Fern Bay, New South Wales

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Fern Bay
New South Wales
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New housing subdivision works at Fern Bay
Fern Bay is located in New South Wales
Fern Bay
Fern Bay
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Population 1,625 (2011 census)[1]
 • Density 191.2/km2 (495/sq mi) [lower-alpha 1]
Postcode(s) 2295
Area 8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi)[lower-alpha 2]
Time zone AEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s) Port Stephens Council[2]
Region Hunter
County Gloucester[3]
Parish Stockton[3]
State electorate(s) Newcastle
Federal Division(s) Newcastle
Mean max temp[4] Mean min temp[4] Annual rainfall[4]
25.5 °C
78 °F		 8.4 °C
47 °F		 1,140.8 mm
44.9 in
Suburbs around Fern Bay:
Fullerton Cove Fullerton Cove Fullerton Cove
Fullerton Cove, Hunter River (north arm) Fern Bay Tasman Sea
Hunter River (North Arm) Stockton Tasman Sea

Fern Bay is the southern-most suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] It is located just north of Stockton, which is the only suburb of Newcastle that lies north of the Hunter River and to the east of the north arm of the Hunter River at the entrance to Fullerton Cove, a large body of water. To the east is the Tasman Sea.[5] Despite the suburb only being 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) in a direct line from Newcastle, the need to cross the Hunter River results in Fern Bay being 16 km (9.9 mi) by road from the centre of the city.

The area is undergoing a residential expansion program with a large development being built between Nelson Bay Road and Stockton Beach on land formerly used as a military weapons range.[6][7]

Notes

  1. ↑ This is the average density for the whole suburb, which contains large tracts of marshlands, beaches and coastal scrubland, none of which is populated.
  2. ↑ Area calculation is based on NSW 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.

References

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