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    23 Jan 2018

    Free park and ride service extended a month

    Newcastle City Council will extend the free introductory period for our popular park and ride service by another month. 

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    21 Jan 2018

    New tech to explore Art Gallery online

    A ground-breaking program inspired by Google's Street View is taking a virtual version of Newcastle Art Gallery to the world.
     
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    19 Jan 2018

    Heavy swells expose WWII tank traps

    Heavy swells along Stockton Beach have exposed World War II-era tank traps in the sand. Visitors to the beach are urged to take care.
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    18 Jan 2018

    City streets back to normal post-Supercars

    Traffic devices are being installed this week along the Newcastle 500 track as the city returns to business as usual after the inaugural Newcastle 500 event. 

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    18 Jan 2018

    Australia Day celebrations head to suburbs

    Powerboat races, a spectacular air show and the transformation of pools across the city into giant inflatable play zones are among the highlights of this year's Australia Day activities.

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    17 Jan 2018

    Stage 2 of Nobbys improvements set to start

    A spacious dual-purpose building with family change facilities and accessible toilets will be built at Nobbys Beach to complement the recently refurbished surf pavilion.
     
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    17 Jan 2018

    Doggy pageant heats up

    There's just one week left for proud dog owners to nominate their pooches in a fiercely contested competition to join Newcastle City Council's responsible dog ownership campaign team.
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    11 Jan 2018

    New reptiles for Blackbutt Reserve

    Blackbutt Reserve's two newest residents are getting ready to teach thousands of visitors about the wonderful world of reptiles.
     
     
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    11 Jan 2018

    Statement re Dixon Park Beach incident

    About 10.30am on Thursday 11 January, lifeguards at Dixon Park Beach responded to a swimmer in distress between the flags, close to shore.
     
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    10 Jan 2018

    Playground revamps on their way

    The ongoing overhaul of Newcastle's playgrounds is set to continue in 2018, with work set to begin in March on $150,000 revamps of two parkland locations.