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Port Macquarie is a town 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).
This route reduces the distance of the Sydney to Brisbane trip by about 70 kilometres (43 mi). Major cities and towns along Pacific Highway include: Gosford, Wyong, Newcastle, Taree, Port Macquarie, Kempsey, Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Ballina and Byron Bay, all in New South Wales; and Gold Coast in Queensland.
The Central Coast is a peri-urban region lying on the Pacific Ocean in northern-eastern New South Wales, Australia.The region is situated north of Sydney, which is filled with subtropical national parks, forests and also encompasses the major coastal waterways of Brisbane Water, Tuggerah Lakes and southern Lake Macquarie.
Location: 339 km (211 mi) NNE of Sydney; 199 km (124 mi) NE of Newcastle; 36 km (22 mi) ENE of Taree; 46 km (29 mi) SW of Port Macquarie; LGA(s) Mid-Coast Council: State electorate(s) Port Macquarie: Federal division(s) Lyne
In 1974, the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway section was declared part of the National Highway, and the route marker was subsequently updated to National Highway 1 for this section [3] In 1993, the route numbering was further complicated with the introduction of the Metroad numbering system within the Sydney metro area.
Work commenced in 1838 with the use of convicts working from Port Macquarie towards a spot known as "Prisoners' Garden" about 20 km from Yarrowitch. Here it is said that the convicts were chained up each night. In 1842 the track from the Northern Tablelands to Port Macquarie was opened for the first time.
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west ...
These are Sydney to Port Macquarie, Orange/Parkes, Nowra and Canberra. [101] The proposal offers the following travel times (in hours): [ 101 ] [ 102 ] Journey