Port Macquarie Travel Guide
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Located at the mouth of the Hastings River, Port Macquarie was a quiet fishing village before its superb natural attractions turned it into a desirable holiday destination in the 1970s. Historically, it is the most significant town on the
New South Wales coast north of
Newcastle; originally inhabited by the Biripi people, the area was discovered by John Oxley in 1818 and settled as a penal colony in 1821.
Today this attractive, prosperous town is a regional tourism capital with superb nature reserves, lovely beaches with good surfing and excellent fishing opportunities, historic buildings, a fine museum, beautiful walking tracks around the headlands, numerous attractions and amusements and a full range of accommodation options.
Geographic Location
407km north-east of Sydney