Fishermans Bay, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Fishermans Bay
State:nsw
Pop Footnotes:[1]
Postcode:2316
Coordinates:-32.7878°N 152.09°W
Area:1.2
Area Footnotes:[2]
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10
Timezone-Dst:AEDT
Utc-Dst:+11
Dist1:201
Dir1:NNE
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:53
Dir2:NE
Location2:Newcastle
Dist3:38
Dir3:E
Location3:Raymond Terrace
Lga:Port Stephens Council[3]
Region:Hunter
County:Gloucester
Parish:Tomaree
Stategov:Port Stephens
Fedgov:Paterson
Maxtemp:27.3
Mintemp:8.4
Rainfall:1348.9
Near-N:Anna Bay
Near-Ne:Boat Harbour
Near-E:Boat Harbour
Near-Se:Tasman Sea
Near-S:Tasman Sea
Near-Sw:Tasman Sea
Near-W:Anna Bay
Near-Nw:Anna Bay
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12

Fishermans Bay is a small suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[3] It is located on the coast of the Tasman Sea adjacent to Anna Bay. A large part of the eastern portion of the suburb is occupied by Tomaree National Park and only a very small portion of the south western corner of the suburb is populated. The suburb is named after the adjacent bay.

Notes and References

  1. ABS Quickstats for the 2011 census show a gap between Anna Bay and Fishermans Bay. Only the non-residential area of Fishermans Bay is included in the area covered by "Fishermans Bay (State Suburb)". Accordingly, no residents were included in the Fishermans Bay Quickstats.
  2. Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9332 PORT STEPHENS.
  3. Web site: Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Port Stephens . . 8 June 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140621120504/http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_Regions.asp?regiontype=2&slacode=6400&region=HT . 21 June 2014 .