KENDALL
Kendall is a very small town just 3k’s
off Hgy No 1 encounted when traveling between Port Macquarie and Taree.
Kendall and Kew are now a slight diversion trip. If there is an
interest in poetry then the Kendall diversion is a must.  
Kendall was originally named Camden Heads, as it is
located on the Camden River. In was renamed Kendall, in 1891, after
the Australian poet Henry Kendall ,
and not, as some tourists suspect, after the similarly-spelled ancient
town of Kendal in England. He nry
Kendall lived in the area from 1875 to 1881 when he was the first
Forest Inspector for New South Wales.
Head
south-west out of town and turn left into Batar Creek Rd where you
will find the Norfolk Punch Factory - a mud-brick structure where
traditional Norfolk punch is brewed. You can tour the factory, enjoy a
glass of hot or cold punch and inspect the kitchen museum or herb
garden.
The churches
in Kendall are quite old. The Catholic
and United
being turn of the century buildings.
The Kendall
War Memorial has good profile in the main street.
The Kew Profile much less.
The Royal
Hotel at Kew is the watering spot from a hotel perspective. This old
100 year plus pub that once serviced a slower era.
Kendall and
Kew are small towns struggling to survive the changed traffic
environment, but that said Kendall is steeped in poetic history. 
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