Hello MargaretB, The item you mentioned about the old inns probably came from the "Tuggerah Lakes Advocate" in 1979. The item is a direct quote from p. 125 the first of the late Edward Stinson's Wyong Shire history books. He had been contributing history articles to that newspaper for five years before launching his first publication. It was called "A Pictorial History of the Wyong Shire" Volume One, and was published and distributed by Wyong Shire Council in 1979. The others followed at regular intervals and some of them are still in print and can be obtained from Wyong Museum and Historical Society. Two inns mentioned in the item and pictured in the book, were Woodbury's Inn at Wyong Creek (pp 95-7), and Wamsley's Traveller's Rest at Blue Gum Flat (Ourimbah) on p.125. I took the photos used of the derelict remains of Woodbury's, and the picture of the other inn is a well-known one which originated with the Government Printer's office in Sydney (it had the generic title "Wayside Inn" printed on it). I believe plans are in hand to build a replica of Matthew James Woodbury's Inn as a tourist and educational attraction. The remains of it were demolished many years ago because of the dangerous condition, and the location turned into a park at the corner of Old Maitland Road and Yarramalong Road next to Woodbury's Bridge on Wyong Creek. Tall Timbers Hotel at Ourimbah stands on the site of the Traveller's Rest. The late Edward Stinson was a retired school master who devoted his last years to researching Wyong Shire with unlimited enthusiasm. Much of its history had been known to him all his life, and without his tremendous work on the books, a great deal of it would have been lost forever. As he used to say, "I was very privileged to have known the last of the pioneers, and listened to their stories even as a small boy" . Born in 1912, he was the son of Thomas Stinson and Elizabeth, nee Taylor. His grandfather was Hamilton Stinson of Yarramalong. Gwen