Monkerai, New South Wales

Monkerai is a large rural area located in the hills in the land between Dungog and Gloucester in Great Lakes Council, in the Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia. Monkerai is traditionally timber and dairy country but in previous years has become grazing country.

Monkerai boasts the following attractions - a public hall and a historic bridge. It is surrounded by state forests and national parks, including the Black Bulga State Conservation Area.

The historic Monkerai Bridge over Karuah River, located on the Weismantels-Dingadee Rd, Monkerai, is a timber truss bridge, completed in 1882, and is not open for traffic until it is repaired. "The Monkerai bridge is a rare and representative example of Old PWD timber truss road bridges, and is assessed as being Nationally significant, primarily on the basis of its technical and historical significance" ^[1] The Monkerai Karuah River Bridge is featured in a short film, "Maintaining the Links"^[2]

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Coordinates: 32°15′13″S 151°51′30″E / 32.25361°S 151.85833°E / -32.25361; 151.85833

Towns, suburbs and localities of Great Lakes Council, in the Hunter & Mid North Coast Regions, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Alderley Alderley Creek Allworth Bennetts Head Blueys Beach Bombah Point Boolambayte Boomerang Beach Booral Booti Booti Bulahdelah Bulby Brush Bundabah Bungwahl Bunyah Bunyah Upper Burgess Beach Burraduc Cape Hawke Carrington Charlottes Bay Clareval Coolongolook Coomba Coomba Bay Coomba Park Craven Crawford River Cureeki Creek Darawank Dewrang Dirty Creek Dungog Elizabeth Beach Failford Fernhill Forster Forster Keys Forster Waters Friendship Key Gereeba Island Girvan Green Point Hawks Nest Johnsons Creek Karuah Legges Camp Lime Kiln Limeburners Creek Markwell Mayers Flat Milbrook Mill Creek Upper Minimbah Monkerai Mungo Brush Myall Lakes Myall Upper Nabiac Nerong New Forster Newells Creek Nooroo North Arm Cove North Pindimar Nugra Nugramudgee Pacific Palms Pindimar Pioneer Park Pipers Bay Rosenthal Sandbar Seal Rocks Smiths Lake South Pindimar Stroud Stroud Road Sugarloaf Point Tahlee Tamboy Tarbuck Bay Tea Gardens Telegherry Terreel The Branch Tiona Topi Topi Tuncurry Upper Karuah River Upper Monkerai Violet Hill Wallamba Island Wallingat Wallingat River Wallis Island Wallis Lake Wards River Warranulla Washpool Wattley Hill Weismantels Whoota Willina Winda Woppa Wootton Yagon Yagon Beach

Rivers and other waterways	Coolongolook River Crawford River Karuah River Manning River Mammy Johnsons River Myall Lakes Myall River Smiths Lake Telegherry River The Branch River Wallamba River Wallingat River Wallis Lake Wards River

National parks	Booti Booti Ghin-Doo-Ee Myall Lakes Wallingat

Other places and points of interest	Broughton Island Cape Hawke Mitchells Island Oxley Island Port Stephens Singing Bridge Tahlee historic property Tops to Myall Heritage Trail