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The natural beauty of Walcha is quite breathtaking. Walcha is home to the magnificent Macleay Gorges and boasts some 205,000 hectares of dedicated national park, wilderness and state forest. Parts of our Werrikimbe National Park are World Heritage listed.
Walcha is also a well known trout fishing mecca, boasting some 1,500 km of trout streams which are a home to Rainbow and Brown trout. The township of Walcha is 1,067 metres above sea level, with one of the highest point in the district being at “The Flags” (42 kilometres south of Walcha) which is 1,400 metres above sea level. The highest point is in the Riamukka area, 38 kilometres south of Walcha, where the Grundy Trig Station and the Grundy Fire Tower are situated which is recorded as 1,463 metres. Walcha covers an area of 640,028 hectares (2,475 square miles/6,400 square kilometres). The population of Walcha is approximately 3,224 (Census 2016) which includes approximately 1,700 in the Town of Walcha.
First Elected to Council on 04 December 2021.
Clr Schaefer has been elected as Walcha Council’s Delegate to the following Committees:
First Elected to Council on 04 December 2021.
Clr Reilly is a member of the following Council Committees:
And has also been elected to be Council’s Delegate on the following organisations:
First Elected to Council on 04 December 2021.
Clr Pointing is a member of the following Council Committees:
First Elected to Council on 10 September 2016.
Elected as Mayor on 28 September 2016. Re-elected unopposed on 22 December 2021.
Councillor Noakes is Council’s Delelgate on the following Committees:
And is also a member of the following Council Committees:
First Elected to Council on 10 September 2016
Elected as Deputy Mayor on 22 December 2021
Councillor Kermode is Council’s Delegate on the following Committees:
And is also a member of the following Council Committees:
First Elected to Council on 04 December 2021.
Clr Hicks is a member of the following Council Committees:
Clr Hicks is Council’s Delegate on the following organisation:
First elected to Council in 1991.
Was elected as Deputy Mayor from 2000 – 2012.
Councillor Ferrier is a Member of the following Walcha Council Committees:
Contact Details
Walcha Council
Phone: 02 6774 2500
Fax: 02 6777 1181
E – council@walcha.nsw.gov.au
First elected to Council on 04 December 2021.
Clr Berry has been elected to the following Council Committees: