Below:  Looking up from the south breakwater to the Crowdy Head lighthouse (click for full-sized!)

Below:  Fishing Boats Moored (click for full sized)

Nearby Crowdy Head is certainly the jewel in the Manning Valley Crown. Crowdy Head is a quaint fishing village located just 7km from Harrington. 

The lighthouse perched high on the headland provides exceptional views and is easily accessible on a sealed road. The seafood co-op at Crowdy Head is a seafood lover's delight with the fresh catch of the day a tempting treat. Crowdy Beach sweeps in a long arc through to Diamond Head Beach in the National Park. Accommodation at Harrington and Crowdy Head includes motels, units, caravan parks and holiday cottages.

Below:  Just walking around the streets of this charming headland village will reveal some fabulous views inland to the near mountains, and on a clear day, three headlands up and down the coast!

(Click for Full-Sized Version -- Suitable for Desktop Wallpaper!)

Behind the lighthouse to the south on the cliffs is the old quarry used to build the breakwaters at Harrington from 1895 - 1927.  

For more on the history of Crowdy Head, click here!

Below:  The old common grazing pasture turned into a great little park to eat your fish from the co-op, with Bay Views, near the village's tennis courts

Below:  The Crowdy Head Fish Co-Op -- a great place to pick up the freshest fish on the coast!

  Relaxed Fishing Village Lifestyle!

Crowdy Head offers some great views and a relaxed lifestyle unmatched in any of the other more congested headland communities.  

Below:  The View all of Harrington enjoys to the west, looking inland across Crowdy Bay to South Brother, Moorland and Johns River

With a small school, and a big fish co-op, Crowdy Head is a true fishing village with a holiday slant.  The views at Crowdy Head are excellent in every direction -- inland across Crowdy Bay with the best view of the Three Brothers anywhere on the Mid North Coast, as well as North to Diamond Head, south to Harrington, and of course, directly out to the Tasman Sea at the Crowdy Head lighthouse.  

A limit on residential lots was placed by the Greater Taree City Council (the council in the Manning Valley) some years ago, meaning that prime positions like the ones below are always in demand.  

Below:  Some of Crowdy Head's Prime Residences

Below:  The Crowdy Head Motel -- comfortable accommodation for short or long stays!

Below:  Dry-dock work being done at Crowdy Head (click for full-sized!)

^{On the Holiday Coast of NSW, Harrington and Crowdy Head offer family accommodation and activities to suit all tastes.  Our restaurants and cafés along the jewel toned waters where the Manning River meets the ocean, and at Crowdy Bay with mountain and headland views, provide beautiful vistas of sand, surf and sun.  Just 3½ hours north of Sydney on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales Australia, Harrington and Crowdy Head are located halfway between Port Macquarie and Taree on the Pacific Highway.  The Harrington and Crowdy Head region offers fine national parks, RV and caravan parks, fine hotels and motels, and accommodation for all budgets. We are enjoyed equally by couples, singles and families looking for adventure acitivites and recreation in our beautiful region, with rainforest mountains just 20 minutes inland, and the Crowdy Bay National Park with Diamond Head and Kylie's Lookout just minutes away}

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