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The town of Greater Port Macquarie in New South Wales (NSW), Australia has won three regional tourism awards.

At the Countrylink Regional Tourism Awards 2008, Greater Port Macquarie won awards including a heritage and cultural tourism accolade for its Timbertown attraction.

The local tourism association also won an award for marketing, while the Observatory picked up a gong in the deluxe accommodation category.

Winners at the regional event will now go on to compete in the Tourism NSW awards in November.

Linda Hall, acting tourism manager at Greater Port Macquarie Tourism, said: 'These industry awards provide the only opportunity for local tourism operators to benchmark against others in the region.

'We are delighted to be recognised as offering visitors the best in class for these categories, and it's fantastic that the operators are rewarded for their hard work.'

New South Wales is one of the most important regions in Australia for tourism. Regular flights to provincial capital Sydney are available with Qantas, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and others.

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