People of Lake Mac

We are a community alive with energy and optimism, thriving in a city that nurtures and celebrates creativity and innovation. Here are the people and businesses that shape our vibrant city.

Breweries are pouring into Lake Macquarie

Home to a booming craft beer scene, there are a growing number of breweries in Lake Mac and three of those reside in Morisset.

Adept IT Solutions leverage a convenient location in Cameron Park

Adept IT has been busy harnessing the benefits of its Cameron Park HQ. Learn how their convenient and cost-effective location has helped to spark exponential growth – and why they’ll be staying in Lake Mac for the long run.

Saphi Engineering fuels global business growth from a Lake Mac lab

This engineering company runs game-changing projects for clients across the globe – all from a lab in Lake Macquarie. Discover how Saphi Engineering makes the most of The Melt at Warners Bay, and how their team unwinds away from the wires!

A grounded life by the lake

For ex-Sydneysiders Ben and Sarah Newling, the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020 was the motivation needed to finally pursue a more grounded and community-focused lifestyle. Discover why they chose Lake Macquarie as their new home.

Meet the South African duo bringing Lake Mac to life on canvas

Discover how South African mother-daughter duo Ulanda and Caroli were inspired to settle in Lake Macquarie and help visitors and locals unveil their inner artist via the link in our bio.

Discover how Design Anthology is championing local innovation

Design Anthology helps transform business ideas into lucrative ventures with award-winning solutions, right here in Lake Mac. Discover how this product design and development studio is driving industry growth on our doorstep.

Camplify’s CEO strikes the ultimate work life balance in Lake Mac

See why founder CEO of Camplify, Justin Hales, chose to call Belmont home and just how highly he recommends it to other business leaders.

Accessible Lake Mac

We’re proud of our accessible city, where those living with a disability can seamlessly live, grow and connect.

Let’s create

Macquarie Hills artist, Goya Torres is making her presence known, with her mural capturing the eye of passers-by in Toronto.

Humble Heroes

Let’s celebrate the Humble Heroes of Lake Macquarie who are making a positive difference in our community.

How a sea-change turned a young couple’s life around

Laura and Chris were barely seeing each other and spending too much time sitting in Sydney traffic. Now they have truly found their happy place.

Prestigious study centres in and around Lake Mac

Seeking to live a fun and active lifestyle, sea-side Abbey couldn’t pass up the opportunity to set up shop in Lake Macquarie and study at the University of Newcastle.

Reaching for the skies

Emma pilots flights over Lake Macquarie and has her sights set on becoming an Air Race pilot.

Local innovators keeping Aussies safe

Meet the team at Fire Response, a leading Australian organisation for all things fire-fighting and rescue equipment.

Ditching the daily grind

Meet Kat and Ben, the professional photographers who moved to Lake Macquarie from Sydney four years ago, replacing their home city’s daily grind with the idyllic lifestyle on offer in the southern suburb of Nords Wharf.

Community Refill finds a home in Lake Mac

Gabby and Will Magin are the husband-and-wife duo behind Community Refill. With a passion for manufacturing organic and primarily plastic-free beauty, personal care and cleaning products, the couple established their eco-focused business in 2016.

Calling Lake Mac home after travelling the world

It may have taken a global economic crisis to bring Leigha and her family home to Lake Macquarie, but now she couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.

Riding into Lake Mac sunsets after a shift from Sydney

A visit to an old friend turned into a life-changing move to Lake Macquarie for father-of-two Dave Mulquiney and his family.

Lake Mac business blazing new trails on 4WD camping scene

Five years ago, Ben Souter was living in a shed in Redhead, making ends meet as a carpenter fitting out caravans. The makeshift sleeping quarters are long gone, but that same shed is now home to Souter’s burgeoning offroad camper-trailer company BRS Offroad.

Lake Mac Private Hospital keeps care, skills in region

Lake Macquarie and Warners Bay Private Hospitals, are among Lake Macquarie’s largest employers, with a combined workforce of more than 1000 staff.

We love being so close to nature

Creative couple Danka Gralik and Nick Druery were living in Manly when they decided it was time to jump on the property ladder.

From farm to plate: urban farming in Lake Macquarie

We take a tour of Feedback Organic Recovery at Cardiff with founder Dave Sivyer to discover the power of reusing food waste and how anyone can become an urban farmer.

From Sutherland Shire to Eleebana

Stephanie, husband James and their two young children moved to the lakeside suburb of Eleebana from Sydney’s Sutherland Shire in April. The City’s beaches, lake and warmer climate attracted them to Lake Macquarie, but since making the move, they have discovered there is so much more to love about our City.

The community spirit is strong in Lake Mac

COVID-19 might have kept people at literal arm’s length from each other for the past few months, but it has also drawn the Lake Macquarie community closer together.

Support is at the heart of My Goal Australia

For Dean and Belinda Kidd, life during a pandemic is busy. Their disability support provider, My Goal Australia, has adapted to continue working with their clients. In addition, the couple has just welcomed a third child.

Clean break from normal business lends hand to COVID-19 workers

Lake Macquarie company Sirron Group has become one of a growing number of local businesses rapidly adapting, evolving and retooling to save jobs and contribute much-needed health supplies.

Teacher’s efforts unmasked during COVID-19 crisis

A 3D printer and a staunch dedication to his local community were all it took for Lake Macquarie teacher Jason Horadam to tackle the COVID-19 crisis face-first.

Tech company turning Pipeline dreams into virtual reality

Rookie mining engineers in Peru stepping into a virtual underground world as part of their training would have little idea that everything in their field of vision was made in Lake Macquarie.

Hope and hard work on the menu as hospitality venues battle COVID-19

Here are three examples of the many small and large businesses across our City pulling out all stops to prevail.

Take your summer picnic to the next level

We caught Alice May – the brains behind Miss Mays – for a few quick questions during the festive season rush to get some advice on creating the perfect picnic … and to find out a bit more about her burgeoning enterprise.

Lake Mac company breathing life into battle against COVID-19

A Lake Macquarie prototyping lab is playing host to cutting-edge work in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency hospital ventilators designed and built in Lake Macquarie will be ready for clinical testing as soon as next month.

Game-changing clothing

From her base in Lake Macquarie, Michelle Ebbin is taking on the world with her innovative sensory clothing range.

Let’s Ask: Green responsibility

We know our community is passionate about the environment but what are they really doing to help protect it?

Travel stories: Lake Mac by train

Closely connected by train to Newcastle and Sydney, Lake Mac locals share their travel stories and the friendships created on their daily commutes.

Lake Mac dancer taking on the world

Lake Macquarie dancer Xavier Towers has seen more of the world in his nine short years than many adults have in a lifetime.

It was meant to be a year to remember – for all the right reasons

Southern Smoke were looking forward to a calendar booked solid with weekend events.

Belmont 16s has been a fixture in the community for almost 100 years

But never before has the club faced the kind of challenge presented by COVID-19.

What Kristen Combridge would give for a crystal ball right now

The spread of COVID-19 proved to be a triple-whammy for this small business owner.

Full speed ahead for The Wests Group thanks to Fibre City

One of the State’s biggest community organisations has signed up to a high-speed internet initiative that puts Lake Mac on the world stage for doing business online.

New maker lab just fab for Lake Mac creatives

Discover more about the new space in Lake Mac for people of all ages to create, invent, learn and innovate.