Featured, Flashback, 1971, Port Macquarie, History, Travel Agents, Port Macquarie Observatory, Rotary Park Port Macquarie
Race Club Presentations On Friday, Mr. Athol Platt and Mr. Tony York were presented with lifetime membership badges at a Port Macquarie Race Club social event at the golf club. The event included a presentation of the winning and runner-up trophies for the Black and White Whiskey-sponsored Country Jockeys to Jockeys Premiership. The trophies are usually presented at an Australian Jockey Club meeting in Randwick. Agents spurn Port Only one of the 30 North American travel agencies that had set out to visit Port Macquarie on a special tourist promotion tour has made it to town. This major anti-climax was witnessed over the weekend when Mr. Ross Machin, a senior executive of two travel agents in Toronto, Canada, arrived without his 29 expected companions. Last month it was reported that Port Macquarie would be in the tourism spotlight this week after 3,000 experienced and trained travel professionals arrived in Australia from the United States. You are here for a huge conference and conference organized by ASTA, the body that controls American travel agencies. The group of 30 delegates were to be flown to Port Macquarie over the weekend to explore the district’s tourist potential. Only three other Australian holiday centers were to be visited by delegates, demonstrating the importance of the travel industry to the Port Macquarie-Hastings region. The agents were offered a virtually free tour. Not only had East-West Airlines offered them free flights, but Travelodge and Intermedia also offered them free air and bus travel. The only man who accepts the offer says he is interested in showing tourists the “real Australia” and the Pacific region. He is to be guided through Port Macquarie and shown the most important highlights and to travel to Wauchope and adjacent forest areas. Observatory sees stars Several Hastings District social clubs and public organizations complained yesterday that they are about to close their doors due to growing disinterest among former supporters. The complaints followed this week’s publication about the plight of some local youth organizations that were struggling to find helping hands with the city’s parents. One of the newest groups to highlight the lethargy of would-be public officials and other interested people is the Port Macquarie Observatory in Rotary Park. The observatory, which is run as an association, is threatened with closure because it does not find enough helpers, although it looks after many thousands of visitors every year. In the last few months, only three people were available to operate the telescope and give a lecture, while only two people were available to allow visitors to enter. The observatory is the only one of its kind in Australia and has proven to be a major tourist attraction for Port Macquarie, providing much-needed evening entertainment for young and old.Lone Pine Cuts The lone pine tree of Arncliffe Avenue, Port Macquarie, was cut down on Friday after going after a lightning strike had become a danger to passing traffic. The tree was a landmark for blue water fishermen for many years. Measured it was 90 meters long.
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November 14, 2021 – 12:00 p.m.
On Friday, Mr. Athol Platt and Mr. Tony York were presented with lifetime membership badges at a Port Macquarie Race Club social event at the golf club.
The event included a presentation of the winning and runner-up trophies for the Black and White Whiskey-sponsored Country Jockeys to Jockeys Premiership. The trophies are usually presented at an Australian Jockey Club meeting in Randwick.
Only one of the 30 North American travel agencies that set out to visit Port Macquarie on a special tour to promote tourism has made it to the city.
Interested ?: John Edmunds, Ross Machin and Greg Hannant visiting the Port Macquarie Visitor Information Center on Town Green, 1971.
This major anti-climax was witnessed over the weekend when Mr. Ross Machin, a senior executive of two travel agents in Toronto, Canada, arrived without his 29 expected companions.
Last month it was reported that Port Macquarie would be in the tourism spotlight this week after 3,000 experienced and trained travel professionals arrived in Australia from the United States.
You are here for a huge conference and conference organized by ASTA, the body that controls American travel agencies.
The group of 30 delegates were to be flown to Port Macquarie over the weekend to explore the district’s tourist potential.
Only three other Australian holiday centers were to be visited by delegates, demonstrating the importance of the travel industry to the Port Macquarie-Hastings region.
The agents were offered a virtually free tour. Not only had East-West Airlines offered them free flights, but Travelodge and Intermedia also offered them free air and bus travel.
The only man who accepts the offer says he is interested in showing tourists the “real Australia” and the Pacific region.
He is to be guided through Port Macquarie and shown the most important highlights and to travel to Wauchope and adjacent forest areas.
Several Hastings District social clubs and public organizations yesterday complained that they were about to close their doors due to growing disinterest among former supporters.
The complaints followed this week’s publication about the plight of some local youth organizations that were struggling to find helping hands with the city’s parents.
One of the latest groups to highlight the lethargy of would-be officials and other interested people is the Port Macquarie Observatory in Rotary Park.
The observatory, which is run as an association, threatens to close because it does not find enough helpers, although it looks after many thousands of visitors every year.
In the last few months, only three people were available to operate the telescope and give a lecture, while only two people were available to allow visitors to enter.
The observatory is the only one of its kind in Australia and has proven to be a major tourist attraction for Port Macquarie, providing much-needed evening entertainment for young and old.
Had to go: The lonely pine tree on Arncliffe Avenue was felled after a lightning strike in 1971.
The lone pine tree on Arncliffe Avenue, Port Macquarie, was felled Friday after becoming a hazard to passing traffic after being struck by lightning.
The tree was a landmark for blue water fishermen for many years. Measured it was 90 meters long.