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Let's Lake Mac

Lake Macquarie lifestyle magazine

Read the digital version of our first Let's Lake Mac magazine, a fun guide to living in Lake Macquarie City.

Ditching the daily grind

Meet Kat and Ben, the professional photographers who moved to Lake Macquarie from Sydney four years ago, replacing their home city’s daily grind with the idyllic lifestyle on offer in the southern suburb of Nords Wharf.

Exploring Lake Mac's secret swim spots with Places We Swim

Caroline and Dillon recently took a road trip to Lake Macquarie and discovered it’s not just the lake that this region has to offer for water-loving people.

Calling Lake Mac home after travelling the world

It may have taken a global economic crisis to bring Leigha and her family home to Lake Macquarie, but now she couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.

Top 10 places to cast a line in Lake Mac

Whether you’re a pro-angler or just looking for some places to take the kids, here is our list of the best places to go fishing in Lake Mac.

How a sea-change turned a young couple's life around

Laura and Chris were barely seeing each other and spending too much time sitting in Sydney traffic. Now they have truly found their happy place.

Discover Lake Mac’s best springtime walks

Lake Macquarie offers some of the best and most accessible wildflower walks in NSW. Check out six of the best wildlflower walks right on our doorstep.

The community spirit is strong in Lake Mac

COVID-19 might have kept people at literal arm’s length from each other for the past few months, but it has also drawn the Lake Macquarie community closer together.

Community Refill finds a home in Lake Mac

Gabby and Will Magin are the husband-and-wife duo behind Community Refill. With a passion for manufacturing organic and primarily plastic-free beauty, personal care and cleaning products, the couple established their eco-focused business in 2016.

Riding into Lake Mac sunsets after a shift from Sydney

A visit to an old friend turned into a life-changing move to Lake Macquarie for father-of-two Dave Mulquiney and his family.

Lake Mac business blazing new trails on 4WD camping scene

Five years ago, Ben Souter was living in a shed in Redhead, making ends meet as a carpenter fitting out caravans. The makeshift sleeping quarters are long gone, but that same shed is now home to Souter’s burgeoning offroad camper-trailer company BRS Offroad.

Lake Mac Private Hospital keeps care, skills in region

Lake Macquarie and Warners Bay Private Hospitals, are among Lake Macquarie’s largest employers, with a combined workforce of more than 1000 staff.

We love being so close to nature

Creative couple Danka Gralik and Nick Druery were living in Manly when they decided it was time to jump on the property ladder.

Lake Mac: A guide for the casual hiker

Not many cities in the world are surrounded by so many picturesque walks. Fewer have pristine beaches and inlets. Here are our seven favourite spots to experience the best walks, from 15-minute strolls to day-long hikes.

From Sutherland Shire to Eleebana

Stephanie, husband James and their two young children moved to the lakeside suburb of Eleebana from Sydney’s Sutherland Shire in April. The City’s beaches, lake and warmer climate attracted them to Lake Macquarie, but since making the move, they have discovered there is so much more to love about our City.

Support is at the heart of My Goal Australia

For Dean and Belinda Kidd, life during a pandemic is busy. Their disability support provider, My Goal Australia, has adapted to continue working with their clients. In addition, the couple has just welcomed a third child.

Clean break from normal business lends hand to COVID-19 workers

Lake Macquarie company Sirron Group has become one of a growing number of local businesses rapidly adapting, evolving and retooling to save jobs and contribute much-needed health supplies.

Teacher’s efforts unmasked during COVID-19 crisis

A 3D printer and a staunch dedication to his local community were all it took for Lake Macquarie teacher Jason Horadam to tackle the COVID-19 crisis face-first.

Tech company turning Pipeline dreams into virtual reality

Rookie mining engineers in Peru stepping into a virtual underground world as part of their training would have little idea that everything in their field of vision was made in Lake Macquarie.

Exploring the communities of Lake Macquarie

Swapping the big smoke for a sea change doesn’t have to mean losing touch with your big city roots. We introduce you to four suburbs to discover new beginnings located in different corners of our beautiful city.

Lake Mac dancer taking on the world

Lake Macquarie dancer Xavier Towers has seen more of the world in his nine short years than many adults have in a lifetime.

Hope and hard work on the menu as hospitality venues battle COVID-19

Here are three examples of the many small and large businesses across our City pulling out all stops to prevail.

Swimming spots worth diving into

Summer is here so we've compiled a list of some of the most picturesque aquatic spots in Lake Mac.

Take your summer picnic to the next level

We caught Alice May – the brains behind Miss Mays – for a few quick questions during the festive season rush to get some advice on creating the perfect picnic … and to find out a bit more about her burgeoning enterprise.

World-class wine country at our doorstep

Wine – we love to drink it, taste it, and talk about it. If you're in the mood for a road trip, with the promise of wine and a beautiful meal on arrival, the Hunter Valley is only one hour away from Lake Macquarie.

The suburb reinventing itself as a creative village

Once a mining town that barely registered a blip on the cultural radar, the lakeside suburb of Teralba is enjoying a renaissance as a creative hub.

Lake Mac company breathing life into battle against COVID-19

A Lake Macquarie prototyping lab is playing host to cutting-edge work in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency hospital ventilators designed and built in Lake Macquarie will be ready for clinical testing as soon as next month.

Lake Mac Sweet Spots

Fine dining is one thing, but what about those days when you just crave something sweet? Fear not – there are myriad bakeries, patisseries, cafes and ice-creameries dotted across Lake Mac to help sate that sugary desire.

Most popular cafes in Lake Mac

Lake Mac is home to a diverse selection of coffee shops so let’s shed some light on which ones are the crema of the crop. Here are the seven most popular spots as voted by you.

Game-changing clothing

From her base in Lake Macquarie, Michelle Ebbin is taking on the world with her innovative sensory clothing range.

From farm to plate: urban farming in Lake Macquarie

We take a tour of Feedback Organic Recovery at Cardiff with founder Dave Sivyer to discover the power of reusing food waste and how anyone can become an urban farmer.

Let’s Ask: Green responsibility

We know our community is passionate about the environment but what are they really doing to help protect it?

Travel stories: Lake Mac by train

Closely connected by train to Newcastle and Sydney, Lake Mac locals share their travel stories and the friendships created on their daily commutes.

It was meant to be a year to remember - for all the right reasons

Southern Smoke were looking forward to a calendar booked solid with weekend events.

Belmont 16s has been a fixture in the community for almost 100 years

But never before has the club faced the kind of challenge presented by COVID-19.

What Kristen Combridge would give for a crystal ball right now

The spread of COVID-19 proved to be a triple-whammy for this small business owner.

Full speed ahead for The Wests Group thanks to Fibre City

One of the State’s biggest community organisations has signed up to a high-speed internet initiative that puts Lake Mac on the world stage for doing business online.

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Lake Macquarie City Council

126-138 Main Road,
Speers Point, NSW 2284

Box 1906, Hunter Region
Mail Centre, NSW 2310

Phone 02 4921 0333
Email council@lakemac.nsw.gov.au

Local number for Wyee residents 02 4357 1999
Telephone Interpreting Service 131 450
National Relay Service 133 677

ABN: 81 065 027 868