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Here's how to
add variety and value to your
AUSTRALIA'S
HOLIDAY
COAST ITINERARY
with our UNIQUE and INFORMATIVE tour of
HISTORIC, SCENIC, BEAUTIFUL
PORT MACQUARIE
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Tour
Director, George Smallwood |
Let our local
guide take your passengers on a comprehensive tour, covering the
various Historic and Unique features of our visitor-friendly town.
We will board your Coach at a designated
Tourist Coach parking area OR AT YOUR MOTEL and escort your
passengers on an extensive tour of our Historic town taking
AROUND 2 HOURS.
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PORT MACQUARIE
was discovered by explorer JOHN OXLEY IN 1818 and established
as a penal settlement in 1821 under the command of Captain FRANCIS
ALLMAN with a compliment of 44 soldiers and 60 convicts.
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Tacking
Point Lighthouse
Built 1879 |
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Our
guide will present a full commentary on over 100
HISTORIC AND UNIQUE
points of interest.
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Stand on the very
spot where the Soldiers and Convicts landed in 1821 to establish
the settlement of Port Macquarie. |
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See our Historic
Courthouse, in continuous use for 118 years. |
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See St.Thomas's
Anglican church, the oldest Anglican church still in use in Australia,
built by the convicts between 1824 and 1828 containing 365 thousand
hand made bricks. |
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Take in Port Macquarie's
fascinating Maritime History. |
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See the Surgeon's
Dispensary built in the early 1820's and restored in 1966. |
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See where the
first Sugar Cane in Australia was grown, producing the first Sugar
and the first Rum. |
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See the site on
Kooloonbung Creek where the very first Cultivated Oysters in the
world are believed to have been grown. |
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Learn why the
east coast of Australia is called the Coast of 1,000 Shipwrecks. |
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Experience dozens
of other points of interest unique to Port Macquarie. |
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TOTAL COST PER TOUR $50
These
tours are conducted for and on behalf of
Port Macquarie Visitor
Information Centre
Freecall 1300 303 155
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Port Macquarie township across the Hastings River
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For
further information email
us now!
Or contact the Port Macquarie Visitor's Information Centre on 1300
303 155
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Talkabout
Tours
Phone: 02 6583
6127
International: +61 2 6583 6127
Fax: 02 6583 6878
Email: talkabout@midcoast.com.au
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