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First of six fitness parks built on Fernleigh Track

One of Newcastle's best-known exercise routes, the Fernleigh Track, is now giving outdoor enthusiasts another way to keep fit thanks to a new workout station built just north of the City Road tunnel at Adamstown Heights.

Love where you live? Tell us why and win!

The City invites locals and visitors to share their love of Newcastle for a chance to win a framed illustration of the dearly departed Queens Wharf Tower.
 

Olsen Ormandy's creative force hits Newcastle Art Gallery

OLSEN ORMANDY: a creative force, a new exhibition from artists Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy, opens at Newcastle Art Gallery with a street party celebration this Friday night.
 

Building begins on City's solar farm

Construction on the region's biggest solar farm has begun after Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes turned the first sod today on a disused landfill site at the Summerhill Waste Management Centre facility.
 

The future of Newcastle's transport set to arrive in 2019

A driverless vehicle will for the first time ever operate on local public roads in 2019 as City of Newcastle seeks proposals from qualified operators to trial an autonomous public transport vehicle that can operate safely in traffic.
 

Eternal Flame to be unveiled Sunday

Novocastrians are invited to the unveiling of the City's first Eternal Flame at Civic Park this Sunday in celebration of the centenary of Armistice Day.
 

Park and Ride celebrates first birthday

The City of Newcastle's popular Park and Ride service turns one today after taking 20,000 cars off inner-city streets since it was first introduced in November 2017.
 

Supercars documentation made public

City of Newcastle welcomed a decision by the Appeal Panel of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal to withhold financial details relating to the Newcastle 500 that were subject to a commercial-in-confidence agreement with Supercars and Destination NSW.

Dress up your business for Newcastle 500

The 2018 Newcastle 500 is just around the next turn - and City of Newcastle is calling on businesses to dress up and rev up to welcome Supercars fans into the city.
 

Clear library fines while supporting needy

Newcastle Region Library members can clear more than $70,000 in unpaid library overdue fines while supporting people in need across Newcastle this Christmas.