Lake Macquarie City Council
Charlestown Swim Centre’s 25m pool will be closed from Thursday 1 April until mid-2021 for maintenance works.
The 50m pool will continue to operate as normal during this time.
Throughout the maintenance period, there may be some changes to existing programs to accommodate the works. We will do our best to minimise impacts on users and keep users informed of any potential changes.
We apologise for an inconvenience caused.
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Why?
As an NRL School to Work project officer in Newcastle, Charmaine Piper is all about empowering students to push past their comfort zone.
Piper has done just that in helping two promising Indigenous high school graduates of 2020, Shay Ping-Buckshiram and Brendan Marshall, secure identified traineeship positions with Lake Macquarie City Council.
It s a testament to the value of the NRL School to Work program – sponsored by the Federal Government – which was established in 2012 and has now aided more than 2500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to finish Year 12 and find meaningful tertiary education or employment.
Across the Hunter Region, School to Work currently works with 221 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
“Innovation and creativity” are the key to a thriving arts community according to Lake Macquarie’s new arts leaders.
This year, Lake Macquarie Council welcomed two new leaders to assist in new and ongoing arts projects in the region.
Martina Mrongovius, an internationally recognised arts professional was assigned the newly created role of Arts Producer – Lake Arts Precinct.
Having worked as a Creative Director throughout Europe and in New York, Lake Macquarie City Council Manager Arts, Culture and Tourism Jacqui Hemsley says she is a perfect addition to the arts and wider community.
Ms Mrongovius will be responsible for Lake Macquarie’s arts activities and venues, including the Museum of Art and Culture (MAC) at Booragul.
2020
Lake Macquarie City Council has cancelled this year’s Lake Mac Festival due to the ongoing COVID-19 risk.
After consultation with NSW Police, Lake Macquarie Mayor Kay Fraser admitted cancelling the event held over the Australia Day long weekend was a difficult decision.
“We must keep people safe first and foremost… I believe this is the right one for our community,” Cr Fraser said.
A COVID-safe Citizenship Ceremony will still take place as planned on Australia Day.
More than 40 new citizens will be welcomed.
“Welcoming people from all cultural backgrounds and walks of life adds diversity and richness to our community, and seeing their joy and pride as they become Australian citizens is a true privilege,” Fraser said.