WALK THE FULL LENGTH OF THIS BEAUTIFUL TRACK OR DO SECTIONS INDIVIDUALLY
Miners Beach North
DO NOT LEAVE THE PATH. THE CACHE IS LESS THAN AN ARM'S LENGTH AWAY FROM THE PATH EDGE.
The Walk
The Port Macquarie Coastal Walk was developed over many years and completed in August 2009. It comprises a well developed bush track, paved sections, beach walks and some steps.
The full length of the Coastal Walk from the Lighthouse to Westport Park is 9.1 km but there are plenty of exit and entry points. Caches in our series can be tackled individually, or the entire track can be walked south-to-north so you can collect several in one stroll. [NOTE: This is part of our second Section. The first Section can be found at GC39ERW "Coastal Walk #1: Beautiful Lighthouse Beach". Please refer to this first cache for public transport information and advice, should you wish to do the whole Coastal Walk]. You will pass other people's caches along the way, so get these too if you have not done so already. Most people of reasonable fitness should be able to do the full walk, or manage all sections individually.
The locale
This Coastal Walk section passes through Sea Acres National Park which is a place of natural beauty protecting rare coastal subtropical and littoral rainforest only 4 km south of Port Macquarie town centre. The rainforest meets the coast in one of the largest remaining coastal rainforest reserves in New South Wales. Sea Acres was the first coastal landscape to attract heritage listings for the preservation of an outstanding coastal rainforest remnant and distinctive geological features.
At Sea Acres Rainforest Centre, you can find a book and gift shop and a pleasant café. You can explore the tranquil, subtropical rainforest on the elevated and wheelchair-accessible boardwalk, walking by yourself or with a volunteer Rainforest Guide.
We suggest that caching visitors to Port Macquarie visit Sea Acres.
For more information about Sea Acres visit these websites:
Sea Acres Rainforest Centre
Sea Acres National Park
The Coastal Walk is popular with locals and visitors alike and cachers will sometimes need stealth and patience to make their find.
The cache
This cache is placed with the approval of NPWS.
Our intention is that you approach this cache from the south, as part of the Coastal Walk, having already found CW #2A: Miners Beach South GC3A6AM.
You can also approach this cache from the section's northerly end at the Shelly Beach track end which is about 400 m away. The full length of Section 2 is about 2 km.
After you get the cache, you can either head back to your car or, if you are taking the full Coastal Walk, just keep along the track to the north and you will come to Shelly Beach which is about 400 m further on. On this short stroll you will pass Pandanus Cove, where there are fine examples of the Pandanus Tree.
The third section of our Coastal Walk starts at Shelly Beach where you can find "Coastal Walk #3: Shelly Beach" GC3A8F3.