Newcastle Area Attractions Directory : Sports and Recreation Facilities
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Beresfield Golf Course is a first class public facility that attracts a wide range of players to the game - from youngsters through to the aged, including players with disabilities.
Centrally located in the Hunter, only 20 minutes from Newcastle the golf course has some of the best value fees around. Receive expert tuition and equipment at great prices and enjoy a relaxed family atmosphere.
Club and cart hire, drinks and snacks are available.
The Hunter Wetlands Centre is a wildlife sanctuary and a haven for wildlife and people, providing a habitat for over 250 wildlife species. Located on 45 hectares of wetlands, it is the perfect nature-based tourism destination to explore, discover and relax and is only 10 minutes from Newcastle central business district, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales.
The Hunter Wetlands Centre offers a range of activities for people of all ages ranging from wildlife, walking trails and guided tours, ...
King Edward Park was dedicated as a recreation reserve in 1863. Within the grounds were a Bowling Green and the Obelisk, built as a navigational marker in 1850; the focal point is a Victorian rotunda.
The park has spectacular ocean views, Norfolk Island pines and a sunken garden usually ablaze of colour.
On the southern boundary are the remains of the Shepherds Hill Battery and Gunner's Cottage which were in regular use from 1890 to World War II.
There is nothing else like this facility in Australia! It is the largest Ocean Baths complex in the Southern Hemisphere. Council Lifeguard Services provided Monday to Saturday during swimming season.
The ocean baths features two large swimming pools, one of which is suitable for young children. Change room facilities and picnic tables and sheltered areas available.
Newcastle Golf Club is a private Golf Club with a course that consistently rates as one of the best in New South Wales and Australia.
Although the course is situated only a few kilometres from the busy industrial city and port of Newcastle, the wide bands of trees separating the fairways give a feeling of peaceful isolation from the cares of the world. The course is a championship links course, with rolling couch fairways and is surrounded by natural bushland, native trees and birdlife. Members...
With its distinctive and architecturally significant Art Deco pavilion, Newcastle Ocean Baths is one of the city’s outstanding historic landmarks and is a popular informal open air studio for amateur photographers. The Ocean Baths were constructed and in use before WWI, though not formally opened until the 1920s. The baths’ popularity has never waned throughout the ensuring decades and thousands of Novocastrians remember it fondly as the place where they first learned to swim. Construction began...
Wests Mayfield is situated in Mayfield, just five kilometres from the Newcastle central business district. Its convenient location on the main hub into Newcastle makes it easily accessible to both the local population and travellers alike.
Featuring three dining areas (offering indoor and outdoor dining), four bars, two function rooms, a pub and TAB and Keno Lounge, Wests Mayfield is the destination of choice for a variety of age groups and families are especially welcome.