Heritage listed Catherine Hill Bay is a rare but largely intact example of a coal company town and it contains the oldest group of buildings in Lake Macquarie.
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Catherine Hill Bay NSW: The beauty and the beach
Why you’ll love Australia’s first inland city
When you travel to Goulburn NSW you’ll realise immediately this unique inland city has a colourful history. The wealth and influence it once had is reflected in the scale and splendour of its streetscapes and it’s architecture. This is a grand old lady with a thousand stories to tell.
Read moreBrunswick Heads: Just Relax
Tranquil Brunswick Heads has such a laid back atmosphere it would be hard not to unwind even if you didn’t want to. Somehow it has managed to retain a charming old-school seaside village holiday atmosphere – despite the rapid development of the surrounding region.
Read more5 good reasons to visit Collector NSW
The village of Collector NSW punches above its weight when it comes to quirkiness and a wonderful sense of community. There’s a heap of really good reasons to visit – here’s five of them.
Read moreAnzac Day: The story of a lost soldier
At the end of the track to Bullimah Spur in Bouddi National Park at Killcare, the story of a lost soldier is fading into history. An ordinary man who made an extraordinary sacrifice and left an amazing legacy.
Read moreWonderful off beat holiday adventures
The Easter long weekend just around the corner, we’ve delved into the archive to come up with nine offbeat travel ideas. Hidden ruins, ancient volcanoes, and a lost railway – and that’s just the start.
Read moreStockton: Newcastle’s hidden gem
Stockton is just a five minute ferry ride from the heart of Newcastle and yet has the charm and laid back atmosphere of a coastal country town. It feels like you’re on holidays.
Read moreHartley NSW: The town frozen in time
This is one of those boom and bust stories, of changing fortunes and changing times – a 19th century township frozen in time.
Read moreHow a Chinese Garden helped a town come to terms with its past
This is the story of Australia’s worst race riot and how a garden helped Young NSW make peace with the demons of it’s history.
Read moreLithgow: An amazing industrial revolution town
Lithgow is a town with a colourful industrial past. The birthplace of Australia’s steel industry, the home of a small arms factory crucial through two World Wars. And that’s just part of the story.
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