Discover Egalton
The district Egalton of in Port Stephens Shire (New South Wales) is a district in Australia about 233 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital city.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 21°C / 69 °F
Morning Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
Evening Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Night Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 56% |
Air Pressure | 1030 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 7% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 10th of May 2024
19°C (66 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 11th of May 2024
15°C (58 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 12th of May 2024
16°C (60 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
NEWCASTLE AIRPORT MOTOR INN AND CONV
Airport Motel Sir Francis Drake
Sleepy Hill Motor Inn
Colonial Terrace Motor Inn
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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.
Division of Newcastle
The Division of Newcastle is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. The Division is centred around the city of Newcastle, after which it is named. The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The Division was named after the city of Newcastle, around which the Division is centred.
Medowie, New South Wales
Medowie /mɛˈdaʊ. iː/ is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 34 km by road north of Newcastle, not far from RAAF Base Williamtown and is home to a large number of the personnel stationed there. It was a small rural town until a property and commercial boom in the 1980s and had a population of 8,843 at the 2011 census. Medowie is home to a Rural Fire Station, formed in 1946.
Morpeth, New South Wales
Morpeth is a suburb of the City of Maitland in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the southern banks of the Hunter River at the border between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. The major population centre, where almost all residents of the suburb reside, is the historical town of Morpeth which takes its name from Morpeth, Northumberland, near Newcastle upon Tyne, in England.
Tarro railway station
Tarro is a railway station on the Hunter Line, in the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It serves the small suburb of Tarro. Tarro is served by CityRail's diesel Railcars to Newcastle, Maitland and Telarah.
Beresfield railway station
Beresfield is a railway station on the Main North railway line, (which CityRail markets as the Hunter Line), in the western suburbs of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. In 2002 Beresfield was fully redeveloped and includes new easy access facilities, station signage and booking office. Beresfield was the site of a major rail accident when on 23 October 1997, a coal train collided into the rear of another coal train standing on the same tracks. The cause was a failure to stop at a signal.
Thornton railway station, New South Wales
Thornton is a railway station on the Main Northern railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It is served by CityRail trains of the Hunter Line. It serves the nearby residential area. Four tracks pass through Thornton- the 'Up' and 'Down' Main North tracks and the 'Up' and 'Down' Coal tracks. Side platforms are provided on the Up and Down Main tracks.
Raymond Terrace, New South Wales
Raymond Terrace is a town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, about 26 km by road north of Newcastle on the Pacific Highway. Established in 1837 it is situated at the confluence of the Hunter and Williams rivers. At the 2011 census Raymond Terrace had a population of 12,725. It is the administrative centre of the Port Stephens LGA as well as a service hub for surrounding rural areas.
Seaham, New South Wales
Seaham is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Williams River which flows into the Hunter River 14.6 km downstream from Seaham village at Raymond Terrace. It is a rural community supporting a small but expanding population.
Brandy Hill, New South Wales
Brandy Hill is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It was originally farmland but was subdivided in the 1980s and now supports a population of almost 700 people living on large, primarily residential, blocks. It overlooks working farmland and offers superb views of the greater Morpeth area, with visibility extending to Maitland.
Clarence Town, New South Wales
Clarence Town is a both a primarily rural locality and a township in the Dungog Shire local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is 193 kilometres north of Sydney, 54 km north-north-west of Newcastle, and 28 km from the Pacific Highway at Raymond Terrace. The locality is bisected by the Williams River. The township sits just to the west of the river about 32 km upstream from where it flows into the Hunter River at Raymond Terrace.
Thornton, New South Wales
Thornton is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It has a station (opened in 1871) on CityRail's Hunter line. It is about 1 km north of the New England Highway. Post code 2322, including Thornton, Beresfield, Tarro and Hexham, had a population of 14,654 in 2001. A new industrial estate and increased residential subdivisions have resulted in the RTA planning a major upgrade to the Weakleys Drive intersection, which was completed as of December 2008.
Irrawang High School
Irrawang High School is one of two state high schools in Raymond Terrace. Located on Mount Hall Road, it was opened in 1983 and has a staff of 80 which serves approximately 960 students from Raymond Terrace, Medowie and other outlying areas. The current principal is Col Elliot. The school colours are green, grey and white, which is reflected in the school uniform. Irrawang High School actively competed in the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge event from 1997 till 2004.
Woodberry, New South Wales
Woodberry is one of the eastern-most suburbs of the City of Maitland in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. Most of the population lives in residential subdivisions while almost 84% of the suburbs land is rural in nature. It lies to the west of the Hunter River, 2.4 kilometres of which forms the suburb's eastern border, separating it from Heatherbrae and Tomago in the Port Stephens local government area.
Williamtown, New South Wales
Williamtown is a rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the main road between Newcastle and Nelson Bay.
Tomago, New South Wales
Tomago is a combined industrial/semi-rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located just north of the Hunter River and west of the body of water known as Fullerton Cove. Tomago means "sweet water" in the local Aboriginal language.
Glen Oak, New South Wales
Glen Oak is a small community in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, shared between the Port Stephens and Dungog Local Government Areas (LGA). Approximately two thirds of the suburb's 45.1 square kilometres is located within the Port Stephens LGA while the remaining third, which is sparsely populated, is located in Dungog Shire. Glen Oak was originally a small town, settled in the 19th century as a river port.
Hinton, New South Wales
Hinton is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. Primarily rural, the largest population centre is the township of Hinton, which is situated on the Paterson River, near to the confluence of the Hunter and Paterson rivers.
Tomago aluminium smelter
The Tomago aluminium smelter is located at Tomago, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 13 km West of Newcastle. It is a major industrial site in the Port Stephens LGA. The smelter has a production capacity of 520,000 tonnes of aluminium (ingot, billet and slab) per year. It is operated by Tomago Aluminium Company, a joint venture owned by: Rio Tinto Alcan, 51.55% Gove Aluminium Finance Ltd, 36.05% (owned 70% by CSR Limited and 30% by AMP Limited) Hydro Aluminium, 12.40%
Osterley, New South Wales
Osterley is a small rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. Most of the small population lives in the elevated part of the suburb along Hinton Road, east of Barties Creek which is a tributary of the Hunter River. The area to the west of Barties creek is low-lying and subject to periodic flooding.
Nelsons Plains, New South Wales
Nelsons Plains is a primarily rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on Seaham Road between the Hunter and Williams rivers. At the 2011 census the suburb had a population of 324.
East Seaham, New South Wales
East Seaham is a primarily rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the east bank of the Williams River, opposite Glen Oak and Seaham. At the 2011 census, the population of East Seaham and the adjacecent suburb of Balickera was 359, with the two suburbs having an average population density of 5.5 /km .
Wallalong, New South Wales
Wallalong is a rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is bisected by High Street, along which a small residential zone of 938 people exists. To the east and west of this area the suburb is almost exclusively rural. Wallalong is said to mean a flat near a river or creek in a local Indigenous language.
Heatherbrae, New South Wales
Heatherbrae is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb lies to the east of the Hunter River and to the south of the town of Raymond Terrace. It is bisected by the Pacific Highway. At the 2011 census it had a population of 492. Most of the population lives to the west of the Pacific Highway in a housing subdivision while some residents live to the east of the highway in a semi-industrial area.
Newcastle Motordrome
Newcastle Motordrome was a Dirt track racing venue located on the Old Punt Road in Tomago, New South Wales, just north of the Hunter River and 12 kilometres north of the city of Newcastle. The ¼-mile speedway operated from its opening in 1977 until it was sold in 2002. The site of the Motordrome is now warehouses and light industrial factories.
Forgacs Shipyard Tomago
Forgacs Shipyard is a shipbuilding company located at Tomago, New South Wales on the Hunter River. The shipyard was opened in 1957 by John Laverick at Carrington and was known as Carrington Slipways. By 1972, the business required larger premises and moved to Tomago. The shipyard was bought by Forgacs Engineering in 1997.