Sydney to Port Macquarie road trip: Distance, drive time & stops

The Sydney to Port Macquarie drive is 384km in distance. The Sydney to Port Macquarie driving time is just over four hours. Road trip stops on the way include the Central Coast, Newcastle, Myall Lake, Forster and Crowdy Bay National Park.

A Sydney to Port Macquarie road trip is often part of a longer journey along Australia’s east coast.

Port Macquarie, along with Coffs Harbour, is one of the two major cities on the New South Wales coast north of Newcastle. Both are logical stops on the drive from Sydney to Byron Bay. But Port Macquarie has the advantage of being roughly half way.

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Distance from Sydney to Port Macquarie

The drive from Sydney to Port Macquarie is 384km long. This makes for a Sydney to Port Macquarie driving time of around four hours and six minutes.

Should you want to break the Sydney to Port Macquarie drive, there are plenty of good stops along the way. Some, such as the Hunter Valley and Anna Bay or Nelson Bay in Port Stephens, are arguably a little bit too much of a detour.

Click through for the next section: Central Coast and Newcastle.