{"id":1436,"date":"2010-06-17T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2010-06-17T09:42:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T09:42:00","slug":"unseasonably-good-deals-in-port-macquarie-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2010\/06\/unseasonably-good-deals-in-port-macquarie-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Unseasonably Good Deals in Port Macquarie this Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Port Macquarie is reinvigorating itself as a winter destination with a big line-up of outdoor events and \u2018Unseasonably Good Deals\u2019 at 25 accommodation, tour operator and attractions from June to September 2010.<\/p>\n

Save over 30% off hotels and get alongside the buzz of the waterways when the Bodyboarding Championships (15 July), Australian Formula Powerboat Grand Prix (24 to 25 July) and Australian Surf Festival (15 and 28 August) come to town. These are free events for spectators.<\/p>\n

Or take part yourself and book a delicious organic cooking class at the newly opened Amber Healing Farm; be pampered at Port Macquarie Day Spa; amaze the kids with PortJet\u2019s whale-watching tour; and feed the mischievous monkeys at Billabong Koala and Wildlife Park.<\/p>\n

Accommodation offers include:<\/p>\n

\uf0a7 Stay at the 4 star \u2018Flynns on Surf\u2019 for just $129 per night for a one-bedroom apartment and receive a bonus $50 restaurant voucher and upgrade to a 2 or 3 bedroom apartment for only $10 per room. Includes parking, LCD TV, Austar, heated pool. Min 2 night stay
\uf0a7 Sundowner Breakwall Tourist Park is offering $126 per night for a deluxe two bedroom Spa Bayside Cottage (sleeps 4) and receive a bonus complimentary dinner at The Corner restaurant. Min 3 night stay<\/p>\n

Attraction offers include:<\/p>\n

\uf0a7 Visit the new Amber Healing Farm for $85 per person and enjoy a 4-hour cooking class with organic vegetarian produce, lunch overlooking the water and a free \u2018Health in a Bag\u2019 organic hand-milled cake mix.
\uf0a7 Port Macquarie Day Spa is offering $197.50 per person for the Romance Escape Package for two people – includes full body exfoliation, hydro-therapy spa bath, half hour renewal massage and one hour facial per person
\uf0a7 PortJet has 2 adult tickets for the price of 1, or just $55, to go whale-watching
\uf0a7 Billabong Koala and Wildlife Park is offering 10% with every child entering<\/p>\n

\u201cVisitors to Port in Winter will enjoy warm sunny days, beautiful crowd-free beaches and lots to see and do.\u201d said Tourism Manager, Linda Hall.<\/p>\n

For a full list of the deals and more information contact the Greater Port Macquarie Visitor Information Centre on 1300 303 155 or go online at www.portmacquarieinfo.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

The \u2018Unseasonably Good Deals\u2019 are part of Port Macquarie\u2019s new $120k winter tourism campaign running from June to September 2010. For the first time in years a new television commercial promoting the Port Macquarie brand will go to air in Sydney, Central Coast, Newcastle, North Coast and New England from early June through to September, to coincide with the \u2019Unseasonably Good Deals\u2019 retail tactical campaign. The winter campaign will also be supported by print and online advertising. With a new-look destination website, a dedicated campaign microsite \u2013 www.portmacquariedeals.com.au – and 10,000 copies of the Unseasonably Good Deals flier being distributed nationally, the tourism industry is bracing itself for a great response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Port Macquarie is reinvigorating itself as a winter destination with a big line-up of outdoor events and \u2018Unseasonably Good Deals\u2019 at 25 accommodation, tour operator and attractions from June to September 2010. Save over 30% off hotels and get alongside the buzz of the waterways when the Bodyboarding Championships (15 July), Australian Formula Powerboat Grand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}