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Banks and exchange
The Commonwealth Bank, 136 Hunter Street Mall (tel 02/4927 2777), has foreign exchange. American Express, 25 Bolton St (tel 02/4929 5500).
Car Hire A.R.A (tel 02/4962 2488), from $48.50 including standard insurance, with 100km mileage; Thrifty (tel 02/4942 2266). Environment The Wilderness Society, 90 Hunter St (tel 02/4929 4395). Left luggage The train station has a luggage room (daily 8am-5pm; $1.50 per article). Post office Newcastle GPO, 96 Hunter St, NSW 2300 (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm). Taxi Taxi Services Co-Op (tel 02/4979 3000). Tours Shadows Wine Tours (tel 02/4990 7002) do good-value wine tours of the Hunter Valley, visiting five wineries, with free pick-ups from Newcastle ($35 or $55 with restaurant lunch). Hunter Vineyard Tours (tel 02/4991 1659) and Hunter Valley Day Tours (tel 02/4938 5031) also do Newcastle pick-ups, for an extra charge. Trains Newcastle Station enquiries tel 02/4962 9696.
Travel Agent
Newcastle Travel, 68 Hunter St, cnr Watt St (tel 02/4926 1855). Sells bus tickets for coaches going up the North Coast. Other useful information
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