Port Macquarie, Australia Travel Blogs

Out of the Rush Life
Dec 12, 2004 (1 photos)

... and horses grazing in a field that seemed suspended above the sea, one cow placidly allowing a bird to perch on its head. In Port Macquarie I stumbled off and realized I'd forgotten to print out the map for the volunteer house in town. Uh-oh . . . one ...

The Key
Dec 19, 2004 (1 photos)

... own. Not as a quest for independence, but as an expression of it. I don't really know what I was expecting from Australia; there were high expectations because it's a tried and tested backpacker route, trodden by millions of feet just like mine in the ...

My Kingdom for a Ham
Dec 23, 2004 (1 photos)

All week John has been talking about it: meat raffles. He's jealous of Mick's girlfriend's Mom, who won two hams at a meat raffle in Coffs Harbour. It's up to us to manage better, and what better time than a Wednesday afternoon, what better place than the ...

Australia - Port Macquarie
Jan 8, 2006 (17 photos)

... we were safely on board, thankfully without any crazed lunatics this time, the journey flew by. Our destination this time was Port Macquarie, a small, sleepy town about 3 hours north of Newcastle. We were picked up by the hostel shuttle and taken to the ...

Pacific Highway
Apr 13, 2008 (25 photos)

... of the trip but the weather was really conspiring against us. After saying farewell to Seal Rocks we quickly found ourselves in Port Macquarie. Our first impressions were "Boring" I think due mainly to the frustration with the weather. We almost just move ...

Port Macquarie
May 1, 2007 (10 photos)

Alex: Our next stop up the coast was at Port Macquarie about 6 hours from Sydney. The main attraction for us was the Koala hospital for obvious reasons. We got in, checked in and then took a walk along the front. The beach is pretty and was full of ...

Spot of Port Sir?
Dec 21, 2008 (5 photos)

... ing'! I hope the landlord isn't 'bitter'. He needs to keep his 'spirits' up. We checked into Melaleuca Caravan Park in Port Macquarie and then headed down to Town Beach. We had lunch overlooking the beach and watching the surfer dudes do their stuff. We ...

Cute and cuddly Koalas
Oct 18, 2005 (3 photos)

... to Annalise, Matt, Michael and Paul and ended up going out for a few beers with them (we saw them further up the coast at Byron Bay too and went to see a band with them). We only had a brief visit to Port Macquarie but really enjoyed our time there.

More piccies as promised!
Jan 23, 2003 (3 photos)

More piccies as promised!

Time to move on from sydney and start our ...
Dec 22, 2002

... 21 - After all too little time in Newcastle it was time to move on again. After about 4 hours on the coach we arrived at Port Macquarie where we were picked up by the YHA hostel. This hostel is family run and is basically a normal house that has been ...

The heat is on
Sep 6, 2003 (2 photos)

... nor money, but that's a different story. So, onward we headed out of single mother city and on to our final destination for the day, Port Macquarie. We grabbed a bite to eat, a big bag of ice, and a load of Tooheys Pilsner, and went back to the van, ...

Day's 42-44 - Katoomba to Port Macquarie
Jan 9, 2008

... We have already picked a campsite from our book and so we do have a destination to aim for. It took us six hours to get to Port Macquarie with a half an hour stop for a pot of tea and something to eat. We got a bit lost trying to find the campsite, I'm ...

Port Macquarie and Per and Pai.
Apr 4, 2007 (9 photos)

... hos en soed familie, for hvem vi var helt fremmede, og hyggede hele aftenen, natten og spillede musik og sang. Port Macquarie har fantastiske badestrande hvor der ogsaa surfes en del. Byen har baade surfere og bodyboardere paa verdensranglistens top 5. ...

Koala hospital
Mar 10, 2009 (5 photos)

Stopped off in lovely Port Macquarie and visited the Koala hospital.

Picture me rollin........
May 15, 2009 (11 photos)

Have you ever seen that show pimp my ride? Well let me tell you that our rides/homes far outdo anything you've seen on that show. First off we have scrappy J.P. and Mike D's purple station wagon.(yes J.P. likes to stick with purple vehicles) A powerful ...

Port Macquarie
Jun 8, 2006 (7 photos)

... have amassed throughout the past few months. It's good to finally get reading them and get them out of my backpack! I stayed at the Port Macquarie YHA, which was a nice little place, but I was the only girl in a 6-bed dorm, which was a little weird and ...

cresent head
Sep 14, 2009 (3 photos)

Now at Cresent head another beautiful place! the weather in Australia is so lovely clear blue skys blue tirquise sea & pure white sand.Its just spring at the moment & the temperature is about 25 deg lovely! fresh at night so wooly pink! jim jams on ...

Days 42-44 Continued
Jan 9, 2008

The next day we spent exploring Port Macquarie. We had a walk along the beach and through the town. It is a nice place, there are a lot of holiday makers here. We didn't see any beach shops though so it will be another night on the hard floor. Also, I ...

Port Macquarie, NSW
Feb 16, 2007

A very disappointing Port Macquarie

Port Macquarie
Feb 27, 2009

... ....helps break up the bus journey!! Port was meant to be the more cosmopolitan town, had some nice tree lined streets and a small port full of fisherman but not a huge amount more to offer (think we are all getting to excited for Syndey) Decided for ...

Port Macquarie
May 10, 2006

I arrived in Port Macquarie this afternoon, after spending a few days in Newcastle. I am in the process of uploading some photos and updating my entries. So I promise I will finish updating everything properly in the next couple of days.

Next Port of call
May 10, 2008

... claim to have 'The one and only' of something, it is always a good idea to see it, Port Macquarie has the one and only koala hospital in Australia, so we saw it. The Koala Hospital itself was located behind the historical Rota House and located within the ...

Port Macquarie
Mar 17, 2007

11th stop on East Coast of Oz

Port Macquarie
Apr 13, 2007

Hello everyone. Well we have moved on again, we are now in Port Macquarie, took a diversion to get here. We went down the Waterfall Highway, to the Dorrigo NP. The drive was superb, very winding road to get up the side of the mountains, then you come ...

Billabong Koala Breeding Centre
May 13, 2006 (16 photos)

Our decision to stay an extra night in Port Macquarie seemed to have paid off because when we got up the rain of yesterday had disappeared and had been replaced by bright sunshine. Although I don't think an extra night in this particular bed is doing much ...

Port Macquarie
Feb 26, 2009 (2 photos)

Stopped in "Port" for 2 nights, wasnt really much to do or see to be honest! Only two pictures for this entry!

Hi sorry i haven't written for ages but ...
May 30, 2002 (2 photos)

... went round Nelsons bay and Port Stephens. We went to a Koala reserve and did some go-karting aswell. We are now in Port Macquarie, a bit up the coast. It's warmer here but unfortunately they're not touristy enough for us to hire boards and wet suits ...

Port Macquarie, New South Wales
Dec 21, 2005 (15 photos)

... late due to pre-Christmas traffic on the freeways. Gav picked us up, and we drove back to Laurieton, the little town outside Port Macquarie where he lives. Gav's vet practice was an eye-opener! - took out the frozen possum, galah and kookaburra to show us ...

Bye bye Sydney!
Feb 17, 2005 (14 photos)

... the hope of waking to sunshine and beaches this morning - no such luck! In fact, as usual, it was raining quite heavily by then, so we're now in Port Macquarie passing time indoors! Apparently the weather should be better tomorrow so we may get a tan yet!

Eindelijk mijn eerste koala's!
Jan 15, 2008 (6 photos)

... van de koala's en de vrijwilligers. leipen we onze weg terug naar huis via de early settlers begraafplaats en langs de tuinen van Port. De volgende dag zijn we de stad eens in geweest. Er was een Starbucks, en, guess what, ik had nog nooit een ...