The City of Lake Macquarie is situated at the northern reaches of the Central Coast and is one of the fastest developing business, commercial and recreational regions of Australia. The population above refers to the Lake Maquarie Local Government Area (LGA) as at the 2006 Census.It is conveniently located on the F3 Freeway only one and half-hours north of Sydney. Excellent road networks provide ready access to the Central West, Northern Tablelands, Mid North and Northern Coastal regions of New South Wales.Belmont Airport is serviced by Aeropelican offering frequent daily services directly into the Sydney’s Mascot airport.Express City Link Rail Services are available to Lake Macquarie on an hourly basis. These services stop at Lake Macquarie - Fassifern and Cardiff. All NSW TrainLink services to and from the North Coast and Northern Tablelands stop at Lake Macquarie - Fassifern, Morisset and Broadmeadow.A sound infrastructure of roads, rail, air, and water access, support a variety of affordable lifestyle opportunities in the region, including cosmopolitan living, beach and lake waterfront/waterview dwellings, mountain retreats and small rural holdings.
