eat/drink

where to eat:

    • Downtown(=CBD): bocados (tapas); various others
    • Honeysuckle: lots of choices here
    • Darby St (Cooks Hills, walk from downtown) lots of choices, incl. thai and vietnamese, indian etc.
    • Hamilton (Beaumont St) lots of choices, bus ride from downtown (most busses from Hunter St go to Tutor St and Beaumont St, or 100 bus to Maitland Rd and Beaumont)
    • The Junction (bus down Darby St or walk along coast) lots of choices.

fish and chips:

    • scotties, scott st newcastle east
    • scratchleys (waterfront between city and honeysuckle)
    • nobbys SLSC, newcastle SLSC (if they are open in july)

coffee:

bars/pubs:

  • Honeysuckle: Honeysuckle Hotel; James Squire; lots of other places; The Brewery goes off Fri/Sat nights.
  • Hamilton: Depot (cocktails, nice place); several pubs along Beaumont St (all equally dodgy/character-filled -- Exchange, Northern Star, The Kent, Sydney Junction, Hamilton Station).
  • Downtown: Wine bar, pubs, need to check out
  • Darby St: many good choices