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Dungog is a beautiful country town with views of rolling hills and the nearby Williams River.
Dungog is 220 km (2 hr 40 min drive) north of Sydney. It is 52 km (45 min drive) to Maitland and 76 km (70 min drive) to Newcastle.
Dungog is a service centre for the surrounding areas, that are known for cattle-raising, dairying and timber production.
The closest airport to Dungog is Newcastle Airport, which is a 62 km from Dungog. It is serviced by Jetstar, Virgin Australia, QantasLink, FlyPelican and Regional Express, providing flights to destinations including Canberra, Ballina/Byron Bay, Dubbo, Taree, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney, and Auckland (NZ).
Dungog Railway Station is served by the North Coast railway line, which has daily return trips to Sydney and to Brisbane. All services are run by NSW TrainLink.
Dungog is home to more than 2,100 people, the median age of residents is 49 years. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up nearly 7% of the population.
The town is in the Hunter, New England, & Central Coast Primary Health Network, this fact sheet provides an overview of population health for the primary health network area.
Dungog Community Hospital is a 15-bed rural community hospital providing emergency, medical, postsurgical and post-natal care inpatient services as well as slow stream rehabilitation and enablement. It offers onsite diagnostic services such as radiology and pathology, and access to allied health outreach services and community health clinics (maternal and child health, women’s health, podiatry and chiropractor), Aboriginal and Multicultural Liaison Health Officers.
Outreach services currently provided by Lower Hunter Community Health include, community nursing, continence clinics, foot care clinics, Hospital in the Home, immunisation, audiometry, women’s health, social work, dietetics, occupational therapy, speech pathology and early childhood services.
There is an Ambulance Service of NSW station in Dungog.