Amazing, Amazing, Amazing place! I’ll list the top 5 reasons why we enjoyed The Drift & Smiths Lake:
1) Mary the host is excellent in communicating & very hospitable.
2) The Drift is such a lovely little beach house, home away from home really. You have everything you need at your finger tips. X3 bedrooms, x2 toilets(x1outside), x1 bathroom, open planned kitchen, dining & lounge area, T.V, dvds, board games, books.
3) Smiths lake Playground & Frothy Coffee cafe is about a 5min drive & about a 15min walk with kids. The lake is not very deep so its good for a swim, the water is warm too. And its pretty calm so its good for kayaking too. I observed, lots of locals fishingvas well.
The playground kept my two entertained for hours & it has a toilet too. The food & coffee at the cafe is worth trying & the staff are soo friendly. Casey thank you for giving me that pet talk, before i went out on that Kayak by myself. Your a life saver.
4) Smiths Lake corner shops contains a convenience store(opens till 7pm), butcher, bakery, hairdresser, cafe(closed when we were there)& a place to purchase alcohol. From the Drift its like a 5min drive, again walking with kids its about 15mins.
5) We enjoyed going to visit:
- Forster Town Beach (20mins drive from The Drift).
- The lighthouse at Sugarloaf point & Seal Rock beach(2-30mins drive from The Drift)
& kayaking in Smiths lake (5min drive frim The Drift).
We very much enjoyed our family holiday. Thanks Mary for letting us stay at The Drift. We hope to back in the near future x