Port Macquarie is a city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, about 390 km (242 mi) north of Sydney, and 570 km (354 mi) south of Brisbane. The city is located on the coast, at the mouth of the Hastings River, and as a suburb had a population of 41,491 in 2011. (The population of the Port Macquarie local government area was 72,696.)
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