Macksville is a small riverside town of 2,800 (2021) in the Mid-North Coast region of New South Wales. It sits as the headquarters of the Nambucca Valley Council and considered to mark the halfway point between Sydney and Brisbane.
Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]By car
[edit]Macksville is halfway along the Pacific Motorway (M1) between Sydney and Brisbane. It is 470 km north of Sydney, 330 km north of Newcastle and 100 km north of Port Macquarie. From the north, Macksville is 440 km south of Brisbane, 380 km south of the Gold Coast, 260 km south of Ballina and 55 km south of Coffs Harbour.
By train
[edit]1 Macksville Station 
is served by three daily XPTs from Sydney from the south and one from Grafton, one from Casino and one from Brisbane from the north.
There is a connecting taxi to Nambucca Heads to and from Macksville as the northbound Brisbane XPT does not stop there.
| Northbound | Southbound | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service | Departing Central | Arrival time | Service | Departing originating station | Arrival time |
| Casino XPT | 7:15AM | 3:06PM | Grafton XPT | 5:15AM (Grafton) | 7:21AM |
| Grafton XPT | 11:44AM | 7:55PM | Brisbane XPT | 6:00AM (Roma St; 5:00AM during DST) | noon |
| Brisbane XPT | 2:44PM | 10:34PM (on request only) | Casino XPT | 7:30PM (Casino) | 11:05PM (on request only) |
Get around
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See
[edit]- 1 Mary Boulton's Pioneer Cottage & Museum, 38 Gumma Rd, ☏ +61 479 073 935.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]- 1 Macksville Shopping Centre, Shop 2/13 Boundary St, ☏ +61 2 4983 6300.
Eat
[edit]- 1 Elk on 38, 38 Wallace St, ☏ +61 2 6568 2211, [email protected].
- 2 Macksville Chinese Restaurant, 23 Cooper St, ☏ +61 2 6568 2291. Tu–Su 11:30AM–2PM, 5–8:30PM (closed M). Family-owned local Chinese restaurant.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Mandarin Motel, 24 Princess St, ☏ +61 2 6568 2222. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM.
- 2 Star Hotel, 16 River St, ☏ +61 2 6568 1008. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]| Newcastle ← Kempsey ← Eungai ← | S M1 N | → Nambucca Heads → Coffs Harbour |
| Sydney ← Kempsey ← Eungai ← | S North Coast XPT N | → Nambucca Heads → Casino |