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Advance Cessnock City Community FREE Discount Coupons & Offers Inside CESSNOCK CITY RESIDENT'S BUY LOCAL GUIDE And Business Directory • ( ) • ( ) • ( ) • 2 Welcome to Cessnock City Cessnock City Mayor, Councillor Bob Pynsent As Mayor of Cessnock City, I am enormously proud of our welcoming and friendly people, our sense of place, and our community’s wonderful spirit of cooperation. This is a highly liveable area with an attractive setting, a great range of services and a location where affordability parallels a strong sense of community. Most importantly, Cessnock is open for business. About the Cessnock Buy Local Guide 4 I hope residents use this guide to really get behind Hunter Valley Visitor Information Centre 5 and support our local businesses. It’s all about locals A Guide to the Towns of Cessnock City 7 supporting locals. History of Wine in Australia & the Hunter Valley 12 An Easy Guide for Wine Tasting 13 I encourage our residents to re-explore and get Hunter Valley Beer Trail 14 excited about what is on offer across our region. Through this guide, Cessnock Food Glorious Food 16 City’s businesses have generously offered incentives to our residents. If you flick Spas, Beauty & Retail 17 through this magazine, on page 41 you will find a "locals only" discount coupon Adventure for the Whole Family 19 section. At the rear of this magazine is also a useful business directory for you to Events Calendar 21 keep on hand for when you might need to track down a local business. School Holiday Activities 24 We’re proud of our local businesses and what they have to offer. If you have a Event Planning 25 great experience with a local business, write a positive review online, sign up for At the Markets 26 their newsletters, let your friends know and encourage them to shop there. Great Parks & Playgrounds 27 Getting Active & Keeping Healthy 29 A large proportion of all our businesses in Cessnock City are small businesses. Walking Trails & Scenic Lookouts 30 Supporting locally owned and operated businesses enables business owners to Arts & Culture 34 provide local employment opportunities and strengthens our economy. Renovators Delight 36 We need to reinforce – when you go local, you grow local! Value in Your Region - Market Outlook 38 We love where we live in Cessnock City! Open for Business 40 Thank you for supporting small businesses in Cessnock City! Discount Coupon Offers 41 #AdvanceCessnockCity Business Directory 54 Get in touch About Council Enquiries About Business in Cessnock City Produced by: Cessnock City Council Customer Service: 4993 4100 Economic Development Manager: Jane Holdsworth Design and Print Production: WCP Media Copywriting: Cessnock City Council Emergency & After Hours: 4993 4100 Phone: 4993 4257 ©Cessnock City Council Fax: 4993 2500 Email: [email protected] This publication cannot be copied whether part or whole without the express Email: [email protected] www.advancecessnock.com.au permission of Cessnock City Council. While every attempt has been made, www.cessnock.nsw.gov.au Cessnock City Council cannot guarantee the legality, completeness or accuracy Get Social: /AdvanceCessnockCity of the information presented and accepts no warranty or responsibility for such. Get Social: /CessnockCityCouncil Valid from July 2018 - June 2019. 3 This magazine aims to increase Photo by Ironbark Imaging local awareness, keep dollars local and grow pride in our business About Advance Cessnock City community. (L-R) Rhiannon Stevens (Economic Taking a strategic leadership role, Cessnock City Council’s This 'Cessnock City FREE Residents Buy Development Officer) and Jane Holdsworth Economic Development Unit has driven change through (Economic Development Manager). Local Guide and Business Directory' is designed developing the Advance Cessnock City platform. to help residents choose local businesses and Advance Cessnock City is a strategic economic development services first. This magazine has been developed by the Economic partnership between Cessnock City Council, local Chambers Development team in Cessnock City Council in order to promote and of Commerce, and key business leaders across the region. support local businesses. The generosity of local businesses who Advance Cessnock City was established to realise a shared supported this magazine ensured it was self-funded. vision of economic growth by implementing business retention, Residents can collect a hard copy of this guide for their household from growth, and investment programs, and promotes the region as Council’s Administration or the Hunter Valley Visitor Information Centre; an attractive area to live, work and invest. Cessnock or Kurri Kurri Libraries or download their version online. The Advance Cessnock City has a dedicated business portal and guide will be valid from July 2018 to June 2019. fortnightly e-news for businesses. Each edition, a local business Businesses who feature in the business directory (page 54) are those who is profiled for free. It also connects businesses to support are members of their local Chamber of Commerce or Business Association, services, engagement and business opportunity programming. or directly advertised in this guide. The Economic Development team monitor statistics and local Keep this guide in your top drawer, on top of the fridge… issues, advocate for business needs, undertake investment attraction, and conduct research for strategic initiatives such as somewhere within reach for when you need to find a business, or senate enquiries or major funding submissions. something to entertain “for a rainy day”. For more information or to register your business to receive valuable business updates, like our Facebook Page or please Claim your online version and print your coupons and offers: visit www.advancecessnockcity.com.au. Phone 4993 4257. Visit advancecessnockcity.com.au/buylocal - enter your details and the access key: BUYLOCAL18 4 Hunter Valley Visitor Information Centre Why not stop by and visit our friendly staff at the Hunter Valley Visitor Information Centre? We are passionate about our great region! The accredited Hunter Valley Visitor Information Centre is located just outside of Cessnock in the heart of the Hunter Hunter Valley Visitor Valley. The Centre rests at Wine Country Drive Pokolbin, Information Centre at the same entry to Cessnock Airport; and is your premier gateway to all information about the Hunter Valley. The Visitor Centre is not just a tourism service for visitors to our region. You can collect brochures, visitor guides and maps for other NSW tourism destinations to help plan your next trip away. The visitor centre is also a great place to learn more about the region we live in, and can help inspire a day out or help plan for a special occasion. The Centre has an excellent range of local produce such as lavender and honey, handmade goods, artisan products and Hunter Valley souvenirs available in its Gift Shop. They also sell authentic Aboriginal cultural products in the Les Elvin • A huge range of giftware and Hunter Valley produce 'Kungera' art room, and local artworks in their Gallery. See the • Free Wi-Fi coupon for 10% off in the gift shop on page 49. • Local event ticket sales, bookings and What’s On guides • Public amenities Enjoy a tasting of local family wineries at the tastings counter, • Visitor Guides for other NSW regions or grab a coffee and a bite to eat in the Café. 455 Wine Country Drive, Pokolbin NSW 2320 When was the last time you visited? Mailing Address: PO Box 268. Cessnock NSW 2325 The Visitor Centre is open 7 Days per week. 9am to 5pm Phone: +61 2 4993 6700 (direct line) Monday to Saturday, 9am to 4pm Sundays and Public Email: [email protected] Holidays. Closed Christmas Day. www.huntervalleyvisitorcentre.com.au Check us out on Facebook for regular updates and happenings! Get Social: /HVInfo 5 80m ELEVATION SWIMMING 3 POOLS 38Median Age • When Kevin McCloud, the presenter of the popular TV series Grand Designs visited Australia, a reporter asked him: was there a place that captured his 130 imagination architecturally? McCloud WINERIES In Cessnock City 2 LIBRARIES 72 PARKS responded, "I loved Cessnock in the NSW Hunter Valley. I photographed almost every house along the main road: 1920s and 1930s domestic architecture, low to the ground and with a veranda. We don't value that era in the UK, and we don't do ground- 57,527 4,500Acres of Vineyards hugging architecture well." Population • Coal was discovered in the district by William Keene in 1856. The 28 SCHOOLS Greta coal seam was discovered in 1886 by geologist Sir Edgeworth David. Subsequently, collieries were LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA City of Cessnock established and coal mining became COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES Mayor – Bob Pynsent + 12 Elected Councillors the dominant industry in Cessnock City GOVERNING BODY Cessnock City Council in the early twentieth century. STATE ELECTORATE Cessnock Member for Cessnock Clayton Barr 2 HOSPITALS 2 HOSPITALS FEDERAL DIVISION Hunter Member for the Hunter Joel Fitzgibbon 6 Cessnock Hotel. Photo by George Koncz Cessnock Regional Art Gallery. The name of Cessnock comes from early settler John Campbell, who was granted land along Black Creek in 1826. He named his property after Cessnock Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland, which belonged to his baronial grandfather. QUICK FACTS • Cessnock has Australia’s oldest bicycle store which remains to this day in Vincent Street. • A German winemaker named Bouffier established a vineyard at Cessnock around 1866. • The oldest sawn timber home in Cessnock, Marthaville (circa 1885) CESSNOCK is a vibrant country town, the gateway to is on land where some of the earliest Cessnock District vineyards Hunter Valley Wine Country. were planted. Marthaville is the twin gabled home at 200 Wollombi Road and is now an Arts and Crafts Centre. Cessnock is the region’s hub for services and shopping and boasts diverse and affordable dining and accommodation options, only 6km • Cessnock has one of Australia’s longest main streets, and it could from the vineyards.
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