Windale
Windale is a suburb of the city of Lake Macquarie, in the Newcastle metropolitan area.
Windale is a suburb of the city of Lake Macquarie, in the Newcastle metropolitan area. It is located west of the junction of the Pacific Highway and Newcastle Inner City Bypass, covering an area of 1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi). Windale is a lower socio-economic area consisting largely of public housing homes, and has historically been known for its high rates of alcoholism, crime and unemployment, however recent local government efforts to regenerate the area have been somewhat successful. The suburb was listed as one of the most socially disadvantaged areas in the State according to the 2015 Dropping Off The Edge report.
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Worth seeing in and around Windale
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Charlestown
Charlestown is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, and the largest suburb in Lake Macquarie and in the Greater Newcastle area. It is approximately 10 kilometres west-south-west of the central business district of Newcastle.
3 km · suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Belmont North
Belmont North is a suburb of Greater Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, located 18 kilometres southwest of Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie.
2.9 km · suburb of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Jewells
Jewells is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia 15 kilometres from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie and north-east of the town of Belmont.
1.8 km · suburb of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Kahibah Public School
Kahibah Public School is a government-funded co-educational primary day school, located in Kahibah, a suburb of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1938 in the Kahibah Memorial Hall, it moved to its current location in 1954.
3.5 km · school in Lake Macquarie LGA, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
The Hunter Ice Skating Stadium is an ice sports and public skate centre, opened in 2000 and located in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. The stadium serves as the home ice rink of the Newcastle Northstars who compete in the Australian Ice Hockey League and East Coast Super League.
4 km · ice arena in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Mount Hutton
Mount Hutton is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, located 14 kilometres from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie North Ward.
1.5 km · suburb of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Windale
- Airports
- Newcastle (NTL), 26 km · Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 116 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Windale116 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · A$18–24
- Gold Coast → Windale580 km · quickest by air, 5h 40m · A$250–370
- Toowoomba → Windale605 km · quickest by air, 5h 28m · A$250–370
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Windale
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Windale. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere is a single ferry service between and , costing $2.40 each way, also using Opal cards.
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Next door to Windale
Windale is 12 km from Newcastle, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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