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Port Macquarie
Sightseeing, museums & tourist attractions
Port Macquarie Historical Museum
This small museum features exhibits on Port Macquarie’s convict heritage, including the obligatory display of store dummies in period costume.
22 Clarence Street, Port Macquarie
Tel (02) 6583 1108
Website www.port-macquarie-historical-museum.org.au
Admission $4.50
Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-4.30pm
Timbertown
This open-air museum west of Port Macquarie offers a glimpse of life in the 1900s. It features paddle steamer, stage coach and steam train rides.
Oxley Highway, Wauchope
Tel (02) 6585 2322
Website www.timbertown.com.au
Admission $5
Open 9.30am-3.30pm daily
Port Macquarie Maritime Museum
The Port Macquarie Maritime Museum is much like other maritime museums around Australia and it includes the usual collection of model ships and all things nautical. Visitors can take a cruise on some of the museum’s historic boats.
6 William Street, Port Macquarie
Tel (02) 6583 1866
Website www.hastings.nsw.gov.au/www/html/974-maritime-museum.asp
Admission $6
Open Mon-Sat 11am-3pm
Sea Acres Rainforest Centre
This rainforest centre south of the town centre is set among 72 hectares of coastal rainforest and it features a 1.3km boardwalk through the rainforest canopy.
Pacific Drive, Shelly Beach
Tel (02) 6582 3355
Admission $8
Open 9am-4.30pm daily
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