One Mile is a suburb of the Port Stephens

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in the

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, Australia. The Worimi people are the

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of the Port Stephens area. The suburb is semi-rural with a small urban settlement, several eco-resorts and back-packer accommodations to the west of Gan Gan Road. On the beach side there is a residential land-lease community (Middlerock Home Village) and three tourist parks. The parks, two of which have licensed restaurants, are positioned to provide quick access to the suburb's two beaches. Since late 201
Port Stephens Koala Hospital
has been operating in the grounds of Treescape resort.

One Mile Beach, after which the area was named, is a family-friendly surf beach that is popular with tourists while Samurai Beach is accessible only by off-road vehicles and is clothing optional. Both beaches, like a large percentage of the locality, lie within the

Tomaree National Park Tomaree is a national park located in New South Wales, Australia, northeast of Sydney in the Port Stephens local government area. It is located on the shores of the Tasman Sea, extending north from Fishermans Bay to Shoal Bay passing through ...

. The beaches form most of the coastline of Anna Bay which gave the adjacent suburb of

Anna Bay Anna Bay is the name of a suburb, a town and a bay in the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb and town are immediately adjacent to the north-eastern end of Stockton Beach and provide ...

its name. The beach has a Surf Club, kiosk, barbecue and picnics area as well as public amenities. Although the suburb is formally called One Mile residents often refer to it as One Mile Beach. Until 2016, even some road signs identified the area incorrectly as One Mile Beach.

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One Mile Beach
– Beachsafe Surf Life Saving Website
Samurai Beach
– Beachsafe Surf Life Saving Website
Port Stephens Koala Hospital
Port Stephens Koalas Website {{Bays of New South Wales , state=autocollapse Suburbs of Port Stephens Council Bays of New South Wales Beaches of New South Wales