The local lifestyle brand expands their linen range and launches beach umbrellas
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Linen Bedding & Beach Umbrellas
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Home Barista Awarded Collection
Made by a. retail space opens in Cooks Hill
Mirvac has worked for three years on the site, with the Sebel Newcastle Beach opening in November. It’s luxurious (4½ stars, concierge, sauna, gym, parking and all the trimmings) and slick, with fantastically friendly service and chic extras such as stylish blue and white beach towels. The food (and coffee) from its restaurant, Bistro Dalby, is fresh and delicious. The only fault we can find is there are not enough rooms with balconies, although there are fabulous floor-to-ceiling windows.
It’s not hard to see why. For the past few years, the once laid-back surfie town has been working eagerly on an image overhaul.
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The latest step in Project Chic is the transformation of the former Royal Newcastle Hospital site across the road from Newcastle beach. It’s an upmarket revamp but one that retains its historical character. There are significant buildings nearby and I’m sure I hear church bells when I arrive at midnight.
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Start at the end of Darby Street (see panel) and work your way up: there’s lots to cover.
Visit: Shop 4/200 Hunter Street Mall, Newcastle
Stop 5: Three Bears Kitchen
Must-have: Barefoot Gypsy ‘Ju-Ju’ feather hat in Natural (left), $599, handmade using bird feathers and traditionally worn by village chiefs in Cameroon in central-west Africa.
Visit: 2 Market Street, Newcastle, (02) 4929 4477.
Visit: 33 Union Street, Cooks Hill
Situated two hours’ north of Sydney’s CBD and at the gateway to the Hunter Valley wine region, it’s well worth exiting the M1 Pacific Motorway to meander through style-savvy design stores housed in historic buildings, and to refuel at one of the award-winning eateries dotted throughout the industrial city.
Stop 1: Pappa Sven