The City of Lake Macquarie is a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is situated adjacent to the city of Newcastle and was proclaimed as a city from 7 September 1984. The City is approximately 150 km (93 mi) north of Sydney.
One of its major tourist attractions is its lake, also named Lake Macquarie.
The Mayor of the City of Lake Macquarie Council is Cr. Jodie Harrison, a member of the Labor Party.
Read more about City Of Lake Macquarie: History, Main Towns and Villages, Demographics, Economics, Shopping, Freedom of The City, Gallery, Sister Cities
Famous quotes containing the words city and/or lake:
“Without infringing on the liberty we so much boast, might we not ask our professional Mayor to call upon the smokers, have them register their names in each ward, and then appoint certain thoroughfares in the city for their use, that those who feel no need of this envelopment of curling vapor, to insure protection may be relieved from a nuisance as disgusting to the olfactories as it is prejudicial to the lungs.”
—Harriot K. Hunt (1805–1875)
“His education lay like a film of white oil on the black lake of his barbarian consciousness. For this reason, the things he said were hardly interesting at all. Only what he was.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)