird

Bellingen Shire is Gumbaynggirr Country - acknowledge traditional owners and find out more at Yarruungga Aboriginal Corporation
Check the Bellingen Council Events Directory to see whats on when you visit
Bellingen also has its own gig guide for live music and shows and the Bellingen Memorial Hall is a renown centre for the arts and is an i
Bellingen Shire is Gumbaynggirr Country - acknowledge traditional owners and find out more at Yarruungga Aboriginal Corporation
Check the Bellingen Council Events Directory to see whats on when you visit
Bellingen also has its own gig guide for live music and shows and the Bellingen Memorial Hall is a renown centre for the arts and is an integral part of the lively Bellingen culture

Find out if the river is perfect for swimming by viewing the river cameras installed and managed by Kombu Wholefoods in Bellingen
check out things to do in Bellingen
check out things to do in Dorrigo
check out things to do in Urunga
Dorrigo World Heritage Gondwana Rainforest
Bello River Bubbles
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