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7 unusual facts about Port Macquarie


1983 Australian Drivers' Championship

Port Macquarie privateer Andrew Miedecke drove his RT4 to 3rd in the championship despite only deciding to race after watching Costanzo win the first round of the series in Adelaide on television.

Clan MacQuarrie

A large portion of the ancient patrimonial property was repurchased by Major General Lachlan Macquarie, long Governor of New South Wales, and from whom Port Macquarie and Macquarie Island in the South Pacific derive their names.

Country Energy

The two contact centres are located in the New South Wales cities of Port Macquarie and Leeton.

Dennis Bridge

The Dennis Bridge is a steel truss bridge which carries the Pacific Highway across the Hastings River near Port Macquarie, Australia.

Henry Fancourt White

Henry Fancourt White, (1811 Yorkshire - 6 October 1866 George), was a Colonial Assistant Surveyor from Port Macquarie, Australia who came to South Africa and played a part in construction of the Montagu Pass between George and Oudtshoorn, over the Outeniqua Mountains.

Lost frog

Populations of cane toads ahead of their main frontier, such as the former population at Port Macquarie, are believed to be displaced toads moved from areas in Queensland.

Port Macquarie-Hastings Council

Between July and September 1843, 28 such entities had been proclaimed by Governor George Gipps.


Haswell's frog

The Haswell's frog (Paracrinia haswelli) is a small ground frog found around coastal swamps in eastern Australia from around Port Macquarie, New South Wales to the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.

Jarrod McCracken

McCracken was playing his football in Port Macquarie on the NSW mid-north coast when he was spotted by Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Chief Executive Peter Moore who persuaded the young Centre to join The Bulldogs in 1991 and stayed with the club until 1995, although he also spent the 1992/93 English season with St. Helens.

Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2007–2010

Independent candidate and outgoing NSW state MP for Port Macquarie, Rob Oakeshott, won the resulting by-election on 6 September.

Tia, New South Wales

In 1895 the following description of Tia appeared in the Uralla and Walcha Times - Tia is situated about 25 miles from Walcha, on the Port Macquarie road, and may aptly be called a thorough poor man's fossicking ground, first on account of its accessibility and known auriferous character, and secondly on account of the low cost at which the necessities of life can be obtained.


see also

Ben Darwin

Whilst he France, Darwin was also in training for his first Iron Man triathlon, which he completed in Port Macquarie in April 2008.

Hadronyche macquariensis

Hadronyche macquariensis, the Port Macquarie funnel-web spider, is a venomous mygalomorph spider, one of a number of Australian funnel-web spiders found in New South Wales.

Henry Fancourt White

White arrived in Port Macquarie in August 1836 and is believed to have established the first vineyard in the Hastings River region of Australia in 1837.

Port Macquarie state by-election, 2008

The writ for the Port Macquarie by-election was issued on 29 August, which was also when the rolls closed.