Some of our services are taking a short break over Christmas and the New Year. There are no waste, recycling and green waste collections on Christmas Day. All waste collections between Wednesday 25-Friday 27 December will occur a day later than usual.
Our Customer Service Centre is temporarily located at Speers Point Library, adjacent to Council's Administration Building.
Lake Macquarie FAW is affiliated with the Fellowship of Australian Writers New South Wales (FAW) – http://www.fawnsw.org.au – an Australia-wide writing fellowship dedicated to supporting those interested in writing The aims of the FAW are: to foster and promote the growth of Australian writing; to encourage the study of Australian literature; to assist Australian authors; to encourage excellence in writing, and to forge links with overseas writers. Our Lake Macquarie branch meets monthly to exchange ideas and develop our writing skills for poetry and prose (fiction and non-fiction). Meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month, 2pm – 4 pm in Toronto, NSW. We also meet on other occasions for critique sessions, where members present excerpts of their work for comment and feedback. Critique sessions are held on the second Wednesday and the fourth Saturday of each month. Contact via email for details.