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Mount Sugarloaf (New South Wales)

Mount Sugarloaf, also known as Great Sugar Loaf, is a mountain in the lower Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, standing at 412 metres (1,352 feet), it looks over the cities of Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Cessnock and Maitland. The summit of the mountain is in the Lake Macquarie suburb of West Wallsend and access to the summit is gained via this suburb. However, the mountain itself is also part of the city of Cessnock suburbs Mulbring and Richmond Vale. It is home to television transmitters that broadcast to the lower Hunter region. On 18 and 19 July 1965, the mountain received 10 centimetres (4 in) of snow. It also snowed on the summit in the winter of 1975.

Television transmitters

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The mountain has two broadcast transmission towers. Since the 1960s their main function has been to transmit analogue television on VHF. In the 1990s two UHF analogue stations began to transmit from there. Since 2003, they have also been transmitting digital television in the UHF band (all digital television in the lower Hunter is on UHF). The analogue television transmitters (VHF and UHF) were switched off in November 2012. One tower, built to transmit the original VHF analogue television services of NBN Television on VHF Channel 3, transmits NBN and two government digital TV services. It is commonly referred to as the "NBN Tower". The second tower is transmitting the other two commercial digital (UHF) TV stations. The second tower is controlled by Broadcast Australia, being formerly run by the National Transmission Authority. There are many other radio antennae on these towers, including 105.3 NEWFM (Newcastle's original commercial FM broadcaster – launching in 1989) and those belonging to Amateur Radio repeater and beacon stations.

Smaller tower

There is a third smaller tower that has many directional antennae, mainly used for telecommunications, but also for two way radio for emergency services and other similar purposes. It has Telstra markings on much of the equipment and sheds.

Aboriginal history

The Awabakal people called the mountain Warrawelong and it is a significant site for the Awabakal. It provides a vantage point to view all Awabakal lands and is an important teaching place. Sacred ceremonies are known to have taken place there. The shape of the mountain is said to look like a wedge-tailed eagle and is the setting for a cautionary tale concerning the fate of two children at the hands of a monster called Puttikin.

Gallery

Looking toward Newcastle from the Mount Sugarloaf carpark
Transmission Tower at Mount Sugarloaf
Plaque commemorating the first recorded snowfall on the mountain in 1965
Mount Surgarloaf (just left of centre) as seen from inner city Newcastle
View from the top

References

^ "Mount Sugarloaf". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
^ "Great Sugar Loaf". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
^ "Mount Sugarloaf". history.lakemac.com.au. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ "West Wallsend". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
^ Umwelt Environmental Consultants (2009). Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment: Aboriginal Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Ammonium Nitrate Emulsion Production Facility, and Continued Operation of Orica Mining Services Technology Centre, Richmond Vale NSW. p. 25.

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Photo of snowfall on Mount Sugarloaf, 18–19 July 1965

Mountains in New South Wales, Australia

Coastal mountain ranges
(not part of the
Great Dividing Range)

Mid North Coast	Middle Brother (554 m or 1,818 ft) South Brother (487 m or 1,598 ft) North Brother (476 m or 1,562 ft)
Allyn, Barrington and Mount Royal	Brumlow Tops (1,586 m or 5,203 ft) Polblue (1,575 m or 5,167 ft) Barrington (1,555 m or 5,102 ft) Careys Peak (1,544 m or 5,066 ft) Eremeren Point (1,537 m or 5,043 ft) Royal (1,185 m or 3,888 ft) Allyn (1,125 m or 3,691 ft) Cabrebald (1,000 m or 3,281 ft) Ben Bullen Gunama Lumeah
Gibraltar and Sugarloaf	Summit (1,170 m or 3,839 ft) Sugarloaf (412 m or 1,352 ft) Bulahdelah Manning
Blue Mountains	Coricudgy (1,255 m or 4,117 ft) unnamed peak (1,189 m or 3,901 ft) Pomany (1,109 m or 3,638 ft) Piddington (1,094 m or 3,589 ft) Boyce (1,093 m or 3,586 ft) York (1,061 m or 3,481 ft) Victoria (1,059 m or 3,474 ft) Banks (1,049 m or 3,442 ft) Tomah (1,016 m or 3,333 ft) Wilson (1,008 m or 3,307 ft) Kings Tableland (1,000 m or 3,281 ft) Narrow Neck Plateau (1,000 m or 3,281 ft) Bell (998 m or 3,274 ft) Castle Cliff (986 m or 3,235 ft) Solitary (950 m or 3,117 ft) Hay (944 m or 3,097 ft) Podgers (890 m or 2,920 ft) Irvine (850 m or 2,789 ft) Debert (840 m or 2,756 ft) Camp Cave (800 m or 2,625 ft) Warrigal (760 m or 2,493 ft) Notts (750 m or 2,461 ft) Harris (736 m or 2,415 ft) Centre (620 m or 2,034 ft) Hall (617 m or 2,024 ft) Gibson (608 m or 1,995 ft) Scorpion (558 m or 1,831 ft) Linda Rock (599 m or 1,965 ft) Cookem (569 m or 1,867 ft) Gospers Bedford Cameron Coriaday Erskine Mistake Monundilla Whaite Wirraba Pearces Wedding Cake
Illawarra	Bells (803 m or 2,635 ft) Knights Hill (709 m or 2,326 ft) Noorinan (663 m or 2,175 ft) Saddleback (600 m or 1,969 ft) Wanyambilli Hill (564 m or 1,850 ft) Kembla (534 m or 1,752 ft) Burelli (531 m or 1,742 ft) Kembla West (512 m or 1,680 ft) Brisbane (469 m or 1,539 ft) Keira (464 m or 1,522 ft) Warra (464 m or 1,522 ft) Brokers Nose (440 m or 1,444 ft) Nebo (252 m or 827 ft)
The Budawangs	Budawang (1,129 m or 3,704 ft) Currockbilly (1,087 m or 3,566 ft) Wog Wog (893 m or 2,930 ft) Cole (876 m or 2,874 ft) Sturgiss (858 m or 2,815 ft) Fosters (857 m or 2,812 ft) Barneys Hill (855 m or 2,805 ft) The Castle (831 m or 2,726 ft) Shrouded Gods (809 m or 2,654 ft) Donjon (786 m or 2,579 ft) Clyde (781 m or 2,562 ft) Quiltys (775 m or 2,543 ft) Wirritin (674 m or 2,211 ft) Pigeon House / Didthul (720 m or 2,362 ft) Bushwalker (640 m or 2,100 ft) Byangee (500 m or 1,640 ft) Coolangatta Tarn

Great Dividing Range

Tweed

Warning (1,156 m or 3,793 ft)
Bar (1,130 m or 3,707 ft)
Glenugie (316 m or 1,037 ft)
Chincogan (260 m or 853 ft)
Gladstone
Goobergooberyam
Moombil

McPherson and Nightcap

Barney (1,359 m or 4,459 ft)
Burrell 933 m or 3,061 ft)
Neville (919 m or 3,015 ft)
Nardi (812 m or 2,664 ft)
Matheson (804 m or 2,638 ft)
Peates (604 m or 1,982 ft)

Mid North Coast

Banda Banda (1,258 m or 4,127 ft)

Nandewar

Kaputar (1,489 m or 4,885 ft)
Dowe (1,457 m or 4,780 ft)
Mount Coryah (1,409 m or 4,623 ft)
Lindesay (1,373 m or 4,505 ft)
Grattai (1,301 m or 4,268 ft)
Bushy (1,260 m or 4,134 ft)
Round (1,250 m or 4,101 ft)
Yulludunida (1,225 m or 4,019 ft)
Castle Top (1,120 m or 3,675 ft)
Gins (1,120 m or 3,675 ft)
Ningadhun (1,013 m or 3,323 ft)

Liverpool and Watagan

unnamed (1,300 m or 4,265 ft)
Pandoras Pass (788 m or 2,585 ft)
Warrawolong (641 m or 2,103 ft)

New England and Moonbi

Round (1,585 m or 5,200 ft)
Point Lookout (1,564 m or 5,131 ft)
Ben Lomond (1,512 m or 4,961 ft)
Grundy (1,463 m or 4,800 ft)
Barren (1,437 m or 4,715 ft)
Hyland (1,434 m or 4,705 ft)
Duval (1,393 m or 4,570 ft)
Black Jack (1,300 m or 4,265 ft)
Gulligal (1,230 m or 4,035 ft)
Oaky (1,070 m or 3,510 ft)
Cooee (1,020 m or 3,346 ft)
Flaggy (984 m or 3,228 ft)
Big Billy (884 m or 2,900 ft)
Dorrigo (762 m or 2,500 ft)
Burning (520 m or 1,706 ft)
Yarrowyck

Central Tablelands

Canobolas (1,395 m or 4,577 ft)
Shooters Hill (1,394 m or 4,573 ft)
Bindo (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)
Trickett (1,362 m or 4,469 ft)
Blaxland (901 m or 2,956 ft)
Hopeless (1,056 m or 3,465 ft)

The Brindabellas and Scabby

Bimberi (1,913 m or 6,276 ft)
Gingera (1,857 m or 6,093 ft)
Kelly (1,829 m or 6,001 ft)
Ginini (1,762 m or 5,781 ft)
Franklin (1,646 m or 5,400 ft)
Aggie (1,421 m or 4,662 ft)
Coree (1,421 m or 4,662 ft)
Bramina (1,392 m or 4,567 ft)
Bulls Head (1,375 m or 4,511 ft)
Black Bottle (1,356 m or 4,449 ft)
Lickhole (1,188 m or 3,898 ft)
Brindabella (972 m or 3,189 ft)

Monaro

Big Badja (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)
Brown (1,243 m or 4,078 ft)
Gibraltar (Bungendore) (887 m or 2,910 ft)
Gibraltar Hill

Snowies

Main

Kosciuszko (2,228 m or 7,310 ft)
Townsend (2,209 m or 7,247 ft)
unnamed peak on Etheridge Ridge (2,180 m or 7,152 ft)
Alice Rawson Peak (2,160 m or 7,087 ft)
Byatts Camp (2,159 m or 7,083 ft)
Carruthers (2,145 m or 7,037 ft)
Abbott Peak (2,145 m or 7,037 ft)
Mount Northcote (2,131 m or 6,991 ft)
Muellers Peak (2,120 m or 6,955 ft)
Clark (2,100 m or 6,890 ft)
Lee (2,100 m or 6,890 ft)
Gungartan (2,068 m or 6,785 ft)
Tate (2,068 m or 6,785 ft)
Jagungal (2,061 m or 6,762 ft)
Perisher (2,054 m or 6,739 ft)
Stilwell (2,040 m or 6,693 ft)
Watsons Crags (2,020 m or 6,627 ft)
Back Perisher (2,014 m or 6,608 ft)
Anton (2,000 m or 6,562 ft)
Anderson (1,997 m or 6,552 ft)
Blue Cow (1,994 m or 6,542 ft)
The Granite Peaks (1,980 m or 6,496 ft)
Dicky Cooper Bogong (1,980 m or 6,496 ft)
Gills Knobs (1,940 m or 6,365 ft)
Guthega Peak (1,924 m or 6,312 ft)
Blue Calf (1,905 m or 6,250 ft)
Sentinel (1,900 m or 6,234 ft)
Mount Piper (1,830 m or 6,004 ft)
Round (1,756 m or 5,761 ft)

Ramshead

Rams Head (2,190 m or 7,185 ft)
Twynam (2,178 m or 7,146 ft)
Rams Head North (2,177 m or 7,142 ft)
Little Twynam (2,120 m or 6,955 ft)

Other mountains in the GDR

Yengo (668 m or 2,192 ft)

Inland mountain ranges

Barrier	Lewis Peak (297 m or 974 ft)
Warrumbungles	Exmouth (1,206 m or 3,957 ft) Woorut (1,165 m or 3,822 ft) Needle
Other inland mountains	Grenfell Gibralter Hill

Island mountain ranges

Lord Howe	Gower (875 m or 2,871 ft) Lidgbird (777 m or 2,549 ft)

Mountains not within
a specific range

Gibraltar (863 m or 2,831 ft)
Gulaga (806 m or 2,644 ft)
Ulandra (761 m or 2,497 ft)
Tilga (329 m or 1,079 ft)
Oxley (307 m or 1,007 ft)

Towns, suburbs and localities of the City of Cessnock, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs
and localities

Other places and
points of interest

Towns, suburbs & localities of the City of Lake Macquarie

Towns, suburbs
& localities

Other places &
points of interest

v t e Towns, suburbs & localities of the City of Newcastle, New South Wales
Towns, suburbs & localities	Adamstown Adamstown Heights Bar Beach Beresfield Birmingham Gardens Black Hill Broadmeadow Callaghan Carrington Cooks Hill Elermore Vale Fletcher Georgetown Hamilton Hamilton East Hamilton North Hamilton South Hexham The Hill Islington Jesmond The Junction Kooragang Kotara Lambton Lenaghan Maryland Maryville Mayfield Mayfield East Mayfield North Mayfield West Merewether Merewether Heights Minmi New Lambton New Lambton Heights Newcastle Newcastle East Newcastle West North Lambton Rankin Park Sandgate Shortland Stockton Tarro Tighes Hill Wallsend Warabrook Waratah Waratah West Wickham
Rivers and other waterways	Glenrock Lagoon Hunter River Williams River
Other places & points of interest	Beaumont Street Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium Christ Church Cathedral Fernleigh Track Fort Scratchley Hunter Ice Skating Stadium Hunter Street John Hunter Hospital Mount Sugarloaf Newcastle City Hall Newcastle Civic Theatre Newcastle Court House Newcastle Customs House Newcastle Entertainment Centre Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle Museum Newcastle Street Circuit Nobbys Head Queens Wharf Royal Newcastle Hospital State Dockyard Stockton Beach Stockton Bridge Tourle Street Bridge University of Newcastle Victoria Theatre

Significant places & items of interest in the Hunter Region of New South Wales

Commerce & industry

Industry	Cardiff Locomotive Workshops Forgacs Shipyard Hunter Valley Coal Chain Hunter Valley wine Kia Ora Stud Kooragang Island Newcastle Steelworks Newcastle Port Corporation Tomago aluminium smelter
Shopping	Charlestown Square Hunter Street Newcastle & Suburban Co-operative Society Stockland Glendale Stockland Green Hills Westfield Kotara
Other	Newcastle Government House

Education

Primary	Avondale Hunter School of the Performing Arts Hunter Valley Grammar Kahibah Public Newcastle Grammar
Secondary	All Saints College, Maitland Avondale Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Wallsend Waratah Technology Cessnock High Glendale Technology High Hunter River High Hunter School of the Performing Arts Hunter Valley Grammar Irrawang High Kotara High Lambton High Maitland Grossmann High Maitland High Merewether High Mount View High Newcastle Grammar Newcastle High Rutherford Technology High St Joseph's, Lochinvar Tomaree High Toronto High
Tertiary	Avondale College University of Newcastle

Entertainment, sport & culture
Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium Circuit Italia Dungog Film Festival Hunter Valley Steamfest Newcastle 500 Newcastle Art Gallery Newcastle Civic Theatre Newcastle Entertainment Centre Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle Libraries Newcastle Museum Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground Newcastle Show Newcastle Showground Newcastle Street Circuit Surfest

Geography

General	Broughton Island Burning Mountain Cape Hawke Glenrock Lagoon Lake Chichester Lake Macquarie Myall Lakes Mount Royal Range Mount Sugarloaf Port Stephens Stockton Beach Tops to Myall Heritage Trail
National parks and nature reserves	Barrington Tops Black Bulga State Conservation Area Booti Booti Ghin-Doo-Ee Mount Royal Myall Lakes Tomaree Towarri Wallingat Watagans Werakata The Glen
Rivers	Allyn Avon Barrington Bow Bylong Chichester Gloucester Goulburn Hunter Karuah Manning Myall Pages Paterson Wangat Williams Worondi Rivulet

Historical

Air transport

Broadmeadow Aerodrome

Defence

Education

Newcastle Boys' High School

General

Industry

Maritime

Natural disasters

1989 Newcastle earthquake

Rail

General	Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot Fernleigh Track Hunter Valley Railway Trust Hunter Valley Steamfest Murulla rail accident Richmond Vale Railway Museum Wallsend Railway Goods Shed
Railway lines	Belmont Morpeth Richmond Vale Railway South Maitland Railway Toronto Wallsend
Railway stations	Allandale Antiene Belford Belmont Blackalls Park Cessnock Civic Dingadee Farley Grasstree Jewells Minimbah Mortuary Newcastle Ravensworth Toronto Whittingham Wickham Wingen
Trams	Trams in Newcastle West Wallsend Steam Tram Line

Wine making

Lindeman's

World War II

Infrastructure

Transport

Road	Beaumont Street Bucketts Way Golden Highway Hunter Expressway New England Highway Newcastle Inner City Bypass Newcastle Link Road Pacific Highway Putty Road Sydney-Newcastle Freeway Thunderbolts Way
Road bridges	Beckers Clarence Town Cooreei Dunmore Fitzgerald Bridge Glennies Creek Hexham Hinton Monkerai Morpeth Stockton Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Vacy
Railway lines	Main North Newcastle
Railway stations	Aberdeen Adamstown Awaba Beresfield Booragul Branxton Broadmeadow Cardiff Cockle Creek Dora Creek Dungog East Maitland Fassifern Greta Hamilton Hexham High Street Hilldale Kotara Lochinvar Maitland Martins Creek Metford Mindaribba Morisset Muswellbrook Newcastle Interchange Paterson Sandgate Scone Singleton Tarro Telarah Teralba Thornton Victoria Street Wallarobba Warabrook Waratah Wirragulla Wyee
Bus	Bus routes Busways Hunter Valley Buses Newcastle Transport Port Stephens Coaches Rover Coaches Sid Fogg's
Air	Cessnock Airport Maitland Airport Newcastle Airport Scone Airport
Ferry	Stockton ferry service
Light rail	Newcastle Light Rail

Utilities

Electricity generation	Bayswater Power Station Eraring Power Station Lake Liddell Liddell Power Station Redbank Power Station Teralba Colliery Vales Point Power Station
Water supply	Chichester Dam Glenbawn Dam Grahamstown Dam Lostock Dam Tillegra Dam proposal

Media
ABC Newcastle Hit 106.9 Maitland Mercury Newy 87.8 FM Nine Northern NSW New FM Port Stephens Examiner The Herald Triple M 2HD 2NUR

Other

Defence	No. 26 Squadron RAAF RAAF Base Williamtown
General	Cessnock Correctional Centre Christ Church Cathedral
Health & medical research	Hunter Medical Research Institute John Hunter Hospital

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