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Taree and Wingham, are within 15 minutes drive of each other, both are located on the Manning River and surrounded by rich rural farmland.
Taree is 313 km (3 hr 40 min drive) north from Sydney and 172 km (2 hr drive) from Newcastle. Taree is only 41 km (40 min drive) north of the bustling seaside towns of Forster-Tuncurry and 81 km (60 min drive) south from the regional centre of Port Macquarie.
Wingham is only 12 km (13 min drive) from Taree.
The riverside location of Taree and Wingham make them popular for boating, canoeing, swimming, fishing and water skiing. Both towns share a heritage of logging that has given way to dairying and beef cattle. Taree is also known for oyster production and is home to the big oyster.
Taree Airport is serviced by FlyPelican with flights to and from Sydney and Newcastle.
The larger Port Macquarie Airport is 83 km (60 min drive) from Taree. Qantas and Virgin Australia operate daily services to Sydney. Virgin Australia also operates direct services to Brisbane and Qantas operates seasonal summer services (October - May) from Port Macquarie to Lord Howe Island.
There are NSW TrainLink services from Taree and Wingham to Sydney and Port Macquarie. The North Coast XPT Train service travels from Brisbane to Sydney and back on a daily basis, stopping at Taree.
Taree - Wingham is home to almost 26,000 people, the median age of residents is 46 years. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up over 9% of the population.
The towns are located in the North Coast Primary Health Network, this needs assessment provides an insight into population health across the North Coast community.
Located in Taree, Manning Base Hospital is a regional hospital. The hospital has 160 beds, a four bed ICU and six bed cardiac care unit, with an adjacent six bed high dependency unit, an emergency department, medical, surgical and children’s wards. There is a co-located mental health unit and a community health unit. It is a teaching hospital for the Joint Medical Program, based at University of New England.
Mayo Private Hospital is an 81-bed acute medical, surgical, rehabilitation and mental health facility located in Taree. It has the only private, inpatient mental health unit between Newcastle and Coffs Harbour offering inpatient and day mental health programs.
Wingham Community Hospital is a 24 hour sub-acute rehabilitation unit providing services, such as, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, social work, medical assessment and management as well as providing an outpatient service for allied health assessment and therapy.
There is an Ambulance Service of NSW station in Taree.