Hunter Water has announced it will spend $27 million on a new disinfection system to improve water quality at one of the city's top surfing breaks, Merewether Beach. Last year a New South Wales ...

Reigning world surfing champion Joel Parkinson has confirmed he will compete in next year's Surfest at Merewether Beach. Parkinson took out the 2013 Mark Richards Trophy and he says he is looking ...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water ... A 1.8m shark has been spotted at Newcastle while a bodysufer was bitten on the leg at Merewether Beach. With several Newcastle beaches ...

Newcastle's iconic Merewether Beach has been declared a national surfing reserve - only the sixth site in Australia to receive such a distinction. Four-time world surfing champion Mark Richards was a ...

Rhys Smith knows a little something about big Tasman lows hitting Newcastle. Back in 2007, Smithy was immortalised on the cover of Waves magazine after paddling out and surfing next to the Pasha Bulka ...

As laid-back as Newcastle is, every coastal town has that one aspirational suburb – the one where, if you manage to hit a stroke of generational luck, or climb the property ladder and secure your ...

A MAN suffered a cardiac arrest, after being pulled from the water at a Newcastle beach. The 50-year-old is fighting for his life. About 10.15am lifeguards pulled the 50-year-old man from the water of ...