Nelson Head Inner Light House is an inactive lighthouse located on the headland between Little Beach and Shoal Bay. Established in 1872 it has guided ships into Port Stephens for 150 years where it began as four kerosene lamps on a wooden tower.

Since 1862 the `Outer Light’ Lighthouse on Point Stephens at Fingal Bay has been guiding ships to Port Stephens and warning of the dangerous entrance to what was then known as False Bay.

Until a calamitous flood in 1955, King Street in Raymond Terrace was the main Street and business district of the town…

Historic village of Hinton is another small township in the Port Stephens/Hunter Valley area with a rich historical story…