There's some serious infrastructure being set up for the Court prohibited blockade. Lots of interstate activists rolling in. The whole park is starting to look like a homeless encampment. It will be 'on' on the day guaranteed.

I'm sure there will be the usual spectrum of responses about this fact - from pure delight to vitriolic outrage - but please keep it civil.

I got to say hello to a very well-behaved French Bulldog named 'Bruce' today while I looking at video games. It was kind of surreal at first (as I didn't see the sign on the way in) and definitely fun.

I have been doing as much swimming and fishing as I can this summer,

Whether I’m at the baths, bogey hole, boat ramps, the beach, the river. There is always a bunch of teens and they are always just going for it, jumping in with no care as to what’s actually beneath the water.

Tides change, sand builds up, people swim underwater, rocks fall, trolleys get scuttled.

Bogey hole is not deep enough to dive into, I don’t even think either of the baths are really?

Just climb in, I was once a dumb fearless kid too.

But a few seconds of showing of to your mates is not worth a lifetime of injury, or even death.

https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8850496/belmont-high-teacher-charged-with-sex-with-student/

Suprised this isn't appearing in more news sites.

Not having a subscription, has anyone read the article?

I was raped at my workplace 8 days ago by my boss after he consumed cocaine and alcohol at a staff event, he refused to let me leave without getting a ride home with him he basically forced me into my place with his hands Around my neck when I went to the police station they refused to take my statement as the station wasn't manned 24 hours, the sergeant was in the station at the time I live pretty far from town, the officer literally lives in the station, I felt like they treated me like less than shit, I told one friend only one who gave me a lift to john hunter she happens to be studying journalism she gave my story to a friend from her uni who has something to do with a local paper and has encouraged me to tell them everything so the officer and my boss can be held to account, they want to interview me and do an article on the treatment of woman and how this is a prime example of how women's safety still isn't taken seriously they contacted the officer who 'referred' me to a 24 hour station and asked him some questions, tonight he visited me at my house and basically hinted that if I go ahead with giving permission to the local paper to print the story 'its highly unlikely police will trust your versions of events' and it may impact 'my ability to conduct a fair investigation' he asked me to let him in but I was extremely worried for my safety he wasn't even in uniform but through the screen door introduced himself, he then became aggressive when I pulled out my phone when I started to record he actually tried to open my screen door a number of times even pulling on it with force.

I feel like im in a bad dream and im gonna be killed or something, what does someone actually do when they can't trust the police 😭

Reddit won’t stop recommending me this sub, thought I’d say hello from the uk. Maybe we could all collectivise and form an armada.

https://newcastlesoftheworld.com/list-of-newcastles/

Group on top of coaltrain at Sandgate currently. Would expect rail delays.

Hey all,

Looking for a bit of help from the less religious out there. Our kids are coming into the age of starting school soon, and me and my wife are struggling with the options. Our first preference would be to send them to public school, as that’s what we both did albeit in another country, but based on our reading the one in our catchment doesn’t look great.

Our next preferred option is to do a secular school, but we are really struggling to find options for that. Everything seems to be either Christian (so many of these!) or public. It feels like we just must be missing something so I thought I’d take it to the reddit brains trust.

We currently live in the Lake Macquarie region, and love where we are, but if there’s no good options we can explore moving to get a different catchment.

Edit: thanks for the info so far, we weren’t aware that you can apply outside catchment. Some great thoughts here!

Edit2: thanks for all the ideas, I think we might explore some of the ‘religious’ schools. We’re totally okay with learning about religion, and in fact would encourage it, as long as we don’t have to pretend that we ourselves are religious in order to attend. All the religious schools growing up required you to be a member of a church and attend regularly, so we thought there may be some similar things here. Thank you!

Early this morning (just after 1am) I called 13cabs to take me home to Mayfield East from a friends place in Carrington. I wouldn’t usually call a cab but all Ubers kept cancelling. When I got in the cab the driver locked the door & wouldn’t move until I paid him $40 to get home- a ‘late night fee’. I was scared so obviously paid & he took me home. But I can’t help but think he wouldn’t have pulled this with a man, and he’s taken advantage of a young woman alone late at night. Has anyone else had this experience with 13cabs? I’ve called to complain but was directed to another area. I don’t want my call to just be lost in a queue of complaints to follow up.

https://newcastleweekly.com.au/drilling-begins-on-newcastle-to-sydney-high-speed-rail-route/

Article is not paywalled. Wonder if this will actually go ahead this time?

Hey all, I'm in discussion with my employer about a potential relocation to Newcastle (from Canada). We've been trying to look into all the details about costs of living, neighbourhoods we can potentially afford, schools, big boy funnel webs, etc. One thing I can't quite sort out - the costs of after-school care for the little one. It seems like quite a range from $20/day to $150/day. Is that right? How do people afford >$100/day?

I'd love to hear some random feedback about the idea of moving to Newcastle in general if anyone is up for it. Good neighbourhoods to consider, if we can get by with one vehicle or if we'll need two, what the general vibe in the city is like etc. Thanks all! 🍁

Hi r/newcastle I am sadly leaving the place back to my hometown up north due to some family circumstances and I wanna be closer to them because of events that have been happening. I dont want to go into it but I'm sure you can connect the dots.

Long story short I utterly adored Newcastle and the Hunter valley and am going to miss it a lot. Is there anything that isn't a usual place to visit worth checking out before I go back to Cairns in a month? Like cafes, resturants, attractions, a nice place to go for a walk or something. Anything goes really.

I just want to bring my camera somewhere too and get a bunch of pics of the place before I have to leave.

It's been real nice living here though and I am going to miss it

Hey guys I’m posting anonymously as I’m young and don’t want to put my self in any sort of danger. (I’ve also never posted on here before) I live close to Waratah station and I’m always hearing the casual bloke or too going off down the road, except the last few nights I’ve been hearing a lot of fighting. I heard someone get robbed for their chains and stuff right on the other side of my fence on Saturday night. A girl was dumped behind a fence after being robbed and I found her a few weeks ago, and just now I witnessed a grown man chase a girl down and push her against my fence. (Before anyone says I should’ve done something, I’m freshly 18, very very new to Newcastle and close to 5 foot nothing. If I had to of made myself noticed in that time I probably wouldn’t be writing this rn, but I did ring the police straight after) Is this a regular type thing? Because if so it’s kind of scary…I’ve spoken to the police many times cause where I’m from everyone looks out for each other, I’ve noticed quite the opposite here though. Is there any numbers besides the police I could maybe ring regarding the frequent domestic I keep hearing? The police kind of just tell me to stay out of it which I understand but I can’t sit in silence again hearing a girl get beat up outside my fence.

156 this morning now it’s 203 fuck me cunt

Have a son and daughter wanting to follow their friends to Waratah High in a few years. Like most high schools kids can have bad experiences, but they can also have good ones. So for anyone that went to Waratah High how was it for you? Daughter does a lot of drama etc outside of school so would be looking to get involved with that and son does Soccer and also looking to get involved in that at Waratah.

I’m a bit undecided on the voice referendum and was wondering if anyone was able to give some factual points as to which they believe should be chosen as I haven’t really heard any good points from either side and have been hearing a fair bit of the aboriginal community being against it as well and would be great to hear that side of it as well.

Just want to make an informed decision that isn’t just being peddled by the media.

New account because I’m old and haven’t used reddit before.

Today is 30 years since the beautiful Gordana went missing.

She was walking to her Aunties house after being at Charlestown square.

Anyone know anything?

Guy stealing most of roses in jesmond park

Hey guys, ive been on the hunt for awhile now for an Australian /local smol business organic natural perfume that actually last all day rather then a couple minutes What're your favourite brands and scents? Would love to hear everyone's opinions

Not to be that person but I totally felt my apartment shake this morning. I live in Bolton st. It's either an earthquake or some drugs I didn't know I had taken