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Port Macquarie - New South Wales, Australia

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Location of Port Macquarie,
New South Wales
© Geoscience Australia

The city of Port Macquarie is located on the mid-north coast of New South Wales on the mouth of the Hastings River. These images were acquired from the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper sensor. True and false colour images for both a recent (2011), and an older (1988) scene are available below in high resolution JPEG format.

For acquisition of full resolution files see the Earth Observation Catalogue, or contact earth.observation@ga.gov.au

• Port Macquarie false colour before and after
• 1988 Port Macquarie true colour
• 2011 Port Macquarie true colour
• 1988 Port Macquarie false colour
• 2011 Port Macquarie false colour

In this false colour swipe comparison, urban areas appear as shades of cyan and purple, dry vegetation and soil as magenta to red, and forest or irrigated vegetation as shades of green. Water bodies appear dark blue to black. New suburban residents appear mainly to the southwest, with dense infrastructure emerging around Settlement Point, as well as new man-made waterways through the point. The current development of the upgraded dual highway linking Port Macquarie to the Pacific Hwy can be seen crossing the current Oxley Highway. Also notice the much greater water volume in Lake Innes as of 2011.

	1988 Port Macquarie true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 18 February 1988 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 384KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2011 Port Macquarie true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 1 February 2011 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 414KB] © Geoscience Australia
	1988 Port Macquarie false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (Mid-infrared), 4 (Near infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 18 February 1988 25m Resolution In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of cyan and purple, dry vegetation and soil as magenta to red, and forest or irrigated vegetation as shades of green. Parklands and ovals appear as bright green. Water bodies appear dark blue to black. Download high resolution image [JPEG 418KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2011 Port Macquarie false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (Mid-infrared), 4 (Near infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 1 February 2011 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 412KB] © Geoscience Australia

Topic contact: earth.observation@ga.gov.au Last updated: October 27, 2011