About Great Lakes
The Great Lakes Council area is located on the eastern seaboard between Port Stephens in the south, Hallidays Point in the north and the foothills of the Great Dividing Range to the west.
Part of the Hunter Region, the Council area is 3,373 square kilometres in area, comprising both coastal and forested rural hinterland. It is 85 kilometres at its widest point, 62 kilometres north to south, and has a total coastline of 145 kilometres.
Forster is the largest town in the Council area and is 320 kilometres north of Sydney and 168 kilometres north of Newcastle.
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