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The harbour committee took this plan to the state government in July, 1955, and in early 1956 came acceptance. The Department of Main Roads initially looked at a Kooragang-Stockton link by a two-lane bridge with a centre lifting span, but the final design was for four lanes with a clearance above the shipping lane of 100 ft (30.4m).

“If I get killed tomorrow, I’ll die a happy man,” two-try hero and Clive Churchill Medallist Robbie O’Davis told a national television audience glued to their screens at game’s end.

Music has always been a part of my life. My family emigrated to Oklahoma from Texas. Grandpa played old-time fiddle. He taught his kids. I’ve been seconding good musicians as long as I can remember.

After their visit in 1954, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visited Newcastle in 1970, 1977, and 1988.

He strode over my way and walked right into a tight wire we had stretched, hat high, across the barn. It knocked his sombrero in the dirt! He reached up and grabbed the wire. “What the (expletive deleted) is this doin’ here!” He pulled on it a couple times like he was trying to stop a train.

The name Mattara was chosen from the Awabakal dialect, meaning “hand”, and the festival is one of a number celebrated around the Hunter each year.

It’s understandable that we need reminding. We get so busy just being “busy” about earthly stuff that is comes between us and our Maker. It is especially true if our world circles around skyscrapers, big malls, traffic jams and 8 to 5 commitments.

Gold #19 – Climb onto the gas station roof. You can do this by jumping from a truck in the back alley of the gas station. The gold is on the corner of the roof nearest where you spawn in.

 Clarence Jeffries, also born in Wallsend, was awarded his VC posthumously after being killed in action in France on October 12, 1917, after capturing a number of machine-gun dug-outs. William Jackson, Australia’s youngest VC winner at 18, was recognised for his bravery in France in 1916 when he had his arm blown off while rescuing wounded from no-man’s land, returning to look for comrades even after being wounded. Jackson lived at Merriwa on his return from the war before moving to Wollongong. 

On October 8, 1978, Newcastle’s Ken Warby set what is now one  of the oldest records in the annals of sport – he went to Blowering Dam, near Tumut in NSW, in his home-made boat Spirit of Australia and became the first man to average more than 500 km/h on water. 

William Arnott was born in Scotland and sailed to Australia in 1847 where he became a baker at Maitland before trying his luck – unsucessfully – as a gold miner. He returned to Maitland and baking in 1853 but continued flooding of his bakery forced a move to Newcastle, where he established himself in Hunter St by

Thursday nights at Arlene’s Grocery has been the stuff of legend over the past three years with The Lesson turning into one of New York’s premiere jam sessions. Fronted by Gentei Kaijo (Japanese for "Limitation Cancellation"), the band’s collective resumes include work with DJ Premier, Bilal, Joey Bada$$, Robert Glasper, Trey Songz, Lauryn Hill, Reggie Watts, Talib Kweli, Les Nubians, Lupe Fiasco, Kool & The Gang, Arturo O’Ferril, and Snarky Puppy to name a few. The Lesson sessions blend neo-soul, hip-hop, jazz, R&B, funk, and everything in between to create a unique and fully improvised event showcasing an eclectic mix of vocalists, instrumentalists, emcees, turntablist, and producers. The Lesson’s mantra is simple: "Check your ego at the door, stay in the moment, feel the love coming through, and everything should take care of itself."