Tourists Paradise
Tourists Paradise is an online exhibition about Port Macquarie's tourism history. It is a place of happy memories for generations of holiday makers.
We encourage you to share your holiday memories and photographs with us and others through this page. Port Macquarie is known for its beautiful river and coastal setting, nearby pristine hinterland and ideal climate. Explore Port Macquarie's tourism history and discover why Port Macquarie is the Tourists Paradise.
20/02/2022
Another perfect day at Port Macquarie Town Beach, February 1969
02/01/2022
Summer holidays at Town Beach, Port Macquarie, 1972
26/12/2021
Icy poles at Flynn's Beach, 1971. Now that is paradise!
22/06/2021
Our Tourists Paradise online exhibition was highly commended in the Events, Exhibitions & Tours category at the 2021 National Trust Heritage Awards announced last month.
11/03/2021
Remember the magic of Fantasy Glades theme park? Port Macquarie is still the place for magical family holidays.
03/03/2021
Flynn's Beach, 1980s. Another piece of Paradise.
18/02/2021
Port Macquarie Beaches, 1997. What's not to like!
10/02/2021
Town Beach showing King Neptune's Park, Caravan Park and Hastings River in background, 1980s. Even better today.
26/01/2021
Flynns Beach looking south toward Nobbys, c1960. Still as beautiful today.
26/01/2021
07/01/2021
Town Beach is even more beautiful today.
Town Beach, January 1971.
03/12/2020
Setting up camp near the breakwall, 1970. Port Macquarie - still the Tourists Paradise.
04/11/2020
Town Beach Motel opened in July 1959 with new units added in the early 1960s. By 1960 there were 14 motels in town.
15/10/2020
Flynn's Beach, 1960s. Beautiful then, and still as beautiful today.
01/10/2020
Remember Fantasy Glades? The Port Macquarie theme park was a place of magic, fun and fascination for generations of holiday makers.
09/09/2020
Remember the Big Bull? The fibreglass model Holstein Friesian bull was complete with a pair of swinging testicles. The tourist attraction opened in September 1987.
19/08/2020
Overlooking Gaol Point near Historic Well Motel, 1995. Different landscape today, same great views.
04/06/2020
Do you remember King Neptune's Park?
24/04/2020
Great photos from the Port Macquarie Museum collection
Port Macquarie was once a mecca for theme parks Did you celebrate your 21st birthday inside a 14 metre high cement bull at Redbank?
15/04/2020
Promoting holiday horse riding activities, 1946
08/04/2020
Carnival of the Pines procession, Easter 1964. This Easter and stay safe.
01/04/2020
Stay home and visit Tourists Paradise online exhibition instead
25/03/2020
Keep in touch the old fashioned (and socially distanced) way! https://touristsparadise.com.au/
11/03/2020
Feeling left behind?
28/01/2020
Fishing near the Royal Hotel, 1929
22/01/2020
Tourists Paradise online exhibition is now live. https://touristsparadise.com.au/
13/01/2020
11/01/2020