Experience Newcastle
Man diving into Merewether Baths: Image by Destination NSW If you’re reading this then chances are you’re considering coming to Newcastle to scratch that Surfest itch, right? Surfest is BACK! Both international and local chargers are set to launch across Newcastle’s iconic surfing reserve and beaches in Lake Macquarie in March for the 36th time […]
North Narrabeen Sports High scoop prize pool at Go Kindy High Schools Team Challenge
Merewether 28 February 2020 NORTH Narrabeen Sports High blitzed 20 other NSW schools to take home the boys and girls trophies for both the boys and girls divisions at the Go Kindy High Schools Team Challenge as part of the 35th Surfest at Merewether beach. The boys from North Narrabeen successfully defended the title they […]
Big Names Stumble At Burton Automotive Pro
IMAGE: Merewether’s Jackson Baker’s best WSL QS result to move into round of 24 in Burton Automotive Pro. PIC: Paul Danovaro Merewether, NSW /AUS (Thursday, March 14, 2019) – Day 4 of competition at Newcastle Surfest’s Burton Automotive Pro QS6,000 has seen some of surfing’s biggest names dip out of contention as a pack of […]
Narrabeen Sports High and St Peters Catholic College win Go Kindy High School Team Challenge
Image: Gary Luke Image: Go Kindy High School Challenge winners with Go Kindy Early Education owners Chris and Rhonda Passfield (Merewether beach, Surfest Newcastle Australia, 6 March 2019) NARRABEEN Sports High and St Peters Catholic College have taken out the boys and girls divisions respectively in the 2019 Go Kindy High Schools Team Challenge. Twenty-five […]
Huge field of internationals for 2019 Surfest Newcastle Australia
WSL World No. 2 – Julian Wilson (AUS) Image: WSL/Cestari (Merewether beach, NEWCASTLE AUSTRALIA, 13 February 2019) A WHOPPING 29 countries will be represented by international surfers at this year’s Burton Automotive Pro and the Holmes Civil Developments Pro – the main events at the 2019 Surfest Newcastle Australia. And 23 of the best surfers […]
‘Barrelled’ – Food, Wine and Beer Festival announced for Surfest 2019
BARRELLED will feature a great line up of Hunter Valley wine producers, food from quality local restaurants such as Restaurant Mason as well as craft brewers plying their chilled sparkling brown product. Surfest Event Manager Warren Smith has welcomed the event – “As Surfest has grown, a food and wine event has been something that […]
Top Seeds Step Up At Burton Automotive Pro QS6000
Caption: 2017 Championship Tour Rookie Connor O’Leary (AUS) posted the highest heat total of day one Burton Automotive Pro. Image: Paul Danovaro Merewether, NSW/AUS (Wednesday, February 21, 2018) – After poor conditions forced a lay-day for Day 2 of the Burton Automotive Pro World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) 6,000 event, competition has resumed […]
Hawaiian hopefuls dominate opening day of Burton Automotive Pro
Caption: Current World Junior Champion Finn McGill (HAW) posted the highest heat total of the opening Day at Merewether for the 2018 Burton Automotive Pro. WSL Bennett Merewether, NSW/AUS (Monday, February 19, 2018) – The 2018 Burton Automotive Pro WSL Qualifying Series (QS) 6000 event has kicked of today at Merewether Beach in conjunction with […]
World’s Best Kick Start 2018 Season at Newcastle Surfest
Caption: World No. 5 Matt Wilkinson. Credit: © WSL / Damian Poullenott Merewether, NSW/AUS (Sunday, February 18, 2018) – A number of the world’s top surfers have arrived in Newcastle ahead of the Burton Automotive Men’s Pro and Grandstand Sports Clinic Women’s Pro which kick off tomorrow at Merewether Beach. The two WSL Qualifying Series […]
Forster’s Joe Haddon tames wild surf to claim his fourth Wandiyali ATSI Indigenous Classic title
Caption: Wandiyali Classic 2018 winners. Pic: Paul Danovaro MASSIVE swells pounded Merewether beach and smashed surfboards on the final day of the Wandiyali ATSI Indigenous Classic, Australia’s richest Indigenous surfing contest. Wandiyali means porcupine in the Wiradjuri language Surfers from around the nation vied for titles across four divisions in the classic as part of […]
