Sights in Port Macquarie
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Kooloonbung Creek Nature Park
Home to many bird species, this park close to the town centre encompasses 50 hectares of bush and wetland that can be explored via walking trails and wheelchair-accessible boardwalks. It includes the Port Macquarie Historic Cemetery.
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Glasshouse Cultural Centre
The Glasshouse opened in July 2009 in the heart of Port, and is the new talk of the town. The funky building, modelled on environmental sustainability, houses the regional art gallery, museum and two theatres.
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Sea Acres Rainforest Centre
This 72-hectare pocket of coastal rainforest (a candidate for national-park status) is alive with birds, goannas, brush turkeys and, so as to be truly authentic, mosquitoes (insect repellent is provided). While there's no charge for wandering through most of the paths here, it's worth paying the admission to the ecology centre and wheelchair- accessible 1.3km-long boardwalk. Fascinating one-hour guided tours by knowledgeable volunteers are included in the price. Call ahead for times of bush-tucker tours led by Aboriginal guides.
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Port Macquarie Historic Cemetery
The Port Macquarie Historic Cemetery , bizarrely built above what was the early settlement's main water supply is in the Kooloonbung Creek Nature Park .
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Astronomical Observatory
For those looking for answers beyond the horizon, sneak a peek through the telescope at the astronomical observatory on one of its its public viewing and presentation nights.
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Roto House
Roto House, next to the Koala Hospital in Macquarie Nature Reserve, is a lovely Victorian villa (1891) with interesting displays about its original owners.
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Koala Hospital
Koalas living near urban areas are at risk from traffic and domestic animals, and more than 200 each year end up in this shelter. You can walk around the open-air enclosures any time of the day, but you'll learn more during the tours (3pm). Some of the longer-term patients have signs detailing their stories. Check the website for details of volunteer opportunities.
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Alma Doepel
The Alma Doepel is a resplendent three-masted trading vessel built in 1903, now spending its retirement as Port Macquarie’s centrepiece.
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Douglas Vale Historic Homestead & Vineyard
Founded in 1859, wine is produced from remnants of the little-known Isabella grapes planted in the 1860s. It's opposite the TAFE college.
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Port Macquarie Historical Society Museum
In the town centre you’ll find a host of colonial buildings including the 1836 Port Macquarie Historical Society Museum.
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St Thomas’ Anglican Church
In the town centre you’ll find a host of colonial buildings including the convict-built St Thomas’ Anglican Church.
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Garrison Shopping Precinct
The 1835 Garrison shopping precinct is a colonial building in the town centre,
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Maritime Museum
The old pilot’s cottage (1882) houses the Maritime Museum.
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Courthouse
The courthouse, a colonial building, was built in 1869.
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Billabong Koala & Wildlife Park
For more koala action head just west of the intersection of the Pacific and Oxley Hwys and make sure you're there for the 'koala patting' (10.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm). The park has a koala breeding centre, although if this facility is anything to go by, koala dating requires a lot of sitting around looking stoned. There are heaps of other Australian critters here, too.
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Astronomical Observatory
For those looking for answers beyond the horizon, sneak a peek through the telescope at the astronomical observatory on one of its its public viewing and presentation nights.
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Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
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