Cardiff, New South Wales
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| Country: | Australia |
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| State: | New South Wales |
| City Council: | Lake Macquarie City Council |
| Ward: | North Ward |
| Surrounded by: | Glendale (North); Cardiff Heights (Northeast); Garden Suburb (East); Cardiff South (Southeast); Macquarie Hills (South); Boolaroo (Southwest); Argenton (Northwest) |
Cardiff is a suburb of the city of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia.
Cardiff is an irregularly shaped suburb that is home to around 5000 people. It contains 2 government primary schools, a Catholic primary school and a government high school. Like most major suburbs in Lake Macquarie, it has its own commercial centre with a post office, pub (hotel), real estate agencies, take-away shops, a video store, hairdressers and a supermarket.
The local police station no longer provides counter services, having been converted into a centre for Highway Patrol officers in around 1998.
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[edit] Supermarkets
Cardiff currently only has one supermarket. It is called BiLo, but is in the process of being re-branded as Coles.
Cardiff previously had two supermarkets but lost the other one when Food For Less (the original Woolworths supermarket, located just south of Main Road) burned down. During demolition following the fire, the building was found to be contaminated with asbestos and the ground underneath it was found to be contaminated with heavy metals. The rubble was removed but the ground has to be remediated to remove the contamination before a new building can be built on the site. Woolworths have indicated that they intend to build a larger new supermarket in the site in the future.
[edit] Car Sales
The suburb is home to a large number of car dealerships, including a Ford dealership, a Holden dealership, a multi-brand dealership selling Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and Kia, an ex-fleet vehicle dealer and several used car dealers.
[edit] Industrial Estate
Cardiff is a major employment area thanks to the Cardiff Industrial Estate, which is the highest employing area in the Hunter region.
Around half of that industrial estate is accessible only via one section of Munibung Road, a 2-lane road between two T-intersections (Torrens Avenue and Mitchell Road) which experience frequent crashes. The intersection of Munibung Road with Macquarie Road and Myall Road is the main access point for the entire industrial estate and suffers from some of the most severe congestion in the Hunter Valley.
A proposal exists for the extension of Pennant Street over the railway line to a roundabout connecting to Main Road near Glendale Drive and to the end of Stockland Drive inside the Glendale Super Centre shopping centre. The proposal also includes the construction of a new railway station (to be named Glendale) for access to the industrial estate and the Glendale shopping centre. The proposal is ready to proceed but has been awaiting state government funding for several years.
A further proposal exists for the extension of Munibung Road through the redeveloped Pasminco Sulphide site, connecting through the new light industrial development there to end of Lake Road near Boolaroo. It is hoped that the developer will fund that road as part of that development.
[edit] Railway
The main northern railway line passes through Cardiff to the north of the industrial estate and commercial centre. Cardiff railway station is located on Main Road up a steep hill from the commercial centre.
The railway station has a single island platform, which is located between the two tracks. Access to the platform is only available via a staircase that is exposed to the weather and difficult for elderly residents to negotiate. There have been calls for the station to be upgraded to provide access for disabled and infirm people but government funding has not yet been allocated. Concern has been raised by local residents that Cardiff station may not be upgraded if the proposed Glendale station goes ahead.
Two carparks are provided on the southern side of the railway station. A small carpark is located directly alongside the southbound track, while a larger carpark is located down another steep staircase.
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