Warners Bay is a suburb of the
City of Lake Macquarie
The City of Lake Macquarie is a local government area (LGA) in the Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia. It was proclaimed a city on 7 September 1984. It is adjacent to the city of Newcastle and is part of the Greater Newcastle area. ...
in
New South Wales
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,
Australia
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, and is located from
Newcastle
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's
central business district
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on the eastern side of
Lake Macquarie. It is often regarded as a part of the
Greater Newcastle
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district. It was named after Jonathan Warner, who settled the area.
Warners Bay is the second-largest population centre in Lake Macquarie with over 7,000 residents (2016), and more than 615 businesses operating in the area.
History
The
Awabakal
The Awabakal people , are those Aboriginal Australians who identify with or are descended from the Awabakal tribe and its clans, Indigenous to the coastal area of what is now known as the Hunter Region of New South Wales. Their traditional te ...
people are the first people of the area.
Areas of interest
There are two main areas where most of the businesses in Warners Bay are situated.
Near the lake foreshore there is a variety of local businesses such as cafés and restaurants with alfresco dining. There is an indoor shopping centre, known as Warners Bay Village. There is also an
Australia Post
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post office in the area.
The other is a large-sized industrial estate situated along Hillsborough and Macquarie roads. Here there is an
ice rink
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, a
ten pin bowling alley, a laser tag complex, indoor go-karting, multiple gymnasiums and many bulk item stores including furniture stores and gardening centres, many of which are located in the Warners Bay Home homemaker complex.
The lakeshore has become a hub for recreational activity, both onshore and water based. Picnics, sailing and paddle-boating are all popular activities. A shared bike and walking path, which runs from the Art Gallery in
Booragul to
Green Point traverses the lake foreshore.
Sport
Warners Bay is home to a number of local sporting clubs including the Warners Bay Bulldogs (
Australian rules football
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), Warners Bay Panthers (Football/Soccer) and Warners Bay/Cardiff Junior Cricket Club. The home ground for these sporting clubs is
Feighan Park.
The Hunter Ice Skating Stadium is located in Warners Bay, and hosted the
IIHF
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The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey tourn ...
2008 Division II World Championships. The Hunter Ice Skating Stadium is home to the 3 times Australian Champions
Newcastle North Stars Ice Hockey team, and the Newcastle Ice Skating Club, boasting several NSW and Australian champion skaters.
Image gallery
File:PLJohnson Warners Bay NSW 2.jpg, Foreshore walk and shopping strip
File:PLJohnson Warners Bay, NSW, 3..jpg, Foreshore walk, viewing south
File:PLJohnson Warners Bay NSW 1.jpg, Foreshore and public jetty, viewing north
References
External links
History of Warners Bay(Lake Macquarie City Library)
{{City of Lake Macquarie suburbs
Suburbs of Lake Macquarie
Bays of New South Wales