Fullerton Cove is a rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of

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, Australia, located just north of Fern Bay and adjacent to Fullerton Cove, from which the suburb gets its name. The

Worimi The Worimi (also spelt Warrimay) people are Aboriginal Australians from the eastern Port Stephens and Great Lakes regions of coastal New South Wales, Australia. Before contact with settlers, their people extended from Port Stephens in the sout ...

people are the

traditional owners Native title is the designation given to the common law doctrine of Aboriginal title in Australia, which is the recognition by Australian law that Indigenous Australians (both Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people) have right ...

of the Port Stephens area. At the 2021 Australian census the population of Fullerton Cove was 745. Like Fern Bay, Fullerton Cove lies to the west of the

Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea ( Māori: ''Te Tai-o-Rēhua'', ) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about across and about from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer ...

. Although the entire coastline is part of

Stockton Beach Stockton Beach is located north of the Hunter River in New South Wales, Australia. It is long and stretches from Stockton, to Anna Bay. Over many years Stockton Beach has been the site of numerous shipwrecks and aircraft crash sites. In Wor ...

there is no public access to the beach from Fullerton Cove. The only access in the suburb is via a private track, which is off-limits to the public, in a large

sand mining Sand mining is the extraction of sand, mainly through an open pit (or sand pit) but sometimes mined from beaches and inland dunes or dredged from ocean and river beds. Sand is often used in manufacturing, for example as an abrasive or in conc ...

development at the end of Coxs Lane. Sand tracks in this area provide best access to the wreck of the , a 53,000 tonne

bulk carrier A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo — such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement — in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, eco ...

that ran aground during a major storm on 26 May 1974 and which has since become an icon and landmark for the local area as well as being a popular destination for off-road enthusiasts driving along Stockton Beach. Most of the population in the suburb is limited to an area along Fullerton Cove Road in a corridor of approximately , or 7.7% of the total suburb's area. Although the suburb is surrounded by several others, the only public road into the suburb is Nelson Bay Road, from Fern Bay in the south and Williamtown in the north.

Stanley Park

On 77 Fullerton Cove Road is the location of Stanley Park first owned by James Smith built in 1837. Built on 880 acres which was given to James Smith 1837. In 1938 James sold to Gentleman John Smith. In 1897 Stanley Smith the grandson of John Smith built a two storey homestead at cost £1,800. It remained the Smith family until 1968. The finals occupants were the spinster sister who moved out having the inability to pay for repairs. The property was sold in 1980 after being unoccupied for twelve years. It has six marble fireplaces and cedar joinery throughout. The original French doors and wide verandahs with worugh iron lattice have been restored. The house is privately owned has eight Victorian style bedrooms on 28 acres of land. The property is used wedding, events, accommodation and high teas.

Transport

Fullerton Cove is served by

Hunter Valley Buses Hunter Valley Buses is an Australian bus operator who operates bus, coach and charter services in the Central Coast and Hunter regions of New South Wales. Previously known as Blue Ribbon, it was one of the first companies to be bought by Comfo ...

route 136 from Stockton to

Raymond Terrace Raymond Terrace is a town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, about by road north of Newcastle on the Pacific Highway. Established in 1837 it is situated at the confluence of the Hunter and Williams rivers. The town was nam ...

. Coach operator

Sid Fogg's Sid Fogg's is an Australian bus and coach charter company based in Fullerton Cove in the Hunter Region of New South Wales. History The origins of Sid Fogg's can be traced to the 1920s when Amos Fogg founded Fogg's Motor Service. In the 1950s ow ...

Stanley Park

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