A Travel Blog
Setting the scene This will be our last annual trip to Port Macquarie, though emulating Nellie Melba, there’s always the chance that we’ll come back one day. For now, though, with the timeshare resort (the whole resort, not just Mum and Dad’s week) being prepared for sale, we plan to make our formal good byes … Read more
Another year, another trip to Port Macquarie. Our challenge with this annual holiday is to enjoy favourites while mixing it up a bit too. Fortunately, it’s such a rich area – history, landscape, culture – that it’s usually possible to do this. I’ll start, though, with the trip up. Driving, driving, driving Last year we … Read more
In the past we have always returned home from Port Macquarie via Sydney, partly because it’s the quickest route but also because it gave us an opportunity to overnight there and catch up with my aunt. But, as she died in 2015, we decided that this year we’d come home the (or, should I say, … Read more
Out and about Our last two days in Port Macquarie saw us being a bit more active. On Wednesday, which was forecast to be warm, we set off promptly at around 8.30 am to do our favourite Coastal Walk, having left our car in town and taxied to Tacking Point lighthouse. About 2 1/4 hrs and … Read more