Clarence Town is both a primarily rural locality and a township in the Dungog Shire local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
 It is 193 km north of Sydney, 54 km north-north-west of Newcastle, and 28 km from the Pacific Highway at Raymond Terrace.
 The locality is bisected by the Williams River.
 The township sits just to the west of the river about 32 km upstream from where it flows into the Hunter River at Raymond Terrace.
Smythesdale is a town in Victoria, Australia.
 The town is located on the Glenelg Highway.
 Most of the town is located in the Golden Plains Shire local government area; however, a small section lies in the Shire of Pyrenees.
 Smythesdale is 19 km west of Ballarat and 135 km west of the state capital, Melbourne.
 At the 2016 census , Smythesdale and the surrounding area had a population of 1,032.
Dungog is a country town on the Williams River in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
 Located in the middle of dairy and timber country, it is the centre of the Dungog Shire local government area and at the 2011 census it had a population of 2,131 people.
 The area includes the Fosterton Loop, 22 km of road, used in the annual Pedalfest.
 A small portion of Dungog lies in the Mid-Coast Council LGA.
Glen Oak is a small community in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, shared between the Port Stephens and Dungog local government areas (LGA).
 Approximately two thirds of the suburb's 45.1 km2 is located within the Port Stephens LGA while the remaining third, which is sparsely populated, is located in Dungog Shire.
The Shire of Moyne is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state.
 It covers an area of 5478 km2 and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 15,955.
 It includes the towns of Port Fairy, Koroit, Mortlake, Macarthur, Peterborough, Caramut, Ellerslie, Framlingham, Garvoc, Hawkesdale, Kirkstall, Panmure, Mailors Flat, Purnim, Wangoom and Woolsthorpe.
 It also entirely surrounds the City of Warrnambool, a separate local government area.
 It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Belfast, Shire of Minhamite, Borough of Port Fairy, and parts of the Shire of Mortlake, Shire of Warrnambool, Shire of Dundas, Shire of Mount Rouse and Shire of Hampden.
Martins Creek is a small country town located between Dungog and Maitland in the Hunter Region
Ballina is a town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, and the seat of the Ballina Shire local government area.
 Ballina's urban population at the 2011 census was 15,963.
 A larger area including Lennox Head had an estimated population of 25,194 at 30 June 2015.
 The town lies on the Richmond River and serves as a gateway to Byron Bay.
Mount Beauty is a small town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia.
 The town lies alongside the Kiewa River, at the junction of the Kiewa Valley Highway and Bogong High Plains Road in the Alpine Shire local government area.
Dungog Shire is a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.
 The Shire is situated adjacent to the Barrington Tops and consists predominantly of very rugged to hilly country which becomes less rugged from north to south.
Vacy is a locality of the Dungog Shire local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
 Situated between Gresford and Paterson, it includes the village of Vacy, which was founded in the 1820s as a private town by John Cory, the owner of a large land grant.
 Vacy began to prosper in the 1850s and was a busy town by the 1870s.
 It remained a private town until it was sold in 1927 by the Cory family.
 The village is located at the junction of the Paterson and Allyn rivers.
 At the 2011 census , Vacy had a population of 547.

Question: What town lies next to the centre of the Dungog Shire local government area?
Answer: Martins Creek