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Galleries and museums

D'Este Studio Gallery
5/14 Munster St, Port Macquarie. Phone 02 6583 6612
 
Glen Dick Studio Bay
19 Bellbowrie Park, Port Macquarie. Phone 02 6584 0960
 
Graceline Gallery
17 O'Brien's Rd, Port Macquarie. Phone 02 6582 5194
 
Heritage Art Gallery
198 Hastings River Dr, Port Macquarie. Phone 02 6582 0694
 
Rayner Sunset Gallery
15-17 Sunset Parade Port Macquarie. Phone 02 6583 4100
 
Thrumster Gallery
2 Lake Rd, Port Macquarie Phone 02 6584 5188
 
Everglades Fine Art Gallery and Pottery
43 Parklands Cl, Port Macquarie, Phone 02 6583 4182
 
Port Macquarie Hastings Regional Gallery
32 Clarence St, Port Macquarie, Phone 02 6581 8737
 
Historical
 
Port Macquarie
In convict times the area is thought to have been occupied by the Kattang Aborigines. Captain Cook sailed past this section of the coast in 1770. But the first to investigate the Hastings River Valley was John Oxley in 1818. He named the site Port Macquarie after the governor of NSW, Lachlan Macquarie. The convicts cleared the thick bush and established a stockade for defence against prospective Aboriginal attacks.
 
Tacking Point Lighthouse
Tacking Point was named by Matthew Flinders in July 1802. He was presumably tacking up the coastline at the time. The lighthouse is the third-oldest in the country. It was built in 1879 to warn ships of the rocks near the shore and was converted to automatic operation in 1919.
 
The Historic Graves and Allman Hill
In the sward, adjacent the road, are a few headstones which mark the site of the settlement's first cemetery (1821-24).
 
Port Macquarie Museum and Courthouse
Housed in a convict-built store erected c.1836 It contains numerous historical documents and artefacts. Ph: (02) 6583 1108.
 
St Thomas's Anglican Church
A Georgian structure built by convict labour between 1824 and 1828. The walls are of hand-made brick, one metre thick, and glued with mortar produced by burning oyster shells from Limeburners Creek. Highlights are the 1857 barrel organ (it is the only one of its type in Australia).
 
Kooloonbung Creek Nature Park
Rows of weathered tombstones bearing the names of convicts and free settlers
 
Flagstaff Maritime Museum
Phone (02) 6583 1866.