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G’day everybody. Last week, I shared my must-do things in Lake Macquarie<\/a>, so I thought it only fair that I give Newcastle some love this week with my Best of Newcastle self-guided walking tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just in case you aren’t sure, Newcastle is located on the Hunter River about 1.5 hours north of \u30b7\u30c9\u30cb\u30fc<\/a> and is just to the north of Lake Macquarie (so close many Lake Mac suburbs are often mistakenly thought to be in Newcastle). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First established in 1804, Newcastle city centre is quite old. In spite of this heritage and many historic buildings, as the city has sprawled west and south around shopping malls, the old centre became less popular to visit. Shops closed and it turned into one of those places that looks and feels dirty and unsafe with graffiti-covered walls and boarded-up buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, along with the new light rail, Newcastle city centre has been undergoing a revitalisation and now has a gorgeous, historic heart that is worth taking the time to explore. Yes, there is still graffiti and boarded-up buildings, but these are becoming just another piece of the story that is Newcastle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my opinion, a walking tour is an awesome way to take in the key historic and modern sights, especially since the CBD is quite compact and the light rail does give you an easy option to reduce the walking if you get tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you are just here for a short stay, you can pick a hotel (personally, I’ve stayed in the Newcastle Travelodge<\/a> and definitely recommend it, but it is slightly further away from this itinerary and you only get 100mb wifi data included \ud83d\ude41 – if I was to stay in Newcastle again, I reckon you can’t go past the new Rydges Newcastle<\/a> for location and comfort) and see some of the key sights in a day. You could also cover these sights pretty easily on a day trip from a cruise ship, or arriving by train at the Newcastle Interchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit Newcastle<\/a> has put together some really great self-guided walking tours around art, architecture, the shoreline, and swimming. A number of guided walking tours are also available on Viator<\/a> to suit different interests. These are very comprehensive, but they are very focused in on each of their niches, art, architecture etc so you miss out on getting a good cross-section of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having covered all of the ground in all of Visit Newcastle’s walking tours, I thought I’d put together my own 1-day “Best of Newcastle” self-guided walking tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, I just want to be clear upfront, this doesn’t cover everything and you will miss out on some other iconic parts of Newcastle, like Fort Scratchley and the Newcastle Ocean Baths. That’s ok though, this itinerary is just one day and has been designed around the city centre. If you have a second day, I’d do a foreshore walk along the river, check out the fort, around the baths, down to Newcastle Beach, head to King Edward Park… However, that’s for another blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The point is, don’t expect to cover everything in this walking tour, Newcastle wasn’t built in a day and you can’t see everything in a day either. I’ve focused in on what I think are some of the best sights in Newcastle including some art, some architecture and some beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ready?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can start this walking tour at any point, but I personally like to start at Nobbys Beach, Horseshoe Beach or the Newcastle Foreshore Park, mainly because there is free parking in this area, and it’s on the route anyway. Parking presumably won’t be relevant to you if you are starting from a hotel, the train station or a cruise ship, so just pick the point of interest closest to you and start there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customs House Hotel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The old customs house is now a hotel and forms the first architecture sight on this walking tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, on every visit, I seem to have only taken extreme close-up photos of parts of the Customs House architecture, so here it is on Street View instead of a photo. Sorry about that. I don’t know how that has happened…<\/p>\n\n\n\n