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The brand new Newcastle Interchange opened at 1:30am this morning and the first train departed at 1:44am bound for Fassifern.   Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQgucqCaj94    

NEW ROAD TO HELP TRAFFIC FLOW DURING LIGHT RAIL CONSTRUCTION Construction has started on a new road connecting Honeysuckle Drive and Hunter Street at Worth Place as part of the NSW Government’s $500 million plus Revitalising Newcastle program. The new road link will assist traffic flow in the city centre during light rail construction and when light rail is operational. “This new road connection will be open in coming weeks,” […]

Some footage we captured early this morning. You may also join the discussion on Facebook here and here. [videoembed type="youtube" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P78pIqkWILE" title="0" playbar="1"]

Hunter TV is celebrating it's first birthday! We have a lot of new content coming this year and we are proud to be a new local voice in the Newcastle media landscape. In this video we look back over the last 12 months as we prepare for an even bigger year to come. [videoembed type="youtube" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHno5fqBoCw" title="0" playbar="1"]

The Maitland City Council has endorsed the idea to create a Maitland Hall Of Fame. Luke Hislop talks to Councillor Philip Penfold about the proposal. They initially plan to establish an online website however a physical location is being planned. [videoembed type="youtube" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjUXoBtLuk4" title="0" playbar="1"]

The Anzac Memorial Walk is a new walkway which will run between Strezlecki Lookout to Bar Beach in Newcastle. We captured some raw footage of the installation of the new platforms for the project. Video [videoembed type="youtube" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiNDQY1hr3c" title="0" playbar="1"] Construction Video [videoembed type="youtube" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SGuyOJdqN8" title="0" playbar="1"] This video was also uploaded to Facebook where you may join the discussion.   Architect Illustrations

Temporary pedestrian crossings over the Newcastle railway line are set to open early next week. We captured an all-angles view of the Wolfe and Steel Street crossings. [videoembed type="youtube" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eeTx5B3t7U" title="0" playbar="1"] This video was also uploaded to Facebook where you can join the fierce debate.

A number of people phoned us making claims that the temporary transport interchange at Hamilton is chaotic, lacked  parking and is gridlocked. We set up a few cameras on Tuesday afternoon and you'll be surprised what we saw... [videoembed type="youtube" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kziqo1UXQGk"] This video was also posted to Facebook, you may join the various discussions via these links; https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=773337389420012 https://www.facebook.com/SaveNewcastleNow/posts/422227144596122 https://www.facebook.com/NewcastleCityOfOpportunity/posts/578228565644609 https://www.facebook.com/amanda.hardy.16503/posts/10152971235213350 https://www.facebook.com/mark.aylward.5661/posts/770178006405041 https://www.facebook.com/chris.tibbetts.568/posts/10152638389587683 https://www.facebook.com/warren.plumb.1/posts/327620150776949 https://www.facebook.com/scrapourrail/posts/332756543598300 https://www.facebook.com/kevin.wilcock2/posts/793406084028800 Gladys berejiklian joan dawson […]

By: Barry Nancarrow & Marty Adnum, Out of the Square Media Some are too young to remember others will never forget. On December 28 1989 at 10.27am an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude shook Newcastle. Moments after the event, veteran award winning cameraman, Barry Nancarrow raced in from Swansea. 21 year old trainee cameraman Martin Adnum came in from Charlestown. They met at Barry’s offices in Hudson St Hamilton, picked up […]