PORT MACQUARIE The Town Beach skate park is artistically engineered. It’s designed in a tic-tac-toe-like linear format: A straight street-run section of rails and a flat top bench intersects a quarter of a pyramid hip that runs at a right angle across a flat section. This cuts into a mini ramp that feeds a half pipe section with a flat space between each bank that runs up to a separate bowl. In true Australian style, the edge of the skate bowl is mere metres from the ocean. Eat: Keep the fresh seafood and great views theme going by grabbing fish and chips from Mike’s Seafood’s on 13 Hay Street and walk a minute to the water's edge to munch away. Play: Go-Karting Port Macquarie wwhas an all-weather course with karts reaching speeds of up to 70kph. Once you’ve ripped around the Town Beach Skate Park, take your speed levels up a notch driving the Go-Karts.
NEWCASTLE The Bar Beach skate bowl is the biggest bowl on your East Coast trip so far. When you climb in you’re secluded from the ocean view and cut off from the wind. Shaped like the number 8 you’ll be doing well to hit the coping in the deep end. If you’re here in February check out the Australian Bowl Riding Championship held at Bar Beach Bowl for a taste of Aussie talent. Eat: The Bowery Boys is a restaurant for cocktails inspired by 1840s' New York gangs. They serve smoked meats with pickled produce in the style of the times at 5/107 Darby St, Cooks Hill. Play: Check out the Bogey Hole (on the water at Shortland Esplanade) otherwise known as the Commandant’s Bath. A man-made rock pool built to swim safely.
Port Macquarie Skatepark Kristy Simpson