{"id":7344,"date":"2018-11-08T11:57:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T11:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/2018-meetings\/?page_id=7344"},"modified":"2018-11-08T11:57:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T11:57:42","slug":"accommodation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/2018-meetings\/venue\/accommodation\/","title":{"rendered":"Accommodation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Tacking_Point_Lighthouse_qtl1_cropped.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/3\/3d\/Tacking_Point_Lighthouse_qtl1_cropped.jpg\/300px-Tacking_Point_Lighthouse_qtl1_cropped.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Tracking Point Lighthouse<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Port Macquarie is a coastal town about 390 km north of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csu.edu.au\/portmacquarie\">Charles Sturt University campus<\/a> is approximately 6 km from the city center.<br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Charles_Sturt_University_campus\">Charles Sturt University campus<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Oxley_Beach_%5E1_-_Taken_on_the_Wednesday,_25th_November_2009_at_1-06pm._-_panoramio.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/0\/00\/Oxley_Beach_%5E1_-_Taken_on_the_Wednesday%2C_25th_November_2009_at_1-06pm._-_panoramio.jpg\/300px-Oxley_Beach_%5E1_-_Taken_on_the_Wednesday%2C_25th_November_2009_at_1-06pm._-_panoramio.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Oxley Beach<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Charles Sturt University campus is located about 6 km from the Center of Port Macquarie. Of particular interest, the Charles Sturt University is Australia\u2019s sole carbon neutral university. The initial building phase of the Port Macquarie campus was completed in 2006 and was specially designed from the start to meet the goal of carbon neutrality.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Accommodation_options\">Accommodation options<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We recommend that participants seek accommodation in the city, which would require a short taxi ride to the campus. There are many hotel options in downtown Port Macquarie which include:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accorhotels.com\/gb\/hotel-6699-mercure-centro-port-macquarie\/index.shtml\">Mercure Centro Port Macquarie<\/a> (about 5.8 km from CSU Port Macquarie campus)\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/macquariewaters.com.au\/overview\">Macquarie Waters Hotel &amp; Apartments<\/a> (about 5.8 km from CSU Port Macquarie campus)\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rydges.com\/accommodation\/port-macquarie-nsw\/port-macquarie\/\">Rydges Port Macquarie<\/a> (about 6.2 km from CSU Port Macquarie campus)\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sailsresort.com.au\/the-resort\/\">Sails Resort Port Macquarie<\/a> (about 5.8 km from CSU Port Macquarie campus, but farther from the town centre.)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can book rooms directly on hotel websites, but better deals may be found if you go through online services such as Trip Advisor, Expedia, or Trivago.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Attractions\">Attractions<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Koala-hospital-port-macquarie.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/8\/89\/Koala-hospital-port-macquarie.jpg\/300px-Koala-hospital-port-macquarie.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Koala, <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.koalahospital.org.au\/\">Koala Hospital<\/a>, Port Macquarie<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The main natural attractions include Port Macquarie&#8217;s many beaches. The <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/billabongzoo.com.au\/\">Billabong Zoo<\/a> offers visitors the opportunity to get up-close and personal to Australian and exotic animals. The <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.koalahospital.org.au\/hospital-tour\/visit-the-koala-hospital\">Koala Hospital<\/a>, with guided tours conducted every day at 3.00pm, is also a popular destination.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Recommended_links\">Recommended links<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitnsw.com\/destinations\/north-coast\/port-macquarie-area\/port-macquarie\">Port Macquarie<\/a> published by Sydney.com Destination NSW.\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portmacquarieinfo.com.au\/\">Port Macquarie information site<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/52things2do.com.au\/\">Things to do<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.032 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.435 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 20\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 34\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 26\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 2\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:183878-0!*!*!!en!2!* and timestamp 20181108013622 and revision id 1056498\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/2018-meetings\/venue\/transport\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/2018-meetings\/engage\/how-to-engage\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tracking Point Lighthouse Port Macquarie is a coastal town about 390 km north of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Charles Sturt University campus is approximately 6 km from the city center. Charles Sturt University campus Oxley Beach The Charles Sturt University campus is located about 6 km from the Center of Port Macquarie. 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