Port Maquarie

Interesting thing about Port Maquarie; the rocks which make up the sea breakwall are all covered in graffiti/loving messages/RIP’s. Uninteresting things
on our visit; it’s pouring with rain which doesn’t make for pleasant viewing conditions of this or Nambucca heads, the local, gorgeous surfy beaches. So we head straight for Southwest Rocks lighthouse, 50km away, which affords a fantastic 360 degree view across the bays. Slightly unfortunate then, that we take a slight diversion which ends up being 30km of unmade road.

But, since the rain’s stopped, we also do a quick stop at Trial Bay Prison. Originally built to house well behaved convicts whose main task was to construct a breakwater around the bay, it was last used to house Germans during World War 1.