The Smoko Room - Okau Station

Okau Station Smoko Room

Pippy McCurdy

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Strangely Sandy Bay does not appear on Google Maps, but the reason is hard to fathom. This is a unique spot with a long curve of rugged untamed sandy beach, a sea which is calm and tranquil one day, pounding with wild waves the next, a handful of baches owned by the discerning few, and fringed by a back country station  - Okau Station - off the beaten track, set up for hunters, hikers, and those who simply love to stay somewhere different.

The Smoko Room is connected to the shearing shed of Okau Station. It has been refurbished as an overnight stay and now provides comfortable, unpretentious accommodation for a couple or for a family. The large wooden table where once the shearers' meals were served is now the family hub for those who come to stay. 

Outside the large glass door is a spacious deck, a barbecue, and best of all a great view of the beach and sea just a few minutes walk across the farm and down the track.

Inside the Smoko Room the ply walls are  stencilled with typical wool bale words and markings. In one corner is a wood burner, and best of all there is plenty of good dry wood ready to go.The furniture is unpretentious,but those essential comforts are there too - a good tv with plenty of channels, a sound system, fridge, microwave, wine glasses, bottle opener ...

Just through the door from the Smoko Room is the farm's wool-shed, still very much in use. The dark oiled boards and the three shearing stands are all well looked after, ready and waiting for the next day of action.

The Smoko Room is close to Castlepoint where one or two shops and a country hotel are on hand for supplies, a change of scene, or a meal. But if it is large expanses of empty windswept beach or long walks in the hills that you like, you will have all you need with the Smoko Room as your base and Sandy Bay as your backyard.