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 Three
minutes off the Pacific Highway is the river town of Maclean, with a
relaxed lifestyle that offers everything you’ve dreamed of.
Explore
all the historic architecture of the town, take the
heritage walking trail, visit the
museum and don’t miss the breathtaking views from the Maclean lookout
over the town and the mighty Clarence River.
Take a
relaxing stroll along the town centre boulevarde with the
beautifully restored shop fronts, browse through the many and varied
shops and
art& craft
galleries and pick yourself up a special gift or souvenir. Enjoy a stop along the river bank
and soak up the river charm of the mighty Clarence.
For
golfing enthusiasts there is an
18-hole course located
in beautiful surroundings on Woodford Island.
With a
riverside caravan park, two
motels, and
hotels and a nearby
bed and breakfast in Ashby your accommodation needs are covered.
Maclean is
the headquarters for the prawn trawlers that harvest the 90
kilometre tidal length of the Clarence from the river mouth to the
Ulmarra ferry. Maclean is also an excellent place for an
enthusiastic angler
to drop a line.
it's a highland thing
  
The Maclean Highland Gathering at
Easter
Maclean is
very proud of its heritage and has been proclaimed “The Scottish
Town in Australia”. A cairn of rocks from Australia and Scotland,
commemorates Maclean’s Scottish pioneers.
Each year
the clans invade for the Easter Highland Gathering and Scottish Week
is celebrated in July. Many street signs carry Gaelic translations
and more than 100 telegraph poles along the main streets have been
painted in the tartans of local Scottish clans.
Call into
the local souvenir shop to pick up a map and track down
your family tartan.
sugar cane
  
Maclean is
the southern gateway of the sugar industry and Harwood Island Sugar
Mill, the oldest continuous working mill in Australia, has been
crushing cane since 1874.
Every
Friday you can take a tour
through one of the local
sugar cane farms to gain an insight into
this industry or download our information brochure on the sugar
refining process:
Sugar Cane and the Milling Process (PDF format). |
