Living in Port Macquarie, NSW
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Port Macquarie is a town at the mouth of the Hastings River in New South Wales, Australia. Its known for its beaches, wildlife and penal colony past. St. Thomas’ Anglican Church was built by convicts in the 19th century. A coastal walk from the town centre to the 19th-century Tacking Point Lighthouse offers views over waters home to whales and dolphins. Billabong Zoo is known for its koala breeding centre.
Port Macquarie
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Data source: Department of Health Commonwealth declared hospitals [2021], Australia Post. Google [2021]
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Port Macquarie
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Port Macquarie
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Schools And Universities in Port Macquarie
Education within 25KM of Port Macquarie
32 Childcare Centres | |
hastings family day care | |
joey's house early education centre | |
pmnc children's services - oosh & vacation care | |
hastings preschool & long day care centre | |
st agnes preschool & long day care centre | |
st joseph's preschool & long day care centre | |
kids crazy maze | |
port macquarie community preschool | |
port macquarie community preschool annex | |
green leaves early learning port macquarie | |
little beginnings fernhill road | |
portside preschool & long day care centre | |
moruya drive child care centre | |
day care on lincoln | |
jumbos oosh | |
blooming kids early learning & long day care centre | |
port eco kids village | |
columba cottage oshc | |
columba cottage early learning centre | |
bangalay child care & education centre | |
goodstart early learning port macquarie | |
discovery early education & care centre | |
my place early learning centre | |
mad hatter house | |
cowarra park preschool & long day care | |
tg's child care - wauchope | |
camp australia - st joseph’s catholic primary school, wauchope oshc | |
wauchope oosh | |
active oosh lake cathie | |
tg's child care - riverbreeze | |
the village preschool & long day care | |
tg's child care - high street |
21 Primary Schools | |
telegraph point public school | |
north haven public school | |
heritage christian school | |
st joseph's primary school | |
westport public school | |
st agnes' primary school | |
wauchope public school | |
port macquarie steiner school | |
north east public school of distance education | |
port macquarie public school | |
st joseph's primary school | |
beechwood public school | |
st columba anglican school | |
st peter's primary school | |
the nature school primary | |
hastings public school | |
port macquarie adventist school | |
lake cathie public school | |
tacking point public school | |
huntingdon public school | |
herons creek public school |
8 High Schools | |
newman senior technical college | |
heritage christian school | |
st joseph's regional college | |
hastings secondary college, westport campus | |
wauchope high school | |
hastings secondary college, port macquarie campus | |
st columba anglican school | |
mackillop college port macquarie |
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charles sturt university |
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