Sept 2, 2025 Port Macquarie
We arrived to Port Macquarie yesterday from Sydney after a 6 hour train ride to Wauchope (inexplicably pronounced War-hope)
and a half hour bus trip to the vacation destination/retirement community.
Today we set out to explore some sights.
Near our B&B is the Kooloonbung Creek Nature Reserve, a tranquil oasis in the middle of town with boardwalks and gravel trails along a creek and through the wetlands around it.
Some open areas appear as grassy prairies, but you don’t want to step off the boardwalk into the wet marsh!
From the north end of the Reserve you can walk through the CBD to the Waterfront Esplanade lined with brightly painted rocks and onto the town beach.
On our return trip we walked through the Reserve and found the huge colony of flying foxes, hanging right over our heads!!