FACTS ABOUT O'CARROLLYNS AT ONE MILE BEACH

O'Carrollyns at One Mile Beach feature seven family and two jacuzzi spacious, fully equipped villas, each sleeping two-six, minutes away from beautiful One Mile Beach, Port Stephens.

O'Carrollyns is a tranquil boutique resort set in five acres of landscaped eucalypt/ melaleuca forest. Ideal for couples, families, or groups looking for a relaxed and private get-away-from-it-all.

Gardens and ponds abounding with native flora and fauna surround the O'Carrollyns complex. Centrally located among the pristine bays, parks and beaches of Port Stephens, there are many activities available including swimming, surfing, fishing, diving, dolphin and whale watching . bush-and beach walking.

The bounty of the sea, fresh daily to your door, or at Port Stephens many seaside cafes or restaurants should not be missed. Or you can catch your own. There is plenty of space for boats and sporting equipment at O'Carrollyns.

All of O'Carrollyns villas are fully accessible in accordance with Australian standards.

O'Carrollyns offers a well-appointed meeting room, bar-b-que & grill area, lawn games, fire pit, walkways and ponds.

O'Carrollyns has a range of hire gear from surf and boogie boards, wetsuits, goggles and snorkels, flippers, push bikes, beach umbrelas. All hire fees are donated by O'Carrollyn's to Tomaree Koala Care Inc whose main aim presently is to fund a koala bridge over the nearby main road in an effort to save as many lives as possible.

All bungalows have an on the house option of an approved kiddie gate to the stairs. O'Carrollyn's also offers for a modest hire fee port-a-cots, high chairs, change mattrasses, buckets and spades, tonka trucks and bull dozers etc. Again all money paid for these items is donated to Tomaree Care Inc.

In the late 1800s with no spuds in the larder, the O'Carrollyn clan set out from Ireland in the HMS O'Shamrock for the promised land of Australia. After sighting land at dusk through the mist near Port Stephens, they hit the booze and danced to celebrate. Unfortunately, in their merriment they missed the Heads and ended up on the rock of Boulder Bay. Great, great grandad O'Carrollyn changed his name to Carroll, and using his impeccable experience in serving refreshments, became the second publican of the Sea Breeze Hotel in Nelson Bay. Weighing over 2.5 tons, the large anchor in the driveway of O'Carrollyns is from the wreck of the HMS O'Shamrock.