Discover Newcastle city centre
The district Newcastle city centre of in Newcastle (New South Wales) is a district in Australia about 222 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital city.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 19°C / 66 °F
Morning Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
Evening Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
Night Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 27% |
Air Humidity | 76% |
Air Pressure | 1025 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 17 km/h (10 mph) from North-West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 98% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 8th of May 2024
20°C (67 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, few clouds.
Thursday, 9th of May 2024
19°C (66 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
HARBOURSIDE APARTMENTS
Quality Hotel NOAH'S On The Beach
Merewether Motel
THE COSMOPOLITAN APARTMENTS
Newcastle Central Plaza
Travelodge Newcastle
QUEST NEWCASTLE
The Clarendon Hotel
The Star Apartments
Honeysuckle Executive Apartments
Videos from this area
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Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Newcastle is at the mouth of the Hunter River, approximately 150 km north of Sydney in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The second largest city in the state of New South Wales...
Newcastle's Secret Magic Surf Portal - Reloaded!
A fun 5 minute surfing film from Newcastle, Australia that me and a mate made some time ago when mini DV cameras first came out ;-). This is an updated version with a new soundtrack I made...
Plumbers Newcastle | 02 4311 5126 Call Now! Best Priced Plumber in Newcastle!
Best Priced Plumbers in Newcastle! Call 02 4311 5126 Fully Qualified 24/7 SERVICE! We look forward to hearing from you and helping with any plumbing problems that you may have anytime! Need...
Newcastle, Australia
15mins video documentary of the city of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. Newcastle has made it among Top 10 in Lonely Planet 2011 guide. Its truly a beautiful city & has to be seen to be experienced....
Kamahl sings My Home in Newcastle
Kamahl performs `My Home` at the 2015 Newcastle Citizenship Ceremony and Australia Day Awards at Newcastle City Hall. www.huntertv.com.au Newcastle town hall.
Kurt Fearnley - Newcastle Citizen of the Year
Kurt Fearnley - couldn't make it to the Australia Day Awards at Newcastle City Hall so he sent this message.
Australian Jugger League Newcastle Tournament
Juggers from Brisbane and Canberra converged on Newcastle, NSW, for the very first Newcastle Tournament. Teams were randomly drawn with the intent of mixing new and experienced players for...
Photos Of The Newcastle Flyer
http://steamtrainstories.com This clip includes slides and B & W photos of steam hauled Newcastle Flyer back in the 1960s. Backing track is of a 38 taking off on the Flyer from a standing start...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Stockton, New South Wales
Stockton is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 600 m from Newcastle's central business district. It is the only suburb of Newcastle that lies north of the Hunter River.
Newcastle railway station, New South Wales
Newcastle Railway Station (also known as Newcastle Terminal) is the main railway station in Newcastle, New South Wales. It offers regular services to Sydney on the Newcastle and Central Coast line and to Maitland, Scone and Dungog on the Hunter line. Newcastle railway station is three hours' travel from Sydney's Central Station. It is a terminating and departing station and situated at the end of the Newcastle branch line.
Civic railway station
Civic railway station was originally named Newcastle railway station and was opened 30 March 1857. It was then renamed Honeysuckle (9 March 1858) and renamed again to Honeysuckle point (1 September 1866). The station was closed in 1872 only to be reopened as its current name of Civic on 22 December 1935. Civic railway station is located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia on the Newcastle & Central Coast Line, and the Hunter Line. The station is a side station with two platforms.
Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground
Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground is a multi-use stadium located in Newcastle, New South Wales, and has a nominated capacity of approximately 20,000. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches. In recent years the ground has hosted 3 Australian domestic fixtures including Pura Cup games between NSW and W.A. , NSW and Victoria, and an ING fixture against Tasmania. The highlight being a Dave Hussey double century to help Victoria chase down over 400 on the final day against NSW. No.
City of Newcastle
The City of Newcastle is a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The City of Newcastle incorporates much of the area of the Newcastle metropolitan area. The Lord Mayor of City of Newcastle Council is Councillor Jeff McCloy, an independent politician.
Cooks Hill, New South Wales
Cooks Hill is an inner city suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is typified by its tree lined streets, rows of Victorian terrace housing, turn of the century timber cottages and corner pubs.
Hunter Street, Newcastle
Hunter Street in Newcastle is the major shopping street in the Newcastle central business district. The street is a paved pedestrian mall between Wolfe and Perkins Streets. In the early nineteenth-century, Hunter Street east of Brown Street formed the northern boundary of the Dangar Grid. Since the 1970s, the retail strip has fallen into serious decline, partly as a result of the development of suburban shopping centres and a trend to move away from inner-city dwellings and business.
Newcastle Civic Theatre
The Newcastle Civic Theatre (also known as The Civic), located in Newcastle, Australia, is one of Newcastle's most popular and prestigious venues. The 1520-seat Civic Auditorium hosts a wide range of musicals, plays, concerts and dance events each year and is the city's oldest surviving theatre (the Victoria Theatre is older but unnoccupied).
The Bluebell Collision
The sinking of the Newcastle harbour ferry Bluebell, after colliding with the coastal freighter Waraneen in 1934, was one of the worst maritime tragedies in Newcastle, Australia, in the 20th century.
Newcastle East Public School
Newcastle East Public School is a public school located in the New South Wales town of Newcastle, Australia. It is the oldest continuously running school in Australia, established in 1816 by a convict on conditional pardon, Henry Wrensford. The current site of Newcastle East Public School has a long history dating back to 1878. The school is located in the suburb of Newcastle on the corner of Tyrrell and Brown Streets.
Bar Beach, New South Wales
Bar Beach is an inner city suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 1.6 km southwest of Newcastle's central business district. The suburb is named for the beach that extends along its eastern border. At the 2011 census, Bar Beach had a population of 1,122. The beach is home to the Cooks Hill Surf Life Saving Club.
The Hill, New South Wales
The Hill is an inner city, residential suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located immediately south of Newcastle's central business district. The Hill is filled with historic Victorian terraces and is the site of an historic convict prison block. As of January 2009, the average house price in The Hill was about A$537,500.
Newcastle East, New South Wales
Newcastle East is an inner city suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located immediately east of Newcastle's central business district at the mouth of the Hunter River. The suburb includes Fort Scratchley, Newcastle Ocean Baths and Newcastle Beach. Formerly a site of heavy industry and railway yards, the suburb now contains the large Forehore Park, and historic terraced housing.
Newcastle West, New South Wales
Newcastle West is an inner city suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, part of which forms the western end of Newcastle's central business district. The suburb is primarily a retail/commercial trading district but includes one high school. At the 2006 census Newcastle West had a population of 349.
State Dockyard
The State Dockyard at Dykes Point, Newcastle was built by the New South Wales Government from 1938 until 1941 and opened in 1942 during World War II. The dockyard was constructed using much of the plant and buildings from the former Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works which had ceased operations in 1933. The dockyard launched its first vessel in July 1943.
Newcastle Grammar School
Newcastle Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, non-selective, non-denominational, Anglican-affiliated day school, located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1859 as the Newcastle Boys' Grammar School, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for slightly over 800 students from Pre-school to Year 12.
Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle
The Cathedral Church of Christ the King or Christ Church Cathedral in Newcastle, New South Wales Australia is the Anglican cathedral of the Diocese of Newcastle. The church, designed by John Horbury Hunt in the Gothic Revival style, is located on a hill at the city's eastern end in the suburb called The Hill. The present Dean of Newcastle is the Very Reverend James Rigney (formerly chaplain of Magdalene College, Cambridge).
Royal Newcastle Hospital
The Royal Newcastle Hospital was, for nearly 190 years, the main hospital in the Australian city of Newcastle. The hospital stood on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Hunter River port of Newcastle, New South Wales, from 1817 until 2007. The hospital grew in step with Newcastle from its founding as a penal settlement and coal port. The first hospital on the site was built by and for convicts.
Active (1850)
The Active was a ketch that was wrecked at the entrance of the Hunter River in New South Wales on 18 February 1852.
Active (1877)
The Active was a wooden ketch that was wrecked on the Oyster bank at the entrance of Newcastle Harbour, New South Wales, near the previously wrecked Colonist on 19 January 1898 while carrying a cargo of ironbark to Morpeth, New South Wales under the command of Captain P. Williams. There were no casualties but the ship was lost.
Ada (ship)
The Ada was a wooden ketch that was wrecked on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle, New South Wales.
Bogey Hole
The Bogey Hole, also known as the Commandant's Baths, is a heritage-listed sea bath in Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. It is thought to be the oldest surviving European construction in the city area. The pool was hewn from a sandstone/conglomerate rock shelf at the base of cliffs near Shepherds Hill. The pool has an average depth of 1.5 metres and its maximum dimensions are 10 by 6.5 metres ( ft × ft). The open side of the pool is fenced by stanchions and chains.
Newcastle Customs House
The Newcastle Customs House is a heritage listed building located on the corner of Bond and Watt Street in Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. It was designed in the Italianate Renaissance Revival Style by New South Wales Colonial Architect James Barnet in 1877, with a wing added in matching materials in 1899. The building is constructed from dark cream brick with contrasting sandstone detailing.
Newcastle City Hall (Australia)
Newcastle City Hall is a heritage-listed building in Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. The buiding, located in King Street, was designed by noted theatre architect Henry Eli White and the foundation stone was laid by Governor of New South Wales Sir Dudley de Chair on 20 April 1928. The three-storey building structure is based on a steel frame that supports concrete floors and stone cladding.
University House (Newcastle)
University House is a heritage-listed building in Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. Located on the corner of King Street and Auckland Street, it was designed by architect Emil Sodersten in association with local architectural practice Pitt and Mereweather. An example of Art Deco style, the design was inspired by the streamlined functionalism of contemporary architecture in Europe.