Fullerton Cove, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place
type = suburb
name = Fullerton Cove
city =
state = nsw


imagesize = 270
caption = The Sygna as she lay off Stockton Beach on 6 August 2005
pop =
pop_footnotes =
density =
density_footnotes =
est =
postcode = 2318
coordinates = coord|32|50|36|S|151|49|35|E|type:town_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title
elevation = 3.7
elevation_footnotes= ref|elevation|Note1
area = 31.3
area_footnotes = ref|area|Note2
timezone = AEST
utc = +10
timezone-dst = AEDT
utc-dst = +11
propval =
dist1 = 175
dir1 = NNE
location1 = Sydney
dist2 = 21
dir2 = N
location2 = Newcastle
dist3 = 16
dir3 = SE
location3 = Raymond Terrace
lga = Port Stephens Councilcite web|url=http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_Regions.asp?regiontype=2&slacode=6400&region=HT|title=Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Port Stephens|publisher=New South Wales Department of Local Government|accessdate=2008-06-08]
region = Hunter
county = Gloucestercite web|url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=JPwGoesyMn|title=Geographical Names Register Extract: Fullerton Cove (suburb)|work=Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW|publisher=Geographical Names Board of New South Wales|accessdate=2008-05-27]
parish = Stowell
stategov = Port Stephens
fedgov = Paterson
maxtemp = 27.9
mintemp = 6.4
rainfall = 1125.6
near-n = Williamtown
near-ne = Williamtown
near-e = "Tasman Sea"
near-se = "Tasman Sea"
near-s = Fern Bay
near-sw = Kooragang
near-w = Tomago
near-nw = Williamtown, Tomago

Fullerton Cove is a rural suburb of the Port Stephens Local Government Area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located just north of Fern Bay and adjacent to Fullerton Cove, from which the suburb gets its name.DoL suburb image|name=Fullerton Cove|codename=Fullerton%20Cove|accessdate=2008-05-27] cite web|url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=JPwGoesyKW|title=Geographical Names Register Extract: Fullerton Cove (cove)|work=Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW|publisher=Geographical Names Board of New South Wales|accessdate=2008-05-27]

Like Fern Bay Fullerton Cove lies to the west of the Tasman Sea. Although the entire coastline is part of Stockton Beach there is no public access to the beach from Fullerton Cove. The only access in the suburb is via a private track, which is off-limits to the public, in a large sand mining development at the end of Coxs Lane. Sand tracks in this area provide best access to the wreck of the Sygna, a 53,000 tonne Norwegian bulk carrier that ran aground during a major storm on 26 May 1974 and which has since become an icon and landmark for the local area as well as being a popular destination for off-road enthusiasts driving along Stockton Beach.

Most of the population in the suburb is limited to an area along Fullerton Cove Road in a corridor of approximately Convert|2.4|km2|sqmi|1|lk=on, or 7.7% of the total suburb's area. Although the suburb is surrounded by several others, the only public road into the suburb is Nelson Bay Road, from Fern Bay in the south and Williamtown in the north.

Notes

# Fullerton Cove is primarily flat however it does have some elevated areas, mainly in the form of vegetated sandhills up to Convert|9.1|m|ft|0|lk=on above mean sea level. The figure presented represents the average elevation throughout the majority of the suburb as shown on 1:100000 map NEWCASTLE 9232.
# Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.

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