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Newcastle Digest: Your Guide to Weekend Plans, Local Gems & More
Explore local treasures, catch up on the latest news, and plan your perfect weekend in Newcastle.
Kyle
August 28, 2024
Good morning, Newcastle. Welcome to the second edition of the Newcastle Digest. I guess this is officially a thing now?
After an exciting last week for our region including two earthquakes? Things have definitely seemed to settle down. Happy fathers day for Sunday to all of the dads out there.
Table of Contents
Quick hits
Earthquake hits our region? Sure this is not news to anyone but the Hunter Region has been the victim of two earthquakes with magnitudes of 4.7 and 4.5.
Labor councillors are calling on the NSW Government to purchase land in a bid to relocate Newcastle Basketball Stadium - Newcastle Labor councillors are calling on the NSW Government to buy the former Hamilton North Gasworks site. Read more
Newcastle to Sydney high speed rail finally gaining steam? - The High Speed Rail Authority has started test-drilling 35 metres under Newcastle as it investigates how to build a bullet train to Sydney. Read more
Local Gem
For this week's local gem, we headed to Lake Macquarie and visited the small cafe Paperboy Espresso, located in Dudley. This cafe has entered my roster as of late due to its delicious coffee and the chilled relaxed atmosphere. And they give you a freckle!
Cookie connoisseurs will be pleased to hear that they serve the infamous Butter Boy cookies from Manly.
Chai Latte and Butter Boy chocolate cookie
What’s on - 29 August - 1 September
Live music
Thursday 29 August
Melbourne Ska Orchestra Outlaws and Offbeats Tour, King Street Band Room, Newcastle, 7pm. $67.
Homegrown ft The Velvet Club, The Beach Hotel, Merewether, 7pm
Newcastle Honky-Tonk w/ Liam Kennedy-Clark, Stag and Hunter Hotel, Mayfield, 8pm.
Friday 30 August
One World, Front Bar, Wickham Park Hotel, Islington, 8.30pm.
Wanted (Dead or Alive) – The Bon Jovi Show, Wallsend Diggers, 7pm
Early Daze - Club Charlestown, 8:30pm
The Autumn Hearts - The Oak Tighes Hill, 8:30pm
Ryan Daley - The Blackbull Hotel, 8:30pm
Robbie Mortimer - The Boat Shed Bar, 9:30pm
Saturday 31 August
Rose Carelo, Front Bar, Wickham Park Hotel, Islington, 8.30pm.
Halcyon Reign w/ Time On Earth & Herd Immunity, The Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield, 8pm.
Tania Kernaghan and Jason Owen: Together in Concert, Performance Arts Culture Cessnock, 8pm. $65.
Dune Rates + Fidlar - Bar On The Hill, 7:30. Get tickets
Dream Catchers, Club Lambton, 2pm
Irish Sessions - Sydney Junction Hotel, 2:30 pm
Between You & Me x Teenage Joans - 1800 PAINLESS TOUR - King Street Warehouse, 7pm, $39 Tickets
Mitchell Bayliss - Wallsend Diggers, 7:30 pm
The Rose Carleo Band - The Wickham Park Hotel,
Halcyon Reign w/ T.O.E Time On Earth & Herd Immunity - Stag and Hunter Hotel, time
Rossi - Club Charlestown, 8:30pm
Moot // Space Boozzies, The Oak Tighes Hill, 8:30pm
Edge Of Seventeen – The Fleetwood Mac Show, Warners Bay Hotel, 9pm
Anaiya - The Boat Shed Hotel, 9:30pm
Tre Soul - Thirsty Messiah Brewery, 8:00pm
Sunday 1 September
The High Andies - The Oak Tighes Hill, 2pm
LoKo- Band on the Green - Club Lambton, 2pm
Lachlan Edwards - Adamstown Bowling Club, 5pm
The Years - Queens Wharf Hotel, 2pm
Dai Pritchard - Lowlands Bowling Club, 3pm
Sunday Sessions with ZENITH - Bartholomew’s, 4pm tickets
ROSSI - Thirsty Messiah Brewery, 4:30pm
Food / Markets
Saturday 31 August
Hunter Vintage and Retro Fair 2024 - West Wallsend Workers Club - 9am
Sunday 1 September
Homegrown Markets - Speers Points Park, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Art and culture
29 August
Modus Art Expo - Modus Mereweather, 6:30pm
31 August
Painting Dudley Beach - The Lost Souls Bar, 1:30pm - 4:30pm, $60
1 September
Earth: Woodfired and Ash Glazed Ceramics, Back to Back Galleries, Cooks Hill, 2pm.
Date night diary
New segment alert!
Date nights are held to high value in my household. We make an effort to explore the local food scene as much as possible. Now, I have people to share that with.
Oh My Papa is the centre point of this week’s date night diary. Hidden in the in the Woolworths metro Hunter Street precinct, Oh My Papa is an Asian delight mixing multiple different cuisines.
The menu ranges from a variety of small dishes, larger share plates and a set menu - but the start of the show is their unique cocktail menu that boasts one of my favourite cocktails the ‘At Balcony’
We visited on a Wednesday night and it was not too busy. Bookings are always recommended.
Overall, we had a great time, the only downside I can note is it was quite dark where we were sat.
For the date night diary - I have created a state-of-the-art ranking system.
Atmosphere: 6
Food: 8
Drinks: 9
Price: 7
Total Score: 7.5
Braised beef Rendang Bao bun
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Thanks for reading; I hope you have a great rest of week. If there is anything in particular you would like to see me include, please reply to the email. Talk next week!
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