Merewether outdoors: weather, beaches and tides

Alerts

In an emergency call 000.

Fire danger today

🟢 MODERATE Plan and prepare.

No Total Fire Ban today. Gas, electric, wood and charcoal BBQs are fine with care: keep an adult on it, water handy and nothing that burns nearby. Burning off or a fire in the open? Check if you need a permit.

Tomorrow: 🟢 MODERATE

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire Danger Ratings (Greater Hunter). Updated Mon, 26 Oct, 1:49 am.

Fires within 100 km

• SECTOR 5, SMA Advice
  RANGE RD, WHITTINGHAM 2330 · 57 km away · Under control · 207 ha

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service, Fires Near Me. Updated Mon, 26 Oct, 2:22 am.

Weather warnings

• 25/22:00 EDT Marine Wind Warning Summary for New South Wales

Source: Bureau of Meteorology, NSW warnings. Updated Mon, 26 Oct, 2:22 am.

Roads now

• Changed Traffic Conditions Upgrade: M1 Pacific Motorway, Cooranbong 28 km away · updated 23 Oct, 6:00 am
• Rugby League World Cup: Griffiths Road, Broadmeadow 4 km away · updated 22 Oct, 2:44 pm
• A-league Men: Griffiths Road, Broadmeadow 4 km away · updated 22 Oct, 2:45 pm

Source: Live Traffic NSW (Transport for NSW, open data)

One app instead of 40+

Your page right now: 40 apps and sites you no longer need to check.

No more checking 40 apps and websites every morning: that’s about 40 min back every day, or 4 hr 40 min a week (at about a minute an app). Everything below is on your page or one tap away.

= 1 Daily Maverick, your way

See which feature replaces which app

Scam watch

Buying from a business you don't know? Check the NSW Fair Trading Complaints Register first: it lists businesses with 10 or more complaints in a month.

Scam watch: report a scam, the tips banks agree on, product recalls →

What's on

Specials, members nights, trivia, live music, markets and events around Goulburn Mulwaree, in one place.

Read from each venue's own website twice a day. Specials can change, so check with the venue before you go. Know a venue we're missing? Tell us.

What’s on in Merewether

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Births, Deaths and Marriages

Just for curiosity

Trending baby names

NSWAustraliaWorldBy decadeYour nameIdeas with Mav

Top 10 across NSW, 2025

Girls

1. CHARLOTTE =
2. AMELIA =
3. OLIVIA =
4. ISLA ▲1
5. MIA ▼1
6. SOPHIA ▲3
7. CHLOE ▼1
8. HAZEL =
9. LILY ▲2
10. SIENNA ▲3

Biggest climber: LAINEY, up 41 to #56

Highest new entry: AMIRA at #79

Boys

1. NOAH =
2. OLIVER =
3. THEODORE =
4. LUCA =
5. LEO ▲1
6. HENRY ▼1
7. ELIJAH ▲3
8. LEVI ▲5
8. HUDSON ▼1
10. JACK ▲4

Biggest climber: ELIAS, up 52 to #35

Highest new entry: MATEO at #65

Source: the latest full-year list from the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Arrows show the move since 2024. NSW doesn't publish names by town. Checked Sun, 25 Oct, 3:56 pm.

See all Births, Deaths and Marriages →

Handy tools

Gen Alpha interpreter What did your kid just say? Jimmy Joel translates →

Dog friendly

Off-leash beaches, dog parks and places happy to see your dog. If there’s nothing mapped, it says so.

Source: OpenStreetMap (OpenStreetMap contributors), the free map anyone can add to.

LGBTQ+ friendly

Local places that welcome everyone. If there’s nothing mapped, it says so.

Source: OpenStreetMap (OpenStreetMap contributors), the free map anyone can add to.

Fuel prices in Goulburn

Source: NSW FuelCheck

Grocery watch

Today in numbers

Facts from the sources named, side by side. No opinions: make up your own mind.

Big tech watch

Life and death

AI for good, AI for bad

A recent AI story of each kind from the news, so you see both sides.

Headlines from The Guardian and Google News, sorted into good and bad by AI, so check the full story. See every story we've logged.

Learn how AI can help in your everyday life, from your local experts at Maverick Digital →

Grog watch

Beer, wine, spirits, cider: the price at local bottle shops, posted by the shops themselves. Search for anything, or filter by type. Local only, so your money stays in town.

Cheapest In between Dearest

Source: prices posted by local shops, with the date they posted. Shown for 30 days. We don't check the big chains: local only. Please drink responsibly.

Banks and the RBA

Home loan rates at the big four, and how quickly each passed on the Reserve Bank's (RBA) rate changes. Numbers only.

Cash rate: 4.60% since 29 Sept 2026

How fast they passed on RBA changes

Days from the RBA's decision to the date the bank's new variable rate took effect, for the 7 RBA moves since February 2025.

Merewether tide times & fishing

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Tide times are modelled estimates. Not for navigation; check the Bureau of Meteorology before boating.

Know your 2291

The handy stuff, all in one place. Every item is sourced and shown as the source has it. We don’t edit it. We tell you where it’s from and how well the owner keeps it up to date.

Spotted something out of date? Let us know.

Renting

Looking for a place in Goulburn? Every rental site, already searched for you.

• Rentals in Goulburn on realestate.com.au: Australia's biggest property site.
• Rentals in Goulburn on Domain: The other big one.
• Rentals in Goulburn on Rent.com.au: Rentals only, with a free renter résumé to send agents.
• Rentals in Goulburn on Homely: Rentals plus honest local reviews of each street.

Every rental site, your rights and bond help →

Jobs

Looking for work in Goulburn? Every job site, already searched for you.

• Jobs in Goulburn on SEEK: Australia's biggest job site.
• Jobs in Goulburn on Indeed: Pulls jobs from employers' own websites too.
• Jobs in Goulburn on Jora: Searches lots of job sites at once.
• Jobs in Goulburn on LinkedIn: Professional and office roles.

Every job site, plus council, harvest and local employers →

Goulburn Council watch

Keeping an eye on Goulburn Mulwaree Council, with every item linked to its source.

Meeting dates are on the council's meetings page.

Is council doing what it said?

Every three months Goulburn Mulwaree Council reports on its own plan. We'll show its latest report here, in its own words.

Have your say or make a complaint

• Report a problem or make a request: Goulburn Mulwaree Council on 02 4823 4444 or their website.
• Not happy with how council handled it? NSW Ombudsman.
• Concerns about a councillor's conduct: Office of Local Government.
• Suspect corruption: NSW ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption).
• Have your say at a meeting: ask the council about speaking at public forum before the next meeting.

🏅 Mini Maverick Award

Maverick Digital encourages digital safety for kids. Every Kid Zone game is designed to help with that: a safe place where kids can play and mums and dads can feel safe.

Each month, the top three kids on the Kid Zone leaderboards win the Mini Maverick Award, for proving they’re little mini Mavericks:

• 🥇 $25 first place
• 🥈 $15 second place
• 🥉 $10 third place

📍 Spent at a local Goulburn business. No multinationals, no chains, no fast food.

Only a winner’s first name is ever shown, with their parent or carer’s OK.

Play in Kid Zone → · Local businesses: be a place winners spend it

🌳 Get outside this weekend

Things for kids and families to do outdoors, free or under $50 a kid. This weekend: Sat, 31 Oct and Sun, 1 Nov.

No kids' events listed for this weekend yet. Running one? Add it free and tick "Good for kids".

Always-good local favourites

• Marsden Weir Walking Track Free
  Walking track in Goulburn, and the home of the Goulburn parkrun.
• Goulburn Wetlands Free
  Wetlands on May Street, Goulburn.
• Victoria Park Free
  Park in Goulburn with pathways that council has been upgrading.

Outdoor and affordable, picked by locals. Check times and prices before you go · Suggest one

National parks and visitor info

Park alerts and closures around Goulburn, straight from NSW National Parks, plus the official places to plan a visit. We source it, we don’t write it.

No current alerts for parks around Goulburn.

Source: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, alerts. Updated Mon, 26 Oct, 1:49 am.

Visitors to regional NSW

64.7 million visitors, 102.9 million nights and $27.7 billion spent across regional NSW in the year ending June 2026, including 685,800 international visitors.

Source: Destination NSW, Regional NSW statistics. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 12:00 am.

Plan a visit

• Goulburn Mulwaree Council: visitor information
• NSW National Parks: every alert and closure
• Transport for NSW: trains and coaches to the regions
• VisitNSW: the official NSW travel site

Sport & field closures

Flights at Canberra Airport

Arriving

• 7:50pm QF2108 from Sydney Delayed 100 min
• 8:10pm ZL6438 from Sydney On time
• 10:05am QF2102 from Sydney On time
• 10:25am ZL6416 from Sydney On time

Departing

• 6:30am QF2101 to Sydney On time
• 6:35am ZL6413 to Sydney On time
• 7:55am FC552 to Brisbane On time
• 10:35am QF2103 to Sydney On time
• 10:50am ZL6417 to Sydney On time

Source: Canberra Airport live board, updated Sun, 25 Oct, 7:13 pm. Check with your airline before you head out.

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Holidays

Next NSW public holidays

• Fri, 25 Dec: Christmas Day in 60 days
• Mon, 28 Dec: Boxing Day in 63 days
• Fri, 1 Jan: New Year's Day in 67 days
• Tue, 26 Jan: Australia Day in 92 days

Source: Nager.Date public holidays. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 3:56 pm.

In the sky, next 14 days

Asteroids passing by

• Sat, 31 Oct: 2025 UK9, about the size of a car (roughly 3 to 6 m), passes closer than the Moon (314,648 km away) at 7.8 km a second in 5 days
• Tue, 3 Nov: 524522, bigger than three footy fields (roughly 207 to 463 m), passes 15.7 times as far away as the Moon at 8.7 km a second in 8 days
• Tue, 27 Oct: 2026 TB94, about the size of a bus (roughly 19 to 44 m), passes 5.1 times as far away as the Moon at 11.6 km a second tomorrow
• Wed, 4 Nov: 2021 VC4, about the size of a bus (roughly 11 to 25 m), passes 6.0 times as far away as the Moon at 11.2 km a second in 9 days

Source: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 3:56 pm. None of these will hit Earth. Most are too faint to see without a big telescope

Next school holidays

• Summer school holidays: Fri, 18 Dec to Wed, 27 Jan in 53 days
• Autumn school holidays: Mon, 12 Apr to Fri, 23 Apr in 168 days

Public schools in the Goulburn Mulwaree area. Source: NSW Department of Education · Private schools may differ

🧩 Crossword

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✨ Horoscopes

Your stars for Monday 26 October. Full moon tonight-ish: big feelings, big fun. This is the Year of the Fire Horse 🐎.

♈ Aries (21 Mar–19 Apr)♉ Taurus (20 Apr–20 May)♊ Gemini (21 May–20 Jun)♋ Cancer (21 Jun–22 Jul)♌ Leo (23 Jul–22 Aug)♍ Virgo (23 Aug–22 Sep)♎ Libra (23 Sep–22 Oct)♏ Scorpio (23 Oct–21 Nov)♐ Sagittarius (22 Nov–21 Dec)♑ Capricorn (22 Dec–19 Jan)♒ Aquarius (20 Jan–18 Feb)♓ Pisces (19 Feb–20 Mar)

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Merewether beaches, surf & surf cams

Surf cams

Coastalwatch charges for its live surf cam feed, so we can’t show it here. Nobody pays to be on this site, and we don’t pay to show other people’s paid content either. Have a look on their site: Coastalwatch.

Swim between the red and yellow flags. Patrol times and beach-by-beach info: Beachsafe.

Source: Open-Meteo (modelled, updated hourly). Not for navigation. Which swell and wind suit each beach: surf-forecast.com break guides; patrols from council.