Browse the upcoming STEM events listed below to find out what’s on in the Hunter.
Please let us know what type of events you would love to see in the Hunter.
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Events

​More events coming up:

​January

• Sustainable Neighbourhoods Waste to Art 2025 exhibition | SEEN@Swansea & Charlestown Lib | Until 24 Jan
• Ocean of Stories from Down Under | Newcastle Library | Until Mar
• SMART Squad: Curious Chemistry holiday workshop & Coding with Micro:bits holiday workshop | Sugar Valley Library Museum, Cameron Park | 19 Jan
• Level 2 (Intermediate) Sewing Class for Kids and Teens | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 21 Jan
• Birds, Bees and Butterflies Urban Walks | Denman CG | 21 Jan
• Introduction to Sewing for Kids and Teens | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 21 Jan
• Curious Creatures with Sami Bayly | East Maitland Lib | 22 Jan
• Family Code Club | Cessnock Library | 22,29 Jan
• School Holidays: CodeKids - Learning Scratch - Newcastle | Newcastle Library | 22 Jan
• Coast Swap - Community Clothes Swap | Gosford Library | 24 Jan
• Migration, shorebirds, and the importance of Port Stephens | Nelson Bay BC | 27 Jan
• Scrappy Critters Upcycling workshop | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 27 Jan
• SMART Squad: Forensic Science holiday workshop & Coding with Micro:bits holiday workshop | Toronto Library | 28 Jan
• SMART Squad: Forensic Science holiday workshop & Fascinating Physics holiday workshop | Windale Hub | 29 Jan
• Community Talk: Building Climate Action through Tiny Forests | Singleton Library | 29 Jan
• Barrington NP: Scotch Broom control 4WD access only | Barrington Tops | 29 Jan - 1 Feb
• Recycling Our Resources | East Maitland Lib | 30 Jan
• Slow Stitch Saturday and Saturday Project Class (January) | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 27 Jan
• Newcastle Cycleways Movement Meeting | Merewether | 27 Jan
• Voices of the Valley screening | Hamilton Nth | 28 Jan
  

February

• Local Sustainable Food-Our Feb Gathering | Narara | 1 Feb
• World Wetlands Day /w Uncle Amos | HWC Shortland | 1 Feb
• World Wetlands Day Breakfast With the Birds- Wetlands and traditional knowledge: Celebrating cultural heritage | Central Coast Wetlands | 1 Feb
• TechCreate Girls Program | Fab Lab | 2 Feb
• Future-proof your Landcare Group | Gillieston Hts Community Hub | 3 Feb
• Bush Regen - Friends of Tomaree NP | Nth Tomaree; Fingal Sth; Cent. Tomaree; Sth Tomaree | 3,14,19; 21,27; 7,16; 1 Feb resp.  
• Fab Lab Intro to Making Module: 3D Modelling and Printing | Windale Hub | 3 & 10 Feb
• Climate Action Newcastle monthly meeting | Pachamama House, Hamilton | 4 Feb
• Birds, Bees and Butterflies Urban Walks | Tarinpa Pk, Muswellbrook | 4 Feb
• Circulate Expo & Pitch Fest | Museum of Art and Culture, Booragul | 5 Feb
• Common Thread - Sewing and Mending Workshops | East Maitland Lib | 5 Feb
• Lake Macquarie Landcare Volunteer Network Meeting | LSLC Booragul? | 10 Feb 1pm
• Sustainable Neighbourhood Gathering - February 2026 | LSLC Booragul | 14 Feb
• Landcare working bee | Bridges Hill Park, Cessnock | 14 Feb
• Fab Lab Intro to Making Module: 2D Design and Laser Cutting | Windale Hub | 17 Feb
• Barrington NP: Scotch Broom control 2WD access | Barrington Tops | 19 - 22 Feb
• The Good Stuff Shuffle | Toronto Community Hub | 21 Feb
• Seed Raising Mix Workshop | HMC, Waratah | 28 Feb

March

• SMART Squad: Future Makers - Build a Mini Eco-House | Toronto Library | 3 Mar
• Get involved in Citizen Science | East Maitland Lib | 11 Mar
• Chemical CleanOut | Rathmines | 14 Mar
• Landcare working bee | Bridges Hill Park, Cessnock | 14 Mar
• Fab Lab Intro to Making Module: Arduino Electronics | Windale Hub | 17 Mar
• Hunter Climate Innovation & Investment Summit | Newcastle | 26 Mar
• Grow and Gather Plant Swap | HMC, Waratah | 28 Mar
• Earth Hour | Everywhere | 28 March

​Looking ahead

• The Secret Ingredients of a Sustainable Cafe | Adamstown | 21 Apr
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