NRMA Port Macquarie Breakwall Holiday & Caravan Park review
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NRMA Port Macquarie Breakwall Holiday Park is a stunning waterfront park perfectly located in Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia. We spent ten fun-packed days enjoying all the delights this beautiful park has to offer.
Port Macquarie Breakwall Holiday Park
When you choose to stay at NRMA Port Macquarie Holiday Park, you’ll find yourself holidaying in the midst of a pristine park, beautifully run by its friendly staff – a warm welcome from Dawn the park manager is waiting for you at reception!
You simply can’t beat the Port Macquarie location of this holiday park. Bordering the park is the Port Macquarie Breakwall – a tourist attraction in its own right. At one end of the Breakwall you’ll find the beautiful Port Macquarie Town Beach. At the other end, the Port Macquarie town centre for shopping and restaurants. This park truly enjoys the best of both worlds!
The Port Macquarie Breakwall
Watching dolphins from the Port Macquarie Breakwall
The Port Macquarie Breakwall is situated alongside the picturesque Hastings River, a hub of fun water activities and beautiful wildlife.
Fish jump, sting rays fly and dolphins play in the river alongside the Breakwall. There are all sorts of sea birds to see. The fruit bats flying en-masse across the sunset skies in an astonishing sight.
Tourist boats cruise about, taking in the views. A sea plane taking off and coming in to land is a common sight on weekends. Jet-skiers occasionally race alongside the Breakwall too.
Port Macquarie Breakwall
The Breakwall is probably most famous for its decoratively painted rocks – it’s a lot of fun to wander along the Port Macquarie Breakwall and read them all!
You’ll find people walking, fishing and sightseeing. This is a popular place to be for good reason – it’s an absolutely stunning location – and it’s all only steps away from your caravan, cabin or tent!
A beautiful surf beach next door
The Port Macquarie Town Beach is just a stroll down the Breakwall
Follow the Breakwall walk to the Port Macquarie Town Beach, a beautiful sandy beach fringed with even more places to stroll, a cafe, skate park and an exciting new adventure playground under construction.
Stroll to the Port Macquarie shops and restaurants
The Port Macquarie Port Central shopping mall is five minutes walk away
Walk out of the holiday park on the town side and you’ll find yourself passing the on-site Little Shack cafe – the perfect spot to take in the waterfront views anytime.
Continue on and you’ll find yourself walking (or scooting, or skate boarding) on a wide, modern concrete boardwalk alongside the Hastings River. This will lead you to the Port Macquarie town centre, with its elegant shopping centres, shops and a plethora of fabulous cafes and restaurants.
There are just so many lovely ways to pass your holiday days at NRMA Port Macquarie Holiday Park!
Activities and school holidays entertainment
The Port Macquarie Holiday Park swimming pool
From a sparkling blue swimming pool, to a school holidays activity program and fun children’s playground, NRMA Port Macquarie Breakwall will keep both kids and their parents happy with its great range of family fun!
A beautiful swimming pool
The Port Macquarie Holiday Park swimming pool
A beautiful blue swimming pool and its smaller mini-pool is an entertaining park feature, magically blue-lit at night. The pool is surrounded with umbrellas and comfortable lounges.
It’s perfectly set up for guests to settle down, socialise with friends, take a swim or read a book. This is a great place to spend some relaxing holiday time.
Playgrounds & places to play
There no shortage of fun for the kids at Port Macquarie Breakwall!
Along the Breakwall and also within the holiday park, paved roads mean kids (wearing the appropriate helmets of course) can ride their skateboards, scooters and bicycles to their heart’s content. The park’s tarred roads have a reassuringly low speed limit and, as always, parental supervision is required.
The park’s roads have a low speed limit for safety
As mentioned, down the Breakwall path, at the other end of the caravan park at the beach you’ll find a brand new Council adventure playground under construction, and also a large skate park.
The NRMA Port Macquarie Breakwall children’s playground is lots of fun!
There’s a fun children’s playground located in the centre of the holiday park with swings and dual slippery dips. There’s also a cute little tarred matchbox car track!
A school holidays kids club
Located next to the camp kitchen and park swimming pool you’ll find the kid’s activities room. The kid’s activities room operates during school holidays with fun to keep the children entertained.
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A pet friendly caravan park
Walkies time! Sweetums the dog on the Port Macquarie Breakwall
Dogs are welcome at NRMA Port Maquarie Park outside of peak holiday periods, so there’s no need to leave your pets at home! The park offers pet-friendly cabins, tent sites and caravan sites. We saw a couple of Great Danes at one waterfront cabin!
Dogs can be walked within the holiday park on a leash, along the Breakwall and at several dog-friendly beaches in the area. Many local cafes with outdoor dining are dog-friendly too, such as the on-site Little Shack cafe.
Beautiful Nobbys Beach is dog friendly
Our favourite Port Maquarie dog beach (and there are several!) was Nobbys Beach, a beautiful sandy beach with rocky outcrops along it, just five minute drive along the coast road from the caravan park.
There are some pet exclusion times during peak booking periods at Port Maquarie Breakwall, such as school holidays, so you’ll need to book your stay directly with the holiday park by phone directly.
The Little Shack waterfront café
The Little Shack café
The Little Shack is a waterfront outdoor café restaurant and bar located at the NRMA Port Macquarie caravan park. In the mornings this is the place to get your much-needed barista coffee, and in the evenings on the weekend it’s the home of delicious meals eaten al-fresco style at the outdoor tables.
The best dinner view in town – the Little Shack cafe is right on the waterfront
We loved watching the fabulous orange sunsets and the amazing spectacle of thousands of flying fruit bats leaving their sanctuary in the twilight whilst we enjoyed our meal.
You can even take your dog with you to the café, as it’s dog-friendly!
There are many more excellent restaurants and cafes all just a short stroll down the waterfront boardwalk from NRMA Port Macquarie.
Other Accommodation Options
There are a range of cabins to choose from
NRMA Port Macquarie Breakwall Holiday Park has many accommodation choices, including hillside elevated cabins and water front cabins, in addition to an abundance of caravanning and camping site options.
Our double concrete slab powered caravan site
Powered and unpowered sites, concrete slab and grass sites are all available for your caravan, motorhome or tent for you to book your next holiday.
NRMA Port Macquarie amenities & facilities
The toilets and showers are modern and spotlessly clean
This holiday park prides itself on perfection – attentive staff, landscaped gardens and faultless maintenance.
The separate parent rooms have a bathtub and toilet
This theme carries over to the toilets and showers which are kept spotlessly clean, as are the separate parent rooms and holiday park laundries. All have key-coded entry for security.
A large indoor camp kitchen
The indoor camp kitchen features lots of appliances
There are several barbeques within the park, and an elegant indoor camp kitchen fitted out for all your camp meal preparation needs. Appliances in the camp kitchen include a large refrigerator, cooker and microwave.
Ample seating both inside and out is available in and around the camp kitchen area.
Convenient rubbish facilities & dump points
The park also offers multiple rubbish stations, and convenient toilet cassette and porta potty dump points.
The perfect Port Macquarie base
Located on NSW Mid North Coast, NRMA Port Macquarie Holiday Resort makes an excellent Brisbane and Sydney family holiday destination.
Things to see in the Port Maquarie area
Take a drive to the Dunbogan Boatshed where you can feed fish by hand
The town of Port Maquarie is famous for its natural beauty, and offers miles of beautiful scenic drives featuring secluded cove beaches, quaint small towns and picturesque coastal walks. Fishing and watersports are popular pursuits along the Hastings River and surrounding waterways.
Nearby tourist attractions include local parks, surf beaches and a light house.
Town services
The town of Port Macquarie is modern and clean, with a large marina and paved riverfront areas. It is a major regional service centre, with numerous shopping malls, major supermarkets, medical services, petrol stations, takeaway food, chain fast food outlets and all classes of restaurants. There are large commercial outlets including hardware. caravan and camping stores, auto parts stores and mechanics.
How to book your NRMA holiday parks holiday
NRMA Port Macquarie Breakwall Holiday Park has all you need for the perfect family vacation to enjoy together – it’s family holidays made easy!
Find out more or book your accommodation for NRMA Port Macquarie Breakwall Holiday Park at the official website here.
For more mid-north NSW coast NRMA holiday park reviews, check our NRMA Holiday Parks list
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All information is correct as at May 2021 – please check the above website link for relevant, up to date information and accommodation prices.
The Let’s go Mum family are partnering with NRMA Holiday Parks, however all opinions remain firmly our own.
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