About Hawks Nest
Hawks Nest is a small town in the MidCoast Council area, north of Port Stephens between the Tasman Sea and the Myall River. It was named after a large hawk’s nest in a tree on the Myall River that was used as a navigational aid. The traditional custodians of this land are the Worimi people.
It is a long, thin coastal town, about 16.5 km from end to end and typically 1.7 km wide, running north-east to south-west, about 220 km north of Sydney and 12 km from the Pacific Highway. It is bordered by the Tasman Sea to the east, the Myall River to the west and Port Stephens to the south.
How Hawks Nest got here
A few dates and facts that shaped the place.
1950s
Hawks Nest emerges as a service centre for the local fishing and timber industries.
1974
The Singing Bridge opens across the Myall River to Tea Gardens; before it, a small car ferry made the crossing.
12 August 1978
The golf course, designed in 1968 by Matt Lauder, is formally opened.
More about Hawks Nest
The first Europeans here were timber getters who took an interest in the cedar forests along the Myall River early in the nineteenth century. Most of the suburb, about 95%, is still uninhabited, and the northern part was reachable only by four-wheel drive until the 1980s. Yacaaba, the northern headland of Port Stephens, rises to 210 m.
Hawks Nest is dominated by holiday rentals and caravan parks, so its population varies a great deal with the visitors. Jimmys Beach and the Tasman Sea beach on the east, Bennetts Beach or the Main Beach, are the popular ones, and the Myall Lakes are a short drive north. Koalas, dingoes and dolphins can be seen in the area.
Where is Hawks Nest?
Hawks Nest is in the MidCoast Council area on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.
Nearby towns with hubs on OurHub, with straight-line distances: Tea Gardens (2 km north-west), North Arm Cove (13 km west), Bulahdelah (29 km north), Stroud (36 km north-west).
What the Hawks Nest directory lists
To eat and drink: Inner Light Tea Rooms, Nicole's Art Gallery and Cafe, Tillermans Cafe - Restaurant. Shops and services: Hawks Nest Post Office. For health: Myall Pharmacy. Halls and community places: Greater Lakes Council Community Centre, Hawks Nest Community Center.
Parks, beaches and recreation: ANZAC Park, Bennets Beach, Hawks Nest Golf Club, Memorial Park. Churches: Baptist Church, St Andrew's, St Stephen's. Emergency services: Tea Gardens Station.
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Photo: “Bennetts Beach Hawks Nest by Kate Branch” by Kate Branch (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Town facts: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the Australian Bureau of Statistics census. Straight-line distances are worked out from the hub’s coordinates. Directory locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).