The state government says heavy rain last weekend has not changed the timetable for light rail works at Stewart Avenue.
The busy arterial road has been shut for the past two weekends so tracks could be installed.
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Live music, markets and a University of Newcastle creative technology “lab” will transform Newcastle Station when the historic landmark reopens to the public in September. Renew Newcastle general manager Christopher Saunders told a Newcastle Tourism Industry Group meeting on Wednesday that the station’s restored buildings would also house a retail space for up to 100 producers of “high-end”, hand-made local goods, a cafe and a bar.
Read more: https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5451672/newcastle-station-operator-turns-up-the-volume-on-inner-city-living/ An expansion of the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales, the world’s largest coal export facility, will not go ahead. Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) has decided against proceeding with the expansion, which would involve the development of Terminal 4. The decision comes despite strong market conditions for Hunter Valley coal, with exports from Newcastle nearing record levels and prices above $US100/t. PWCS expects incremental growth in 2018 on the 105Mt exported from its terminals last year.
Read more: https://www.australianmining.com.au/news/port-newcastle-coal-expansion-scrapped/ The bow tilts down as the 54 ft catamaran navigates the swell beyond the Tomaree Headland. There is a patch of water locally-known as the washing machine where the going gets choppy, but twin-keeled boat takes the water in her stride. To the port side, Boondelabah island looms out of the grey and green. It's raining. There's a shower moving in a slow drama across the horizon. Then, it happens: a juvenile humpback whale throws its bulky body out of the water. The watchers point, the crew calls to the skipper, the catamaran turns toward the whitewater. The chase is on.
Read more: https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5453143/the-humpback-whales-long-swim-north-to-warmer-waters/ Newcastle is a city that is passionate about its parks, its beaches and the outdoors, and Novocastrians are also passionate about our pooches. We are one of the most dog loving LGAs in NSW, with more than half of all homes having a four-legged member of the family, compared to just 38 per cent of households in NSW as a whole. To help meet community demand for places our four-legged friends can run free, Newcastle City Council has set aside $220,000 in the 2018-19 financial year to fund the first of four planned new off-leash dog parks, one in each ward of the local government area.
Read more: http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/Council/News/Latest-News/More-off-leash-parks-for-Newcastle-pooches Tireless community volunteer Howard Mole has been named a Freeman of the City of Newcastle in recognition of decades of service to the city and its people.
Mr Mole is only the 14th Novocastrian to receive this honour, one that is rarely awarded and only to those who have provided the highest level of community service. Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes presented the award today at an event at Newcastle's Soul Café. A story telling photoshoot creating a composite image as par of our hometown girl Series.
A Newcastle couple who lost their daughter in a horseriding accident a decade ago, is continuing a campaign to increase safety in the equine industry.
Interdisciplinary artist Louisa Magrics works in the space between the musical and the visual by literally crocheting the two together.
The Newcastle University PhD candidate currently has a collaborative work Hyperweb on exhibition at Sydney Vivid. Modern-day adventurer Terra Roam has become the first woman to walk solo and unsupported 17,000 kilometres around Australia, crossing the finish line in her hometown of Newcastle last week.
"I want people to know — women, everybody to know — that whatever you dream you can achieve," she said. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-12/adventurer-terra-roam-becomes-first-woman-walk-around-australia/9751414 |