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Scone is known as the ‘Horse capital of Australia’, it is home to world-class thoroughbred breeders and many equine events.
Scone is 275 km (3.5 hr drive) north from Sydney. It is 150 km (2.1 hr drive) from the regional city of Newcastle and 30 km (30 min drive) from Muswellbrook.
Located in the second largest horse breeding area in the world, Scone has thriving pony and polo clubs, and events including the 10-day Scone Horse Festival. Scone is also home to other agriculture including cattle and sheep grazing, cereal cropping, dairies and boutique wineries.
The closest airport is Newcastle Airport, which is a 2 hr drive from Scone. The airport is serviced by Jetstar, Virgin Australia, QantasLink, FlyPelican and Regional Express. Destinations include Canberra, Ballina/Byron Bay, Dubbo, Taree, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney, and Auckland (NZ). There are daily services to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
Scone is serviced by the Main North railway line which has daily services to Sydney and local regular services to Newcastle.
There are local and regional bus services that run to Sydney which have timetables available online.
Scone is home to nearly 5000 people, the median age of residents is 40 years. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up nearly 5% of the population.
Scone is in the Hunter, New England, & Central Coast Primary Health Network, this fact sheet provides a health profile for the area.
Scott Memorial Hospital is a 48-bed facility with services including: 24 hour emergency department, acute care, aged care, antenatal care, gastroenterology, obstetric care, orthopaedic clinic, outpatients clinics, medical clinic, medical imaging including X-ray and ultrasound, paediatric clinic, palliative care clinic, respiratory clinic, surgical clinic and rural rehabilitation services.
Scone Community Health Service, is situated at the rear of the hospital, and offers a range of services including: audiometry, community mental health, community nursing, physiotherapy, sexual assault counselling service, speech pathology and women's health.
There is an Ambulance Service of NSW station in Scone.
There may be accommodation available in Scone for registrars working there, please contact your Rural Support Officer for details.