Taylors Arm, New South Wales

This article is about the town on the Mid North Coast. For the river of the same name, also on the Mid North Coast, see Taylors Arm (New South Wales).

Taylors Arm New South Wales
Taylors Arm
Coordinates	30°45′S 152°53′E / 30.750°S 152.883°E / -30.750; 152.883Coordinates: 30°45′S 152°53′E / 30.750°S 152.883°E / -30.750; 152.883
Postcode(s)	2447
Elevation	24.8 m (81 ft)
LGA(s)	Nambucca Shire
County	Raleigh
State electorate(s)	Oxley
Federal Division(s)	Cowper

Taylors Arm is a village in Nambucca Shire in New South Wales, Australia.^[1]

History

When its main industries of cedar felling and dairying were at their peak the small village of Taylors Arm was thriving. It had a boarding house built around 1890, then five years later the pub was built. Taylors Arm Post Office opened on 1 August 1891.^[2] Other stores were built including a bakery, butchery and a grocery store. There were apparently seven schools from Thumb Creek to Macksville. Medlow Primary School at Upper Taylors Arm now has approximately 30 students. Taylors Arm still has The Rusty Bell general store/take away (now closed) and the pub.

It was Gordon Parsons (Australian country music singer) who wrote the song "The Pub With No Beer". When in the 1940s he was working as a cedar getter at Sheet 'o' bark Road, on a very hot day came down to the pub (the only pub within 30 or so kilometres), when he ordered a beer, the bar person told them they had run out. The locals had drunk the whole monthly quota (war time quota), before the month was out. Gordon Parsons then passed on the song to Slim Dusty who needed a song for a B side of his record Saddle Boy.

Taylors Arm and surrounding area is a very beautiful part of the Mid North Coast. Undulating landscape, State Forest, National Parks and Thumb Creek to Taylors Arm river, that consists of some very inviting water holes in the hot summer. On entry into the quiet village, an avenue of Paulownia trees is set in the foreground with blue mountains in the background.

Camping is available on the Reserve for a small fee. There are tennis courts, cricket pitch and barbecue facilities. The Rusty Bell store is open 7 days 7 am – 5 pm (now closed) owned by a third generation resident of Taylors Arm. There is no coverage for mobile phones in Taylors Arm.

The main industry today is beef cattle, dairy cattle, organic crops, cedar wood works, lemon myrtle, and smaller cottage industries.

References

↑ Taylors Arms Information Guide.
↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 5 May 2011.

Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia

Federal divisions	Cowper Lyne

State electorates	Coffs Harbour Myall Lakes Oxley Port Macquarie

Local government areas	Bellingen Coffs Harbour Kempsey Nambucca Port Macquarie-Hastings Greater Taree

Cities	Coffs Harbour

Towns / suburbs	Arakoon Batar Bellingen Birdwood Boambee Bonny Hills Bonville Bostobrick Bowraville Camden Haven Collombatti Comboyne Coopernook Coramba Corindi Beach Crescent Head Cundletown Dorrigo Ellenborough Frederickton Hannam Vale Harrington Hat Head Herons Creek Jerseyville Karangi Kempsey Kendall Kew Kinchela Kindee Kolodong Krambach Kundabung Lake Cathie Lansdowne Laurieton Long Flat Lowanna Macksville Manning Point Mylestom Nambucca Heads Nana Glen Newee Creek New Entrance North Haven Oceanside Old Bar Park Beach Port Macquarie Raleigh Repton Sawtell Scotts Head Smithtown South West Rocks Taree Taylors Arm Telegraph Point Thora Toms Creek Tinonee Toormina Ulong Urunga Valla Warrell Creek Wingham Woolgoolga Wauchope

Rivers	Apsley Barnard Barrington Bellinger Bowman Camden Haven Cells Christmas Coolongolook Cooplacurripa Crawford Dawson Doyles Ellenborough Forbes Georges Hastings Kalang Kunderang Lansdowne Macleay Manning Maria Mummel Myall Lakes Myall Nambucca Never Never Nowendoc Pappinbarra Pipers Ralfes Rosewood Rowleys Smiths Lake Stewarts Taylors Throne Tobins Walcrow Wallamba Wallingat Wallis Lake Wang Wauk Williams Wilson

Ranges and mountains	Banda Banda Three Brothers

National parks / Nature reserves / Important Bird Areas	Coocumbac Island Nature Reserve Dooragan NP Ellenborough Falls Hastings-Macleay IBA Hat Head NP Kattang Nature Reserve Maria NP Middle Brother NP Sea Acres NP

Major tourist attractions	Big Banana Billabong Koala and Wildlife Park North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Willie Willie Caves

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