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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).
The current tallest buildings and structures in Australia.. Formerly, the tallest structure in Australia was the Omega Navigational Mast Woodside in Woodside, Victoria.The Omega Tower was demolished by Liberty Industrial on behalf of the Department of Defence on 22 April 2015 following the death of a young base jumper in 2014 after his parachute failed to open.
Port Macquarie Airport (IATA: PQQ, ICAO: YPMQ) is an airport in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. The airport is 2.25 nautical miles (4.17 km; 2.59 mi) west [2] of the city centre and is owned and managed by the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council on behalf of its owners - the constituents of the Hastings. The ownership is not to be ...
The City of Lake Macquarie is a local government area (LGA) in the Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia.It was proclaimed a city on 7 September 1984. It is adjacent to the city of Newcastle and is widely considered part of the Greater Newcastle area. [11]
Lake Innes House Ruins is a heritage-listed former rural holding and residence and now interpretative site and ruin at The Ruins Way, Port Macquarie, Port Macquarie-Hastings City Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1831 to 1848 by Major Archibald Clunes Innes. It is also known as Lake Innes House ruins and environs. The ...
The location of what is now Port Macquarie was first discovered by Europeans when it was found by the Surveyor General of New South Wales, John Oxley in 1818. Lachlan Macquarie, then Governor of New South Wales, was impressed by reports of the area noting its valuable timber reserves, its suitable farm lands, and its seaboard location for ready passage by ship to and from Sydney, and thus ...
The first Government House in Port Macquarie was an 1821 one-storey weatherboard building built for the commandant, Francis Allman, and his family.In c. 1825-26, Government House was shifted to an existing brick building (built c. 1824) next to the military barracks, which was heavily extended and adapted for its new role.