Port Macquarie - Hastings
On the Hastings River, Port Macquarie offers coast and mountain walks. For those of us who like two wheeled fun, inland beyond the timber town of Wauchope is perhaps the most famous motorcycling road in Australia – the Oxley Highway.
Trails
Mount Cairncross (the Elephant)
A very steep climb (low range 4WD) to the summit for a 360 degree view
Banda Banda Arboretum
A cool, shady walk though Gondwana rainforests with Californian redwoods
Exploring Middle Brother National Park
One pretty creek, two large blackbutts and three expansive lookouts in Middle Brother NP
4WD tour of The Cells
Gold mines, old highways, steep trails, creek crossings and 360 degree lookouts for a full day of 4×4 exploring
Point Plomer Road
Tour the coast from the Hastings River via Point Plomer to Crescent Head, with short scenic headland walks
Hastings Forest Way
Explore side trips to lookouts, waterfalls and walks from the Forest Way as it climbs from the Hastings River valley to over 1000m at Werrikimbe
Platypus Pool walk, Mooraback
Explore the tablelands where the Hastings River rises, with swamps, wildflowers and forest