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Quiz about Port Macquarie
Quiz about Port Macquarie

Port Macquarie Trivia Quiz


Hi, I have lived in Port Macquarie now for just over 20 years and would like to share some of her secrets with you. Lying just over 400 kilometres north of Sydney, she is a holiday Mecca on our beautiful coastline.

A multiple-choice quiz by marshypoo. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
marshypoo
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
274,380
Updated
Jan 09 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
682
Last 3 plays: Guest 134 (8/10), Guest 172 (2/10), antonio2024 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is the name of Port Macquarie's main beach? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Surveyor-General John Oxley with a party of 15, including 12 convicts, (ah! we owe a lot to good old "Mother England") arrived at Port Macquarie on 8th October, in what year? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What is the name of Port Macquarie's main street that terminates at Lady Nelson Wharf on the river? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What is the name of the river that runs through Port Macquarie to the Tasman Sea? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What is the nearest major town to Port Macquarie? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Port Macquarie's lighthouse to the south of the township is erected at a site named Tacking Point. Which well known early explorer was responsible for naming Tacking Point? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What is the name of the spectacular waterfall some 70 kilometres inland from Port Macquarie? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Built between 1824 and 1828 is one of Australia's oldest churches. What is its name? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Unique to Port Macquarie is this hospital. What sort of hospital is it? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What is the name of Port Macquarie's unique rainforest? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the name of Port Macquarie's main beach?

Answer: Town Beach

In total Port Macquarie has 9 beaches. In order from north to south they are Northshore Beach, Town Beach, Oxley Beach, Rocky Beach, Flynn's Beach, Nobbys Beach (our town's "doggy beach"), Shelley Beach, Miner's Beach, (be careful it's a nudist beach) and Lighthouse Beach.
2. Surveyor-General John Oxley with a party of 15, including 12 convicts, (ah! we owe a lot to good old "Mother England") arrived at Port Macquarie on 8th October, in what year?

Answer: 1818

In 1818 Governor Macquarie sent this party lead by Oxley who subsequently named the port after his governor.
3. What is the name of Port Macquarie's main street that terminates at Lady Nelson Wharf on the river?

Answer: Horton Street

Being approximately a half a kilometre long Horton Street runs in a north-south direction from Lady Nelson Wharf on the river to the north and the Historic Cemetery at its southern perimeter.
4. What is the name of the river that runs through Port Macquarie to the Tasman Sea?

Answer: Hastings River

The Hastings River is a large river on the mid-North Coast of the Australian state of New South Wales that empties into the Tasman Sea, a branch of the South Pacific Ocean. The river was first charted by European explorers in 1818 after its discovery by John Oxley who named the river for the then Governor-General of India, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings.
5. What is the nearest major town to Port Macquarie?

Answer: Wauchope

Being a little over 20 kilometres inland from Port Macquarie via the Oxley Highway, Wauchope was a large timber milling town and now attracts tourists with its popular theme park Timbertown.
6. Port Macquarie's lighthouse to the south of the township is erected at a site named Tacking Point. Which well known early explorer was responsible for naming Tacking Point?

Answer: Captain Matthew Flinders

Whilst making a survey of the New South Wales coastline on "HMS Investigator" on the 2nd July 1802, Captain Matthew Flinders recorded "A port with a rocky entrance." He stood close in and put about at Tacking Point hence the name.
7. What is the name of the spectacular waterfall some 70 kilometres inland from Port Macquarie?

Answer: Ellenborough Falls

Ellenborough Falls are to be found via the Comboyne Plateau to the south-west of Wauchope. The Ellenborough River drops some 200m over the escarpment at the falls.
8. Built between 1824 and 1828 is one of Australia's oldest churches. What is its name?

Answer: St. Thomas Church of England

The foundation stone for this church was laid on 8th December 1824 and with the help of convict labour the church was completed in February 1828 and dedicated by the Reverend John Cross on 24th February 1828.
(the church is now known as St Thomas Anglican Church)
9. Unique to Port Macquarie is this hospital. What sort of hospital is it?

Answer: Koala Hospital

The Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, is the world's first hospital dedicated solely to the care and preservation of koalas. The hospital has a treatment room, eight intensive care units, a 24 hour rescue and treatment operation and multiple recovery yards. The hospital has a research affiliation with the University of Sydney, Australia.
10. What is the name of Port Macquarie's unique rainforest?

Answer: Sea Acres Nature Reserve

I am a proud volunteer guide at this 70-hectare forest, the Sea Acres Nature Reserve, just one kilometre south of my home. It is one of only three dedicated reserves in NSW for public education by The National Parks and Wildlife Service. C'mon and visit and see our "strangler figs" in action.
Source: Author marshypoo

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