Old Bar, New South Wales
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Old Bar is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia in Mid-Coast Council. It lies around Template:Convert east of Taree on the Mid North Coast,[1] and around Template:Convert north of Sydney.
Geography
Old Bar is on the southern side of the mouth of the Manning River.[2]
Demographics
The population of the urban centre was measured at 3,650 people in the Template:CensusAU,[3] and that of the suburb proper which includes some surrounding rural area at 4,272 people.[4] It grew rapidly during a boom in housing in 1988.[5]
Airstrip
Old Bar is a common place for light aircraft to land. Old Bar Airfield is an authorised landing area and is heritage listed.[6]
2019 Bushfire
In November 2019, a bushfire that started at Hillville, south of Taree, jumped the Pacific Highway into the path of Old Bar and Wallabi Point. The day before, the NSW Rural Fire Service told residents in these areas to get out or defend. One home was confirmed lost on Old Bar Road.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Heritage listings
Old Bar has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- 0.5 km off Old Bar Road: Old Bar Airfield[7]
References
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- ↑ Siossian, Emma, "Aviation tales from Old Bar Airfield portray a tiny airstrip with a big history still in use today", ABC Mid North Coast, Saturday, 12 February 2022.
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