The coach heading down the coast from Sydney pulled up at the roadhouse at about midday on weekdays, and two in the afternoon on weekends. A second coach came through on Tuesdays and Thursdays at six, pick up only. That coach arrived in Melbourne at five the following morning after making numerous stops along the way. The coach heading up the coast from Melbourne arrived in Cann River at one in the afternoon, three on weekends. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the night coach came through at four in the morning.
A little before midday, Pat and Con would be poised ready to receive the Sydney-coach passengers, and shortly after they would try to hide their disappointment as they watched the raggle-taggle of coach-fatigued travellers decant and wander off to the bakery and the general store up the
