Long Flat is a rural village situated on the Oxley Highway

Oxley Highway

The Oxley Highway is a rural highway in New South Wales, Australia. It starts at Nevertire where it joins the Mitchell Highway. It links Warren, Gilgandra, Coonabarabran, Gunnedah, Carroll, Tamworth, Bendemeer, Walcha, Yarrowitch, Ellenborough, Long Flat, Wauchope and ends at Port Macquarie on the...

 and the southern bank of the Hastings River

Hastings River

The Hastings River is a large river on the Mid North Coast of the Australian state of New South Wales that empties into the Tasman Sea, a branch of the South Pacific Ocean, at Port Macquarie....

. This village is about 30 kilometres west of Wauchope

Wauchope, New South Wales

-People from Wauchope:* Iva Davies - Musician, Icehouse* Alison Langdon - Channel Nine News Reader - Today Show* Phil Jamieson - Musician, Grinspoon* Andrew Stoner - NSW National Party of Australia leader, Member for Oxley...

 and approximately 75 km east of Walcha

Walcha, New South Wales

Walcha is a parish and town at the south-eastern edge of the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.The town serves as the seat of Walcha Shire. Walcha is located 425 kilometres by road from Sydney at the intersection of the Oxley Highway and Thunderbolts Way...

. The boundaries are within the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Local Government Area and Macquarie County

Macquarie County, New South Wales

Macquarie County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales, Australia. It is bordered to the north by the Apsley River, and to the south by the Manning River...

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Village

The Long Flat village which is approximately four km east of Ellenborough

Ellenborough, New South Wales

Ellenborough is a parish and village straddling the Oxley Highway and the Ellenborough River, less than one kilometre south of its confluence with the Hastings River. The village is about 33 km west of Wauchope and approximately 71 km east of Walcha...

 village has a class four primary school, hotel, community hall, recreation ground, tennis court and general store. Long Flat Public School has 27 students enrolled for classes Kindergarten to Year 6. The 2006 census did not record Long Flat's population, however the Electoral district of Oxley

Electoral district of Oxley

Oxley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by the Deputy Premier of New South Wales, Andrew Stoner of the National Party of Australia....

 records show that 296 people voted there in 2007. Long Flat voting in the Division of Lyne

Division of Lyne

The Division of Lyne is an Australian electoral division located in the State of New South Wales. It lies on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales and includes the Local Government Areas of Gloucester, Greater Taree, Port Macquarie-Hastings and southern Kempsey...

 recorded 286 voters placed their votes in the village in 2007. Ellenborough did not have a polling venue for these elections.

Flora and fauna

Native animals that may be seen in the region include echidna

Echidna

Echidnas , also known as spiny anteaters, belong to the family Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals. There are four extant species, which, together with the platypus, are the only surviving members of that order and are the only extant mammals that lay eggs...

s, goanna

Goanna

Goanna is the name used to refer to any number of Australian monitor lizards of the genus Varanus, as well as to certain species from Southeast Asia.There are around 30 species of goanna, 25 of which are found in Australia...

s, kangaroo

Kangaroo

A kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae . In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, especially those of the genus Macropus, Red Kangaroo, Antilopine Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo and Western Grey Kangaroo. Kangaroos are endemic to the country...

s, platypus

Platypus

The platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young...

, wallabies, turtles and possums. There are fish in the river. The area has a diverse range of birds including bowerbird

Bowerbird

Bowerbirds make up the bird family Ptilonorhynchidae. The family has 20 species in eight genera. These are medium-sized passerines, ranging from the Golden Bowerbird to the Great Bowerbird...

s, king parrots, kingfisher

Kingfisher

Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia...

s, honeyeaters and wedge-tailed eagle

Wedge-tailed Eagle

The Wedge-tailed Eagle , sometimes known as the Eaglehawk in its native range, is the largest bird of prey in Australia, but it is also found in southern New Guinea. It has long, fairly broad wings, fully feathered legs, and an unmistakable wedge-shaped tail...

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Big Nellie Hakea (Hakea archaeoides

Hakea archaeoides

Hakea archaeoides is a large shrub or small tree endemic to forest areas on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia.The plant grows up to 7 metres in height and 4 metres in width at maturity. It has red and greenish-yellow flowers in pendant axillary clusters that appear from spring to early...

) and Tree Guinea Flower (Hibbertia

Hibbertia

Hibbertia, or Guinea flower, is a genus of trees, shrubs, trailing shrubs and climbers of the family Dilleniaceae. The five-petalled flowers of all species are varying shades of yellow, with the exception of H. stellaris, H. miniata and H. selkii, a recently named species from the Stirling...

hexandra) are threatened flora species that grow in the region.

Industry

This is mostly an agricultural region with dairy farming and beef cattle breeding the main industries.

Grant

In February 2009 it was announced that the Long Flat Tennis Club will receive a government grant of A$25,000 for resurfacing and refurbishments to the courts which are in a poor state.