About Tea Gardens
Tea Gardens is a locality in the MidCoast Council area, on the Mid North Coast. It extends along the west bank of the Myall River from Port Stephens about 14 km in a north-north-easterly direction, and in the west it reaches the Pacific Highway.
The town itself is at the southern end, on the northern shore of Port Stephens. It is directly across the river from Hawks Nest, and the two-lane Singing Bridge connects the two. It is almost 220 km north of Sydney and about 10 km south-east of the Pacific Highway, at the southern end of the Ramsar-listed wetlands of the Myall Lakes.
How Tea Gardens got here
A few dates and facts that shaped the place.
2011
The census counts 2,434 people in Tea Gardens.
2021
The census counts 3,288, with one of the oldest populations in Australia.
Today
The Singing Bridge links the town to Hawks Nest across the Myall River.
More about Tea Gardens
Tea Gardens has grown by about 850 people between the 2011 and 2021 censuses. Anglicans, Catholics and members of the Uniting Church are the largest religious groups, and 4.9% of the workforce were unemployed in 2021, close to the national figure of 5.1%.
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Where is Tea Gardens?
Tea Gardens is in the MidCoast Council area on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.
Nearby towns with hubs on OurHub, with straight-line distances: Hawks Nest (2 km south-east), North Arm Cove (11 km west), Bulahdelah (28 km north), Stroud (34 km north-west).
What the Tea Gardens directory lists
To eat and drink: Hawks Nest Golf Club Bistro, Nicole's Art Gallery and Cafe, Tea Gardens Hotel, Tillermans Cafe - Restaurant. Shops and services: Tea Gardens Post Office. For health: Myall Pharmacy. Halls and community places: Greater Lakes Council Community Centre, Tea Gardens Library.
Parks, beaches and recreation: ANZAC Park, Bennets Beach, Memorial Park. Schools and learning: Tea Gardens Public School. Churches: Baptist Church, St Andrew's, St Stephen's, Tea Gardens Uniting Church. Emergency services: Pindimar Rural Fire Brigade, Tea Gardens Fire Station, Tea Gardens Police Station.
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Photo: “Singing Bridge” by Quartl (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Town facts: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the Australian Bureau of Statistics census. Straight-line distances are worked out from the hub’s coordinates. Directory locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).