Hastings River

Hastings River
Hastings River, Wauchope, NSW
Origin	Great Dividing Range
Mouth	Tasman Sea
Basin countries	Australia
Length	128 km
Source elevation	about 990 m
Avg. discharge
Basin area

The flooded Hastings River west of Ellenborough, NSW

The Hastings River is a large river on the mid-North Coast of the Australian state of New South Wales that empties into the Tasman Sea, a branch of the South Pacific Ocean. This river rises about 7 kilometres south west of Kemps Pinnacle in Werrikimbe National Park on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range.^[1]

The river was first charted by European explorers in 1818, after its discovery by John Oxley who named the river for the then Governor-General of India, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings.

Tributaries of the Hastings River include Doyles, Ellenborough and Thone Rivers.

A number of settlements exist near the river:

• Ellenborough
• Port Macquarie - situated at the mouth of the Hastings River
• Wauchope

The Hastings River gives its name to a surrounding wine district and to an endangered species of marsupial, the Hastings River Mouse (Pseudomys oralis).

Fishing opportunities on the Hastings River exist for freshwater bass and catfish in the upper reaches to estuarine species such as bream, flathead and luderick near the entrance.

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Coordinates: 31°24′S 152°51′E / 31.4°S 152.85°E / -31.4; 152.85