# The Things Network Newcastle & Lake Macquarie

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Newcastle & Lake Macquarie.

- Country: [Australia](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/australia/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2018
- Members: 58
- Location: -32.9925, 151.6266
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/newcastle-lakemac/

## About

Our mission is to provide the entire Greater Newcastle and Lake Macquarie regions with Internet of Things data connectivity by crowdsourcing the network by its citizens and local companies.

We are happy to have you join the community. Contact the core team and help us unleash the Internet of Things in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.

## Contact

To get in contact, send a message to one of the core team members (Andrew or Heath, links above), come along to a monthly Newcastle IoT Pioneers meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Newcastle-IoT-Pioneers/) drop a line in the #australia channel on thethingsnetwork Slack, or post up in the Forum at https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/ttn-newcastle-australia/13536
- Chat: https://thethingsnetwork.slack.com/messages/CACDWFKNG/

## Resources

- [Forum](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum)
- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)
- [Unleash Your City - Guide](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/labs/story/unleash-your-community-get-started-with-the-things-network/)
- [Forum post](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/ttn-newcastle-australia/13536)

## Partners

- [Lake Macquarie City Council](https://lakemac.com.au/)
- [Meshed IoT Integrators](http://www.meshed.com.au/)
- [Newie Ventures](https://www.newieventures.com.au/)

## In the media

- [The Next Web - The Things Network wants to make every city smart](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/08/19/the-things-network-wants-to-make-every-city-smart-starting-with-amsterdam/)

## Recent updates

- [Spotlight on Australia](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/newcastle-lakemac/post/spotlight-on-australia.md) (2021-02-16)
- [End of an era, start of a new](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/newcastle-lakemac/post/end-of-an-era-start-of-a-new.md) (2020-08-13)
- [Happy two millionth packet!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/newcastle-lakemac/post/happy-two-millionth-packet.md) (2019-02-28)
- [Charlestown gateway](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/newcastle-lakemac/post/charlestown-gateway.md) (2018-12-11)
- [Charlestown gateway offline](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/newcastle-lakemac/post/charlestown-gateway-offline.md) (2018-12-10)
- [New External Gateway: Wallsend](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/newcastle-lakemac/post/new-external-gateway-wallsend.md) (2018-12-09)
- [Frequency plan adjustment, AS2->AS1](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/newcastle-lakemac/post/frequency-plan-adjustment-as2-as1.md) (2018-12-07)
- [LoPy4 and Things!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/newcastle-lakemac/post/lopy4-and-things.md) (2018-11-15)
- [Monthly Maker Meet: TTN & LoRa (22 Oct 2018)](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/newcastle-lakemac/post/monthly-maker-meet-ttn-lora-22-oct-2018.md) (2018-10-25)
- [One million packets!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/newcastle-lakemac/post/one-million-packets.md) (2018-10-12)

More updates: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/newcastle-lakemac/posts