Fullerton Cove, New South Wales

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Fullerton Cove
New South Wales

The Sygna as she lay off Stockton Beach on 6 August 2005
Postcode: 2318
Coordinates: 32°50′36″S 151°49′35″E / -32.84333, 151.82639Coordinates: 32°50′36″S 151°49′35″E / -32.84333, 151.82639
Elevation: 3.7 m (12 ft) Note1
Area: 31.3 km² (12.1 sq mi) Note2
Time zone:

 • Summer (DST)

 AEST (UTC+10)

AEDT (UTC+11)
Location:
LGA: Port Stephens Council[1]
Region: Hunter
County: Gloucester[2]
Parish: Stowell[2]
State District: Port Stephens
Federal Division: Paterson
Mean Max Temp Mean Min Temp Rainfall
27.9 °C
82 °F		 6.4 °C
44 °F		 1,125.6 mm
44.3 in
Suburbs around Fullerton Cove:
Williamtown, Tomago Williamtown Williamtown
Tomago Fullerton Cove Tasman Sea
Kooragang Fern Bay Tasman Sea

Fullerton Cove is a rural suburb of the Port Stephens Local Government Area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located just north of Fern Bay and adjacent to Fullerton Cove, from which the suburb gets its name.[1][3][4]

Like Fern Bay Fullerton Cove lies to the west of the Tasman Sea. Although the entire coastline is part of Stockton Beach there is no public access to the beach from Fullerton Cove although access is possible through a large sand mining development at the end of Coxs Lane. Sand tracks in this area provide best access to the wreck of the Sygna, a 53,000 tonne Norwegian bulk carrier that ran aground during a major storm on 26 May 1974 and which has since become an icon and landmark for the local area as well as being a popular destination for off-road enthusiasts driving along Stockton Beach.

Most of the population in the suburb is limited to an area along Fullerton Cove Road in a corridor of approximately 2.4 square kilometres (0.9 sq mi), or 7.7% of the total suburb's area.[3] Although the suburb is surrounded by several others, the only public road into the suburb is Nelson Bay Road, from Fern Bay in the south and Williamtown in the north.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^  Fullerton Cove is primarily flat however it does have some elevated areas, mainly in the form of vegetated sandhills up to 9.1 metres (30 ft) above mean sea level. The figure presented represents the average elevation throughout the majority of the suburb as shown on 1:100000 map NEWCASTLE 9232.
  2. ^  Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Port Stephens. New South Wales Department of Local Government. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
  2. ^ a b Geographical Names Register Extract: Fullerton Cove (suburb). Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
  3. ^ a b c Fullerton Cove. Department of Lands - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Department of Lands. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
  4. ^ Geographical Names Register Extract: Fullerton Cove (cove). Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.


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Towns, suburbs and localities of Port Stephens Council | Hunter Region | New South Wales

Anna Bay • Balickera • Boat Harbour • Bobs Farm • Brandy Hill • Butterwick • Campvale • Corlette • Duns Creek • Eagleton • East Seaham • Fern Bay • Ferodale • Fingal Bay • Fishermans Bay • Fullerton Cove • Glen Oak • Heatherbrae • Hinton • Karuah • Lemon Tree Passage • Mallabula • Medowie • Nelson Bay • Nelsons Plains • One Mile • Osterley • Oyster Cove • Raymond Terrace • Salamander Bay • Salt Ash • Seaham • Shoal Bay • Soldiers Point • Swan Bay • Tanilba Bay • Taylors Beach • Tomago • Twelve Mile Creek • Wallalong • Williamtown • Woodville


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