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The district Buchanan of in Cessnock (New South Wales) is located in Australia about 218 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 28°C / 83 °F
Morning Temperature | 20°C / 68 °F |
Evening Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
Night Temperature | 20°C / 68 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 54% |
Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from North-West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 75% of sky |
General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Friday, 6th of December 2024
34°C (94 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 7th of December 2024
35°C (96 °F)
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Moderate rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 8th of December 2024
28°C (82 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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Videos from this area
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LJ Hooker Cessnock | Kurri Kurri Market Update
In our December edition of the LJ Hooker Cessnock | Kurri Kurri Market Update we discuss the year that was 2014. we also discuss some recent sales results; including 4 Chapman St Cessnock...
KURRI KURRI MURAL TOWN
These murals depict the history and life of a mining town called Kurri Kurri in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia.
March Market Update brought to you by LJ Hooker Cessnock and Kurri Kurri
Welcome to our March Market Update brought to you by LJ Hooker Cessnock and Kurri Kurri presented by Bryce Gibson Our Monthly market updates are designed to help property owners, first home...
Remains of Kurri Road Railway Station - Maitland Coal Fields Hunter Valley
This is the remains of the Kurri Road Railway Station which was opened in June 1908 and located between Heddon Greta and Stanford Merthyr Stations in the Cessnock area. This station is not...
Mark Plaisted & Sam Gilbert race at Kurri Speedway Sept 16, 2012
Mark Plaisted & Sam Gilbert race against Darrin Treloar and Simon Cohrs at Kurri Speedway. Mark and Sam are racing together for the first time at Kurri in preparation for the Aussie Titles...
Blackchrome Speedway Sidecar Grand Slam Round 1 - Heat 12
Blackchrome Speedway Sidecar Grand Slam Round 1 at Kurri Kurri Speedway, NSW, Australia. Heat 12 featuring: 1. Andrew Buchanan & Philippa Burns 2. Hayden Bond & Brady Cox 3. Mark Cossar & ...
Australian Speedway Sidecar Championship 2012 - Semi Final
Australian Speedway Sidecar Championship 2012 at Loxford Park Speedway -- Kurri Kurri Semi Final featuring: 1. Grant Bond & Glenn Cox 2. Justin Plaisted & Sam Harrison 3. Mark Plaisted & Sam...
Blackchrome Speedway Sidecar Grand Slam Round 1 - Heat 4
Blackchrome Speedway Sidecar Grand Slam Round 1 at Kurri Kurri Speedway, NSW, Australia. Heat 4 featuring: 1. Mark Plaisted & Brian Anthony 2. Grant Bond & Glenn Cox 3. Mick Farrell Jnr &...
Blackchrome Speedway Sidecar Grand Slam Round 1 - Heat 5
Blackchrome Speedway Sidecar Grand Slam Round 1 at Kurri Kurri Speedway, NSW, Australia. Heat 5 featuring: 1. Andrew Buchanan & Philippa Burns 2. Warren Monson & Matt Morgan 3.
Blackchrome Speedway Sidecar Grand Slam Round 1 - Heat 2
Blackchrome Speedway Sidecar Grand Slam Round 1 at Kurri Kurri Speedway, NSW, Australia. Heat 2 featuring: 1. Darrin Treloar & Blake Cox 2. Brodie Cohen & Cal Campbell 3. Mick Farrell Snr...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Maitland, New South Wales
Maitland is a city in the Lower Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia and the seat of Maitland City Council, situated on the Hunter River approximately 166 kilometres by road north of Sydney and 35 km north-west of Newcastle. It is on the New England Highway about 17 km from its start at Hexham.
Francis Greenway
Francis Howard Greenway (20 November 1777 – September 1837) was an English-born architect who was transported to Australia for the crime of forgery. In New South Wales he worked for the Governor, Lachlan Macquarie, as Australia's first government architect. He became widely known and admired through his work displayed in buildings such as St Matthew's Church in Windsor, New South Wales, St James' Church, Sydney and Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney.
2NUR
2NUR is an Australian radio station, licensed to, and serving Newcastle and its surrounds. It is a community radio station, licensed to the University of Newcastle. It operates at 103.7 megahertz on the FM band. Its callsign, 2NUR, stands for Newcastle University Radio, and the 2 is a standard prefix for radio stations in New South Wales.
Ashtonfield, New South Wales
Ashtonfield is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is the location of the new Ashtonfield Public School
Maitland railway station
Maitland railway station is a station on the Hunter Line. It serves the City of Maitland, New South Wales. Maitland station is the branch point for the Main North railway line and the North Coast Line, with the Main North Line continuing to Scone, and beyond and the North Coast Line continuing to Dungog and beyond.
Victoria Street railway station, New South Wales
Victoria Street is a railway station in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is served by CityRail's Hunter Line services. It is in about the same location as the first East Maitland station and marked the temporary terminus of the railway from Newcastle while the bridge over Wallis Creek was built. From 1906 to 1926 it was also an interchange station with the stream tramway line that ran from West to East Maitland.
East Maitland railway station
East Maitland is a railway station in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of CityRail's outer suburban network, on the Hunter Line. It is the fourth site of the station known as East Maitland. The first site, a temporary terminus while the bridge over Wallis Creek was being built was about where Victoria St Station is now. The second was directly north of William Street East Maitland and between the East Maitland Courthouse and Post office..
High Street railway station, New South Wales
High Street is a railway station in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of CityRail's outer suburban network, on the Hunter Line.
Kurri Kurri, New South Wales
Kurri Kurri is a small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Cessnock LGA. At the 2006 census its population was 5,644. The combined population of Kurri Kurri and the adjoining suburbs of Stanford Merthyr, Pelaw Main and Weston was 10,428. Kurri Kurri's name comes from the local Awabakal language where it has a meaning similar to "the beginning" or "the first".
Hunter Valley Grammar School
Hunter Valley Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, non-denominational, day school, located in Ashtonfield, a suburb in the city of Maitland, in the lower Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The school was founded in 1990 and is situated on 13 hectares of land. In 2009 Hunter Valley Grammar School catered for approximately 950 students from pre-school to Year 12.
City of Maitland
The City of Maitland is a local government area in the lower Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is situated adjacent to the New England Highway and the Hunter railway line. The Mayor of the City of Maitland Council is Cr. Peter Blackmore, an independent politician.
East Maitland, New South Wales
East Maitland is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and it has two stations, Victoria Street station and East Maitland station (opened initially in 1858), on CityRail's Hunter line. It is also home to a major commercial district called Greenhills, which includes Stockland Green Hills.
West Wallsend, New South Wales
West Wallsend is a suburb and small town in the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia. It is near the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and the western suburbs of Newcastle.
Holmesville, New South Wales
Holmesville is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 21 kilometres from Newcastle's central business district and close to the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area. Holmesville is the home town of Miss Universe winner, Jennifer Hawkins.
All Saints College, Maitland
All Saints College is a Catholic co-educational secondary day school situated in the Hunter Region NSW Australia. It is a Systemic Catholic School and part of the Catholic Schools Office of Maitland-Newcastle. The college has three campuses: St Mary's Campus Maitland (Years 11-12) St Peter's Campus Maitland (Years 7-10) St Joseph’s Lochinvar (Years 7-10)
Black Hill, New South Wales
Black Hill is a rural locality and suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 26 kilometres northwest of Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Newcastle and City of Cessnock local government areas.
Lenaghan, New South Wales
Lenaghan is an outer northwestern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 20 kilometres from Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Newcastle local government area.
Minmi, New South Wales
Minmi is an outer western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 19 kilometres from Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Newcastle local government area. Minmi was an important coal mining centre in the second half of the nineteenth century, particularly under the ownership and management of J & A Brown. Minmi's mines were connected by a private railway line across the Hexham Swamp to J & A Brown's loading facilities on the Hunter River at Hexham.
Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter
The Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter is located at Kurri Kurri, in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. The smelter produced 164,000 tonnes of aluminium in 2006 and is owned and operated by Hydro Aluminium - part of the Norsk Hydro group.
Pelaw Main, New South Wales
Pelaw Main is a hamlet a few kilometres south-west of Kurri Kurri, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It owes its origins entirely to the colliery there of the same name.
All Saints College, St Joseph's Campus
All Saints College. St. Joseph's Campus is a coeducational secondary day school catering for years 7 to 10, based in New South Wales, Australia. The school was created in 1990 by the amalgamation of Catholic secondary schools in the area, St. Joseph's, St. Peter's and St. Mary's in Maitland. St. Joseph's is one of the oldest schools in New South Wales, and in Australia. The Sisters of St. Joseph, founded by Fr Julian Tension Woods, established their first school at Lochinvar in 1883.
Stockland Green Hills
Stockland Green Hills is a major shopping Centre located in East Maitland, an eastern suburb of Maitland, New South Wales Australia. It is located on Molly Morgan Drive, East Maitland near the New England Highway, on a 15.7-hectare parcel of land, and primarily serves the Maitland, Lower Hunter and the Upper Hunter regions to the west of Newcastle.
Buchanan, New South Wales
Buchanan is a locality in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is the intended location of one of the interchanges on the proposed Hunter Expressway and the preferred location for a regional freight hub.
Mulbring, New South Wales
Mulbring is a village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. In 2006 Mulbring had a population of 316, which included part of Mount Vincent. The village is situated about 10 kilometres south of Kurri Kurri and about 1 km north of the village of Mount Vincent. The nearest major town is Cessnock which is approximately 25 km north-west of Mulbring. Mulbring is in the City of Cessnock local government area (LGA) and Northumberland County at an elevation of 47 metres above sea level.
Weston, New South Wales
Weston is a town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the City of Cessnock local government area, located approximately 11 km from Cessnock. At the 2006 census it had a population of 3,212. Weston's post office opened on 25 January 1904.