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Awaba - NSW

Town

Position

DEG: -33.00821 151.55096

DMS: 33º 00' 29.55" S 151º 33' 3.47" E

UTM: 56 H 6346870mN 364643mE

Altitude: 24.25m

Place Type

Population - Town

Location

99.94kms North of Sydney - Driving 131 km (1 hour 27 mins)
629.98kms South of Brisbane - Driving 797 km (8 hours 36 mins)
801.02kms NorthEast of Melbourne - Driving 998 km (9 hours 38 mins)

Address & Contact

Cessnock Rd
Awaba NSW 2283

Phone: +612 4921 0333

Email: council@lakemac.nsw.gov.au

Web: https://www.lakemac.com.au/Home

Information

The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land. The name derives from an Aboriginal word meaning flat or plain surface, which was the aboriginal term for Lake Macquarie.

Timber workers were the area's pioneers. In 1885 a timber depot was established. In the same year Awaba was selected as a site for a railway construction depot. A large saw mill was an early feature of the town. In 1948 the Awaba State Coal Mine was established, largely through the efforts of J.M. Baddeley, who had been the wartime Minister for Mines.

The village developed in response to the needs of the railway contractors and homes were scattered over a wide area.

Nearby bushland is popular with mountain and dirt bike riders.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Lake Macquarie - Cooranbong at 02/02:00pm EST

Distance from Awaba 12.09km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
18.9°C	20.3°C	86%	16.5°C	1030.7hPa	0.2mm	WSW	4km/hr 2knots	6km/hr 3knots

Closest Climatic Station

Newcastle University

Distance from Awaba 19.57km NE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	29.0	28.2	26.5	23.7	20.9	18.4	17.7	19.6	22.7	24.5	25.8	27.5
Mean Min. °C	19.3	19.3	17.3	13.8	10.3	8.6	7.3	7.9	10.7	13.3	15.9	17.8
Mean Rain mm	68.8	152.5	120.3	122.7	99.4	131.0	64.8	61.9	70.1	61.7	112.4	74.5