Forster Civic Centre

100 car spaces are provided in the underground carpark. Carpark entry is at the roundabout on Lake Street between West and Macintosh Streets. On-street parking is also available, including dedicated car-with-caravan spaces at the front of the building, and additional street parking opposite the building on Lake Street and along West Street.

Across the road on Lake Street, near the corner of West Street.

The building includes a diverse range of community spaces and uses the latest technology to deliver a state-of-the-art facility that offers something for everyone. Some of the features include:

• High-end audio-visual technology in all community and meeting rooms, ideal for presentations, video conferencing, movies and performances
• Podcast recording studio
• Outdoor reading garden, with dedicated children’s area
• Bookable function rooms with catering kitchen, including the largest Atrium in the Forster-Tuncurry region (up to 200 people)
• Bookable study / meeting rooms
• High-tech self-serve library kiosks for ease of borrowing and returning and catalogue search
• Dedicated family and local history research room
• Art gallery space
• Children’s and youth areas
• Retail gift store within Visitor Centre featuring locally sourced products

Library meeting rooms can be booked during library opening hours by speaking with a team member. Bookings for the foyer conference rooms can be made though our Bookable page (See the box on the right of this page).

Not at this stage. We understand a café or restaurant is planned for the section of the building that is yet to be completed but this could be 6-12 months away.

A full background for the Civic Centre project, including fact sheet can be found on our website here.