Port Macquarie 

If unusual modes of transport are your thing then take a camel ride along the beach near Port Macquarie and experience the landscape from a unique point of view.

Port Macquarie is a town which was established in convict times and, as such, has a strong historical bent ­ providing interesting buildings and relics for the history buff ­ while it also plays host to great beaches for surfing and fishing, an excellent local museum and a selection of walking tracks.

Features

• Enjoy superb views of the coast and local wildlife at the Tacking Point Lighthouse
• Visit the sick at the Koala Hospital, where volunteers care for injured koalas
• See it for yourself at Sea Acres - one of the last remaining areas of littoral rainforest, viewed an elevated boardwalk
• St Thomas Church - one of the oldest churches in Australia
• Kooloonbung Creek Nature Reserve And Historic Cemetery - 52 Hectares of natural bushland
• Enjoy the unique experience of a leisurely camel ride along one of NSW's beautiful and remote beaches
• Port Macquarie Observatory has a display of the solar system with the aid of a plantarium and telescope
• Sea Acres Rainforest Centre
• Mid North Coast Maritime Museum.