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THE Commissioned in 1999 to commemorate 200 years of commercial shipping operations in the port of Newcastle, SHORELINE the 9m-high bronze sculpture is located on the former State Dockyard site at Dyke Point, Carrington. With its spectacular harbour and coastline, Destiny was inspired by the figures found on historic ship the Pacific Ocean has always played an bows, believed to provide protection and guidance. This important role in Novocastrian life. sculpture depicts a woman standing on top of a globe, with the This tour will allow you to explore the city through strands of her flowing hair representing the seven seas. its relationship with the shoreline, visiting places that once formed a crucial part of Newcastle’s working harbour and maritime culture. 3 CUSTOMS HOUSE You’ll also discover iconic locations that Continue heading east until you get to the roundabout at Wharf Novocastrians have been visiting for Road and Watt Street, where you’ll discover the stunning Italianate generations to swim, relax and play. Renaissance Revival style architecture of Newcastle Customs House. Designed by New South Wales colonial architect James Barnet This walking tour begins on the Newcastle in 1877 to facilitate the collection of customs duties from the Foreshore, at the viewing spot for the sculpture that commercial traders using Newcastle Harbour, Customs House commemorates Newcastle’s role as a commercial features a distinctive clock tower topped by a ‘Time Ball’. port. It concludes at the Newcastle Memorial Did you know? Up until the Second World War Fort Scratchley Walk, a spectacular walkway and bridge that offers would fire a gun as the Time Ball fell at precisely 1pm, allowing ships’ 360-degree views of the city and its coastline. masters anchored offshore to adjust their navigation instruments. Refurbishments to a replica field gun at the Fort in 2013 reinstated this Destiny, Julie Squires 2001, Cast bronze, historically significant maritime tradition, which continues today. Commissioned by Newcastle Port Authority Newcastle For more self guided walking tours, visit www.visitnewcastle.com.au or visit the Newcastle Visitor Information Centre 2 NEWCASTLE MERCANTILE MARINE MEMORIAL 4 QUEENS WHARF located at Museum Park, Honeysuckle. There’s plenty to see as you continue along the edge of one Australia’s When you ask a local for directions to Queens Wharf today, busiest working harbours, from tugboats towing coal ships and cruise they’ll guide you to the bustling dining precinct and ferry liners, to ferries chugging back and forth across the Hunter River. berth on the waterfront west of Customs House. Around 600m east from your starting point, on the city-side But in the mid-1800s Queens Wharf was a 2000ft-long grassed area, a striking anchor and ship’s mast monument structure with numerous landing areas built to provide stands in memory of merchant mariners lost during times space for berthing ships and loading coal. of war, including the predominantly local crews of the BHP- After coal shipping moved over to Carrington and Stockton, owned ships, the S.S. Iron Chieftain and the S.S. Iron Knight. Queens Wharf became a loading point for wool and Japanese submarines sank 18 vessels and attacked another general cargo before being demolished in the 1960s. 15 along Australia’s east coast during 1942-1943, killing Did you know? Today’s Queens Wharf precinct is the result Newcastle Ocean Baths 277 merchant mariners and 223 medical personnel. of a design competition run by City of Newcastle in the early Shortland Esplanade, Newcastle East During Daylight Savings 6am – 9pm Did you know? The Iron Knight was torpedoed by Japanese 1980s. It includes the pedestrian promenade running the length Rest of the year 6am – 6pm Submarine I-21, the same sub that shelled Newcastle in June 1942. of the Foreshore to Nobbys Beach, as well as the expansive newcastle.nsw.gov.au/recreation Foreshore Park on the opposite side of Wharf Road. 7 THE LIFEBOAT Continue past the rear of the Newcastle Pilot Station and you’ll find a small circular plaque commemorating the Newcastle Lifeboat Service. The first lifeboat arrived in Newcastle in 1838 and for the next 136 years the volunteer service went to the aid of the crews and passengers of vessels in danger, carrying out more rescues than any other in Australia. The crew of the Newcastle lifeboat was made up of volunteers from the harbour department, dredge service and customs service who risked their lives to save others while receiving little or no payment. Did you know? Take a detour along the breakwall and climb more than halfway up to Nobbys Lighthouse to see the lifeboat and rocket launcher sculptures placed there in December 2013 as part of a A tugboat assisting a freight ship in Newcastle Harbour memorial for the Newcastle Lifeboat Service and Rocket Brigades. 5 TUGBOATS As you continue along the foreshore promenade towards Nobbys Beach keep an eye out over the water for the The wreck of the Adolphe . Courtesy State Library of Queensland fleet of tugboats that operate within the harbour. The first tugboat to arrive in Newcastle was the Huntress in 1854. More powerful tugs soon arrived and fierce competition emerged The Wreck of the Adolphe between the rival boats for towing jobs and salvage opportunities. Tugboats continue to be vital for the effective operation One of the Newcastle big waves lifted her onto the of maritime activities within the busy working harbour, Lifeboat Service’s finest remains of a ship, which had which sees 4600 shipping movements per year and up rescues took place on Friday been previously wrecked. to 23 vessel movements within a 24-hour period. 30 September 1904. The lifeboat put to sea. Did you know? One of the most famous tugs in Newcastle’s The Adolphe, an elegant Battling the huge swells, history, known as the Champion, was built in 1895 for local mining four-masted French sailing and carefully navigating the magnate John Brown. She was not only one of Australia’s most ship had arrived from Antwerp remains of other shipwrecks, powerful tugs, but also its most luxurious, lavishly decorated and at about 9am. She was met the lifeboat came alongside Pasha Bulker, Nobbys Beach.

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