Bike rental Port Push Bikes, 155 Horton St (tel 02/6583 4540).

Boat rental Settlement Point Boatshed (tel 02/6563 6300) next to the Settlement Point Ferry, rent out tin boats for around $25 per day; they also rent out party boats, complete with BBQ, beer cooler and toilet, to groups.

Buses Long-distance buses on the Sydney-Brisbane route stop outside the tourist information office. Kings Bus Service (tel 02/6562 4724) runs between Port Macquarie and Tamworth via Kempsey, Macksville, Nambucca Heads, Urunga, Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Dorrigo, Armidale, Uralla and Walcha three times a week. As well as running around town, Port Macquarie Bus Service (tel 02/6583 2161) also serves Wauchope and Kempsey.

Camel safaris Port Macquarie Camel Safaris (bookings through the tourist information office or call tel 02/6583 7650; $12 for 20min, $22 per hour).

Car rental Avis (tel 02/6584 9555); Budget, William St (tel 02/6583 5144); Economical Rent-a-Car, 190 Oxley St (tel 02/6581 1020); Hertz, 73 Hastings River Drive (tel 02/6583 6599); and Thrifty at the airport (tel 02/6584 2122).

Cruises Cruises depart from the Clarence St Wharf: MV Port Venture cruises up the Hastings River (Tues & Thurs 10.30am & 2pm; 2hr; $15; tel 02/6584 5425); Pelican River Cruises departs from the Fishermen's Co-op Wharf to the everglades in Limeburners Creek National Park and an oyster farm for tastings (Mon-Fri 10am; 2hr $15, 5hr $30; tel 02/6583 7558 or 0418 652 171); and the Waterbus Everglade Tours offer a dolphin-spotting cruise (daily 10am & 2pm; 2hr 30min; $22; tel 02/6582 5009 or free call 1800 025 935) among others.

Hospital Port Macquarie Hospital, Wright's Rd (tel 02/6581 2000).

Internet access   Felglow Internet Cafe at 4-16 Clarence St has cheap cakes and coffee (Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 9am-5pm), but the town library (Mon-Fri 9.30am-6pm, Sat 9am-noon) is much cheaper.

Police tel 02/6583 0199.

Post office Port Macquarie Post Office, Clarence St, NSW 2444.

Surfing The Paradise Surf Centre at 49 Horton St (tel 02/6583 6062) sells surfboards and gear. Round House Surfing (tel 0417 479 972) charge $25 for a two-hour lesson.

Taxis Port Macquarie Taxicabs (tel 02/6581 0081); Wauchope Radio Taxicabs (tel 02/6585 2100). There is a taxi rank on Horton St.

Trains The XPT links Wauchope and Sydney (3 daily; 6hr).

Water sports Several companies operate parasailing, fishing charters and jet-ski tours on the river and ocean, including Watersports World (tel 02/6583 9777), Port Water Sports (tel 0412 234 509) and Sea Quest (tel 02/6583 3463).