Macquarie Hills
District of Cockle Creek
in Lake Macquarie Shire of New South Wales, Australia
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Aeropelican Airport (8 mi) - Newcastle Airport (16 mi)
- Maitland Airport (19 mi)
- Cessnock Airport (20 mi)
- Singleton Airport (35 mi)
- Forster (Wallis Is) Airport (71 mi)
- Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (74 mi)
- Sydney Bankstown Airport (77 mi)
- Canberra International Airport (214 mi)
- Australian Convict Sites (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- Sydney Opera House (Unesco heritage, 61 mi)
- Greater Blue Mountains Area (Unesco heritage, 105 mi)
- Waratah Golf Club (Golf course, 1 mi)
- Charlestown Golf Club (Golf course, 2 mi)
- Merewether Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Belmont Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Beresfield Golf Course (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Newcastle Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Morisset Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Pokolbin Golf Course & Country Resort (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Pacific Dunes Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Toukley Golf Club (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -32.950 and 151.633 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -32° 57' 0" and E 151° 37' 59"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - AUD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 01:00 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Australia/Sydney
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:40 am and 9:38 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 36.950 and -25.167 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Areias - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Delve into Macquarie Hills
The district Macquarie Hills of Cockle Creek in Lake Macquarie Shire (New South Wales) is a district located in Australia about 216 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 21°C / 69 °F
| Morning Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 20°C / 68 °F |
| Night Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 57% |
| Air Pressure | 1026 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
23°C (73 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
24°C (75 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
25°C (77 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Cardiff Executive Apartments
Mercure Charlestown
The Executive Inn Newcastle
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Jesmond Executive Villas
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Hotel Jesmond
Tantarra Bed and Breakfast
Newcastle Heights Motel
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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.
1989 Newcastle earthquake
The 1989 Newcastle earthquake was a Richter magnitude 5.6 earthquake that occurred in Newcastle, New South Wales on Thursday, 28 December 1989, at 10:27 am. It was one of Australia's most serious natural disasters, killing 13 people and injuring more than 160. The damage bill has been estimated at A$4 billion (including an insured loss of about $1 billion).
Stockland Glendale
Stockland Glendale is a major shopping centre located in Glendale, a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on Lake Road, Glendale, on a 19.6-hectare parcel of land, and primarily serves the Lake Macquarie region to the southwest of Newcastle.
Charlestown, New South Wales
Charlestown is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, and the largest town within the City of Lake Macquarie. It is approximately 10 kilometres west-south-west of the central business district of Newcastle. Charlestown has the largest business centre within the Lake Macquarie city, with a greater turnover than that of the neighbouring Newcastle CBD. The suburb serves as the district's transport hub.
Kotara, New South Wales
Kotara is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 9 kilometres from Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Newcastle local government area. The Australasia Coal Company operated a mine near Kotara, in the valley below the present-day northern entrance to the Tickhole railway tunnels. A private railway connected the screens with the Government line near the present-day triangle junctions north of Broadmeadow.
Boolaroo, New South Wales
Boolaroo is a suburb of the city of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, located 19 kilometres west of Newcastle's central business district in Lake Macquarie's West Ward. It was at the epicenter of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake. Boolaroo borders a number of well known towns and suburbs within the Lake Macquarie Region, including Warners Bay and Speers Point, and, for a small strip of land, fronts onto Lake Macquarie itself.
Cardiff railway station, New South Wales
Cardiff is a railway station located in Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia on the Main North railway line. The original Cardiff station opened on 14 March 1889, and the station at the present site has been operating since 8 June 1902. The station has two platforms. The station is the closest to the factory of EDI Rail who have constructed some of CityRail's trains.
Cockle Creek railway station
Cockle Creek is a railway station located at Boolaroo, New South Wales, Australia, and south of Newcastle, on the Main North railway line. The station has two platforms. The station is served by intercity trains to Sydney and local trains to Morrisset of CityRail's Newcastle and Central Coast Line service. The privately owned Caledonian Collieries Ltd.
Teralba railway station
Teralba is a railway station located near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia on the Newcastle & Central Coast Line. The station has two platforms. The station is served by intercity trains to Sydney and local trains to Morisset. Prior to rail electrification, Teralba station operated an island platform, the eastern side for coal transportation from the Pacific colliery, and some passenger services, to and from Newcastle.
Booragul railway station
Booragul railway station is a railway station located near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia on the Main North railway line. The station opened in 1926, almost 40 years after the construction of this section of the Main North Line. The station has two platforms in an island configuration with lightweight passenger shelters. The original station buildings were extensively damaged in the 1989 Newcastle earthquake, resulting it their demolition and replacement with the current structures.
Glendale, New South Wales
Glendale is a suburb of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, located 15 kilometres west of Newcastle's central business district at the northern tip of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area.
Speers Point, New South Wales
Speers Point is a suburb within, and the location of the council seat of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area in New South Wales, Australia. It is 17 kilometres west-southwest of the city of Newcastle on the northern shore of Lake Macquarie, in Cockle and Warners Bays, between the suburbs of Cardiff and Warners Bay. Speers Point was settled in 1828 and local commerce began through a colliery in 1843. By 2006, the suburb had a population of 3,103.
Elermore Vale, New South Wales
Elermore Vale is a suburb on the western outskirts of Newcastle, New South Wales. Before becoming a residential suburb in the 1900s, the area was used for chicken farming, cattle farming, and coal mining. By the 1960s, the school and the other facilities of the suburb had been established. Plans for development of a retirement village, a A$6 million project by developers Pepperwood Ridge to create 72 self-care units for 800 people, in Elermore Vale have caused controversy.
Marmong Point, New South Wales
Marmong Point is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia north-north-east of the town of Toronto on the western shore of Lake Macquarie. Marmong is an Aboriginal word meaning low water or swampy water.
Booragul, New South Wales
Booragul is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, and is located north-northeast of the town of Toronto on the western shore Lake Macquarie. Booragul railway station is on the Newcastle and Central Coast railway line.
Argenton, New South Wales
Argenton is a suburb of the city of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia 16 kilometres west of the Newcastle's central business district in Lake Macquarie's West Ward.
Garden Suburb, New South Wales
Garden Suburb is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales 12 kilometres west of the Newcastle's central business district in Lake Macquarie's North Ward.
Hillsborough, New South Wales
Hillsborough is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia 13 kilometres from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie north ward.
Lakelands, New South Wales
Lakelands is a residential suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia 16 kilometres west of Newcastle's central business district near the northern end of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie west ward, and was formerly part of Warners Bay. Along Ambleside Circuit, the suburb's main street, is "Do Duck Inn", a general store providing newspapers and other basic needs. There is a tennis court, playground and also a cricket field in the south of Lakelands.
Cockle Creek Smelter
Cockle Creek Smelter was a zinc and lead smelter located at the northern end of Lake Macquarie near Boolaroo New South Wales. The smelter was built in by Sulphide Corporation Limited in 1896 and the first attempts to refine zinc using the Ashcroft Process began in 1897 and was abandoned shortly after due to technical difficulties. The plant was subsequently adapted to smelt Lead using blast furnace technology.
Macquarie Hills, New South Wales
Macquarie Hills is a residential suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, located 15 kilometres west of Newcastle's central business district near the northern end of Lake Macquarie between the town centres of Cardiff and Warners Bay. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie north ward.
Rankin Park, New South Wales
Rankin Park is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 11 kilometres west of Newcastle's central business district. It is split between the City of Lake Macquarie and City of Newcastle local government areas. The suburb began as a housing estate named Cambridge Hills Estate. The local preschool on McCaffrey Drive, formerly a sales office for the estate, retains the former estate's name.
Cardiff Heights, New South Wales
Cardiff Heights is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. It is located 13 kilometres west of Newcastle's central business district, and is part of the City of Lake Macquarie West Ward.
Cardiff South, New South Wales
Cardiff South is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, located 13 kilometres west-southwest of Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie north ward. Its soccer team, the South Cardiff Gunners play in the NBN State Football League, the top soccer competition in Newcastle.
Cardiff Locomotive Workshops
The Cardiff Locomotive Workshops were situated between Cockle Creek and Cardiff railway stations on the main Sydney to Newcastle railway line.
Warners Bay High School
Warners Bay High School is a secondary school situated in the suburb of Warners Bay in Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. The current principal is Dr. Sharon Parkes, and it has about 1300 students each year.
These districts also belong to Cockle Creek.
Other districtsThese are districts that are close by, but belong to a different city than Cockle Creek.
- Glendale
- Cardiff South
- Charlestown
- Cardiff
- Boolaroo
- Cardiff Heights
- Garden Suburb
- Kotara
- Eleebana
- Marmong Point
- Wallsend
- Rankin Park
- Elermore Vale
- Windale
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Cockle Creek.