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Rock Art Port Macquarie
March 23, 2017by David Herd
Southern breakwall Hastings River
Rock Art Port Macquarie
Rock Art Port Macquarie actually began as an art competition in 1995 & gradually evolved into a fascinating outdoor gallery.
Rock Art Port Macquarie
Sadly after a small amount of complaints 12 in 10 years the rock art is now banned. It’s crazy how a few idiots can spoil things for the majority, what a shame the council won’t hold a vote on the issue.
Celebrating an engagement.
Two lovers leave their mark to celebrate their engagement.
The mouth of the Hastings River
The river descends 1,040 metres (3,410 ft) over its 180 kilometres (110 mi) course. The Hastings river descends 1,040 metres from the Great Dividing Range over its 180 kilometres journey to the coast at Port Macquarie.
Look closely and you will see the rock art. 🙂
A beautiful day to catch a fish.
One of the locals has picked a beautiful day to fish off the rocks.
Waiting for the big one
Actually I spoke to the guy who said he was trying to catch some small fish to use for bait.
Apparently their life is a circus.
It says so on the rock. 🙂
A great tourist attraction
You can spend a very interesting hour or so checking out the Painted Rock Art Port Macquarie.
Port Macquarie
And so it goes on & on, a great addition to this terrific coastal town.
Port Macquarie’s Town Green
This is a superb park where people relax and enjoy the perfect environment beside the Hastings River.
Oxley oval
Just a short way along the road from the painted rocks is Oxly oval where cricket & football are played in beautiful surroundings.
A beautiful park beside the river.
A great place to relax have a picnic lunch and check out the Painted Rock Art Port Macquarie.
My history, particularly over the last 30 years is dominated by overseas travel. I sold my home in Australia October 20th 2011 and have have been living in Thailand since then. I don’t know where the time has gone? It seems like you go to sleep one night, wake up the next morning, and 20 years have flashed by. Not sure how many years I have left, however I have enjoyed a wonderful charmed life, and if it all ended today I would leave this world with no regrets.
I was born in Sydney halfway through the last century, started my travels in the 60s with the usual U.K. Europe adventure at the age of 20, back to Australia and worked in Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide in Sales & Marketing with multinational companies including Sanyo, Canon & Remington.
Engaged to be married 3 times and never quite made it to the alter, finally realized by the mid 90s I was not cut out for "long term relationships" so I moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland in January 1987, worked for a couple of banks as a Financial Planner, I took a year off work in 1998 to travel and never went back to full time work again, after 25 fun filled years on the Coast I packed up and moved to Thailand.
What is the purpose of this blog? Well I really want to use it to record my travel experiences & to display my photographs, give and receive travel tips, comment on places I visit, restaurants I eat in and use it to replace the autobiography I intended to write, apart from all that it helps me fill in my day. :)
I moved to Thailand mainly because I wanted to keep travelling while my health allowed me to, there are huge advantages being closer to all the places I want to visit.
Cost of living in Thailand is around 35% of the cost in Australia, plus flights are 50% cheaper because you are much closer to everywhere. ????
Consequently I am able to travel to many more places compared to living in Australia.
Having said all that, it is & has always been my intention to return to Australia when my travelling is finished, I predict this will happen around 2021.
You can spend a very interesting hour or so checking out the Painted Rock Art Port Macquarie.
