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Port Macquarie, sometimes shortened to Port Mac and commonly locally nicknamed Port, [2] is a coastal city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, 390 km (242 mi) north of Sydney, and 570 km (354 mi) south of Brisbane, on the Tasman Sea coast at the mouth of the Hastings River, and the eastern end of the Oxley Highway (B56).
Port Macquarie was created in 1988 and held by the National Party until 2002, when sitting member Rob Oakeshott left the party to become an independent. [2] Oakeshott resigned in 2008 to successfully enter federal politics at the Lyne by-election, and was succeeded by independent Peter Besseling at the 2008 Port Macquarie state by-election.
The Mid North Coast includes six local government areas: the City of Coffs Harbour, the Bellingen Shire, the Kempsey Shire, the Mid-Coast Council, the Nambucca Shire and the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council. It also includes four state electorates (Coffs Harbour, Myall Lakes, Oxley and Port Macquarie) and two federal electorates (Cowper and Lyne).
The lighthouse headland marks the end of the circa 9 km coastal walk from Town Beach to Lighthouse Beach being built by the Port Macquarie–Hastings Council. The lighthouse is a popular site for whale watching. [8] The area is used for surfing and there is a surf life-saving club at the neighbouring Lighthouse Beach.
Port Macquarie Second Burying Ground; Port Macquarie Sharks; S. St Thomas' Anglican Church, Port Macquarie This page was last edited on 30 June 2024, at 11:07 ...
The Dennis Bridge was opened in December 1961 as part of a project to replace the Blackmans Point ferry across the Hastings River and to bypass Port Macquarie.As well as the Dennis Bridge, this project included a 10-kilometre (6 mi) deviation of the Pacific Highway and a three-kilometre (two-mile) connecting road from the old to the new highway route, Hastings River Drive.
This is a list of officeholders of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council and its predecessors, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The Mayor of the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council since 4 August 2017 is Peta Pinson, an independent politician who joined the National Party in 2023. [1]
Billabong Zoo is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) wildlife park and koala breeding centre located in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. It was opened in 1986, and features a wide variety of Australian and exotic animals. [2]