Hexham: Jesmond

The landscape around Hexham is a low-lying Hunter River floodplain with tidal wetlands, which has shaped both settlement patterns and local transport links. On Newcastle’s north-western outskirts, the suburb borders Hexham Swamp, part of the wider wetland country around the Hunter River estuary. The river has long made this an important crossing point between Newcastle and the lower Hunter Valley. Hexham Bridge carries the Pacific Highway across the Hunter, while the Main North railway line also passes through the suburb, reinforcing its role as a transport corridor. Unlike Newcastle’s coastal centre, Hexham is defined by open floodplain, wetlands and major road and rail routes. Browse additional webcams from the Hunter River corridor to extend your view of the Newcastle region.

New South Wales is widely known within Australia for Sydney Harbour, home to the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The state extends from the Pacific coastline across the Great Dividing Range to wide inland plains within the Murray–Darling Basin. Sydney is Australia’s largest city and a major centre for finance, arts and international travel, while inland districts are strongly associated with farming and long distances between towns. The Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, form part of a UNESCO World Heritage area of eucalyptus forests, sandstone escarpments and deep valleys. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how New South Wales relates to its coast, ranges and inland country.

Australia’s terrain extends from tropical rainforests in the northeast to arid plains in the interior, producing dramatic climatic contrasts. The Great Dividing Range follows much of the eastern coast, while the Great Barrier Reef lies off Queensland in the Coral Sea and Uluru rises from the central desert. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples maintain living cultures whose connections to Country long predate European settlement. In Sydney, the sail-like Opera House, completed in 1973, stands beside one of the world’s best-known harbours. Discover further points of interest through webcams located across Australia.