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interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="سنترال كوست – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سنترال كوست" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arfordir_Canolog" title="Arfordir Canolog – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Arfordir Canolog" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Coast" title="Central Coast – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Central Coast" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Coast_(Nueva_Gales_del_Sur)" title="Central Coast (Nueva Gales del Sur) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Central Coast (Nueva Gales del Sur)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="سنترال کست – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سنترال کست" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4te_centrale_(Nouvelle-Galles_du_Sud)" title="Côte centrale (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Côte centrale 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Wales"><img alt="Central Coast is located in New South Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Australia_New_South_Wales_relief_location_map.png/270px-Australia_New_South_Wales_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Australia_New_South_Wales_relief_location_map.png/405px-Australia_New_South_Wales_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Australia_New_South_Wales_relief_location_map.png/540px-Australia_New_South_Wales_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="2226" data-file-height="1972" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:54.545%;left:79.699%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Central Coast"><img alt="Central Coast" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Central Coast</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&params=33_18_S_151_12_E_type:city_region:AU-NSW"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°18′S</span> <span class="longitude">151°12′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.300°S 151.200°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-33.300; 151.200</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">346,596 (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABSSUA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSSUA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population" title="List of cities in Australia by population">10th</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002206184414039262♠"></span>206.18/km<sup>2</sup> (534.02/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,681 km<sup>2</sup> (649.0 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-ABSSUAList_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSSUAList-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Australia" title="Time in Australia">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Eastern_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Eastern Standard Time">AEST</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+10">UTC+10</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Eastern Daylight Time">AEDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B11" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+11">UTC+11</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> 77 km (48 mi) NNE of <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a><sup id="cite_ref-distances_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-distances-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </li><li> 86 km (53 mi) SW of <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle</a> </li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_New_South_Wales" title="Local government areas of New South Wales">LGA(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)" title="Central Coast Council (New South Wales)">Central Coast Council</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Gosford" title="Electoral district of Gosford">Gosford</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Swansea" title="Electoral district of Swansea">Swansea</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Wyong" title="Electoral district of Wyong">Wyong</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Terrigal" title="Electoral district of Terrigal">Terrigal</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_The_Entrance" title="Electoral district of The Entrance">The Entrance</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Dobell" title="Division of Dobell">Dobell</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Robertson" title="Division of Robertson">Robertson</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Shortland" title="Division of Shortland">Shortland</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; border: 1px #ddd solid;"> <tbody><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f0f0ff;padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center;"><b>Localities around Central Coast:</b></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Region" title="Hunter Region">Upper Hunter</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Region" title="Hunter Region">Hunter</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Blue_Mountains_Area" title="Greater Blue Mountains Area">Blue Mountains Area (Greater Sydney)</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;font-weight:bold;">Central Coast</td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Sydney" title="Greater Sydney">Greater Sydney</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Sydney" title="Northern Sydney">Northern Sydney (Greater Sydney)</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Central Coast</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Peri-urbanisation" title="Peri-urbanisation">peri-urban</a> region lying on the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> in northern-eastern <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. The region is situated north of <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, which is filled with <a href="/wiki/Subtropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtropical">subtropical</a> national parks, forests and also encompasses the major coastal waterways of <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Water" title="Brisbane Water">Brisbane Water</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuggerah_Lakes" title="Tuggerah Lakes">Tuggerah Lakes</a> and southern <a href="/wiki/Lake_Macquarie_(New_South_Wales)" title="Lake Macquarie (New South Wales)">Lake Macquarie</a>. The region's hinterland, which has fertile valleys, rural farmland and wineries, and also includes the <a href="/wiki/Watagan_Mountains" title="Watagan Mountains">Watagan Mountains</a>. The Central Coast is known for its regional coastal towns like <a href="/wiki/Terrigal" title="Terrigal">Terrigal</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Entrance,_New_South_Wales" title="The Entrance, New South Wales">The Entrance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ettalong_Beach" title="Ettalong Beach">Ettalong Beach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Budgewoi" title="Budgewoi">Budgewoi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bateau_Bay" title="Bateau Bay">Bateau Bay</a> with resorts and holiday parks, which feature many expansive beaches and lagoons with surfing and coastal tracks, as well as scenic views. <a href="/wiki/Gosford" title="Gosford">Gosford</a> is the main commercial hub and gateway. </p><p>The Central Coast includes major localities, villages and towns such as Gosford, <a href="/wiki/Wyong,_New_South_Wales" title="Wyong, New South Wales">Wyong</a>, Terrigal, <a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Woy Woy, New South Wales">Woy Woy</a> and The Entrance. The area is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population#50_largest_urban_centres_by_population" title="List of cities in Australia by population">third-largest urban area</a> in New South Wales and the ninth-largest urban area in Australia. Geographically, the Central Coast is generally considered to include the region bounded by the <a href="/wiki/Hawkesbury_River" title="Hawkesbury River">Hawkesbury River</a> in the south, the <a href="/wiki/Watagan_Mountains" title="Watagan Mountains">Watagan Mountains</a> in the west and the southern end of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Macquarie_(New_South_Wales)" title="Lake Macquarie (New South Wales)">Lake Macquarie</a>, lying on the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney basin">Sydney basin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region has been inhabited for thousands of years by Aboriginal people. The local <a href="/wiki/Kuringgai" title="Kuringgai">Kuringgai</a> people were the first Aboriginal people to come in contact with British settlers. An Aboriginal man from the region named <a href="/wiki/Bungaree" title="Bungaree">Bungaree</a> became one of the most prominent people of the early settlement of New South Wales. He was one of the first Aboriginal people to learn English and befriended the early governors Phillip, King and Macquarie.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He accompanied explorer <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Flinders" title="Matthew Flinders">Matthew Flinders</a> in circumnavigating Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Macquarie later declared Bungaree "The King of the Broken Bay Tribes".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to Kuringgai-speaking people (referred to as the "Pittwater tribes" and "Broken Bay tribes" by early colonists), <a href="/wiki/Awabakal" title="Awabakal">Awabakal</a> lived around <a href="/wiki/Lake_Macquarie" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Macquarie">Lake Macquarie</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Darkinyung_people" title="Darkinyung people">Darkinyung people</a> lived inland, to the west of the <a href="/wiki/Mooney_Mooney_Creek" title="Mooney Mooney Creek">Mooney Mooney Creek</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Kuringgai_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuringgai language">Kuringgai</a> (Guriŋgai), <a href="/wiki/Awabakal_language" title="Awabakal language">Awaba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Darkinyung" class="mw-redirect" title="Darkinyung">Darkinyung</a> languages are related to each other, but are distinct from the Dharrug and Sydney languages that were spoken south of the Central Coast.<sup id="cite_ref-Oceania_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oceania-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Post-settlement disease, disruption and <a href="/wiki/Australian_frontier_wars" title="Australian frontier wars">war</a> greatly reduced the numbers of Aboriginal people. </p><p>In 1811, the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_South_Wales" title="Governor of New South Wales">Governor of New South Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lachlan_Macquarie" title="Lachlan Macquarie">Lachlan Macquarie</a>, gave the first <a href="/wiki/Land_grant" title="Land grant">land grant</a> in the region to William Nash, a former marine of the <a href="/wiki/First_Fleet" title="First Fleet">First Fleet</a>. No further grants were made in the area until 1821.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Woy_Woy_Bay_from_Spion_Kop_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Woy_Woy_Bay_from_Spion_Kop_%282%29.jpg/220px-Woy_Woy_Bay_from_Spion_Kop_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Woy_Woy_Bay_from_Spion_Kop_%282%29.jpg/330px-Woy_Woy_Bay_from_Spion_Kop_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Woy_Woy_Bay_from_Spion_Kop_%282%29.jpg/440px-Woy_Woy_Bay_from_Spion_Kop_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4996" data-file-height="3393" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Woy Woy Bay, New South Wales">Woy Woy Bay</a> from Spion Kop, with various suburbs in the background</figcaption></figure> <p>The region is a network of towns that have been linked in recent years by expanding suburban development. The main urban cluster of the region surrounds the northern shore of <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Water" title="Brisbane Water">Brisbane Water</a> and includes the Coast's largest population centre, <a href="/wiki/Gosford,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Gosford, New South Wales">Gosford</a>, stretching east to the retail centre of <a href="/wiki/Erina,_New_South_Wales" title="Erina, New South Wales">Erina</a>. Other major commercial "centres" on the Coast are <a href="/wiki/Wyong,_New_South_Wales" title="Wyong, New South Wales">Wyong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuggerah,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuggerah, New South Wales">Tuggerah</a>, Lakehaven, <a href="/wiki/The_Entrance,_New_South_Wales" title="The Entrance, New South Wales">The Entrance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terrigal,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrigal, New South Wales">Terrigal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bateau_Bay" title="Bateau Bay">Bateau Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy" title="Woy Woy">Woy Woy</a>. </p><p>On 2 December 2005, the Central Coast was officially recognised as a stand-alone region rather than an extension of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Sydney" title="Greater Sydney">Greater Sydney</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Region" title="Hunter Region">Hunter Valley</a>, a few years after the Central Coast got its definition, it officially got recognised to be part of Regional NSW instead of Greater Sydney by the NSW Government.<sup id="cite_ref-gnb-cc_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnb-cc-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Central Coast has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>: Cfa), with warm humid summers and mild winters. Rainfall is spread fairly evenly throughout the year, but is slightly more frequent during autumn.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Winter is the driest time, with often minimal to no rain.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Woy_Woy_from_the_air_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Woy_Woy_from_the_air_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Woy_Woy_from_the_air_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Woy_Woy_from_the_air_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Woy_Woy_from_the_air_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Woy_Woy_from_the_air_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Woy_Woy_from_the_air_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Suburbs such as <a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Woy Woy, New South Wales">Woy Woy</a> are some of the more populated areas of the Central Coast region</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Australian Bureau of Statistics">Australian Bureau of Statistics</a> publishes population census data and regular population estimates on the Central Coast under a Significant Urban Area. In 2021, the estimated population of this region was 343,180,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with population forecasts projecting it will grow by more than 20 per cent to 415,050 by 2035.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The median age was 43, with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of 4.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main countries of birth were Australia (78.9%), United Kingdom (4.6%), and New Zealand (1.7%). <a href="/wiki/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Australian Bureau of Statistics">ABS</a> currently includes the Central Coast region population wholly within <a href="/wiki/Greater_Sydney" title="Greater Sydney">Greater Sydney</a> which results in Greater Sydney's population being larger than that of Greater Melbourne, however the NSW government definition for the Central Coast region it has its own regional population definition as a stand alone region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Central Coast has two campuses of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Newcastle,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Newcastle, Australia">University of Newcastle</a> located at <a href="/wiki/Ourimbah,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Ourimbah, New South Wales">Ourimbah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gosford_Hospital" title="Gosford Hospital">Gosford Hospital</a>. There are three campuses of the <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Institute_of_TAFE" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter Institute of TAFE">Hunter Institute of TAFE</a> located at Gosford, Wyong and Ourimbah along with multiple private colleges. The Central Coast has a large number of primary and secondary school institutions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Television">Television</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Central Coast has four <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_translator" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast translator">broadcast translators</a> across the region, located at Bouddi (between Killcare & MacMasters Beach), Gosford and Wyong (<a href="/wiki/Forresters_Beach" title="Forresters Beach">Forresters Beach</a>), and Mount Sugarloaf (Newcastle).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Due to the Central Coast being split between the Sydney (metro) and Northern NSW (regional) licence areas, these translators carry stations from both areas. </p><p>In total eight television stations service the Central Coast: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABC_Television_(Australian_TV_network)" title="ABC Television (Australian TV network)">ABC</a> New South Wales (<a href="/wiki/ABN_(TV_station)" title="ABN (TV station)">ABN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="Special Broadcasting Service">SBS</a> New South Wales (<a href="/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="Special Broadcasting Service">SBS</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven</a> Sydney (<a href="/wiki/ATN" title="ATN">ATN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Nine</a> Sydney (<a href="/wiki/TCN" title="TCN">TCN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Network_10" title="Network 10">10</a> Sydney (<a href="/wiki/TEN_(TV_station)" title="TEN (TV station)">TEN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven</a> Northern NSW (<a href="/wiki/NEN_(TV_station)" title="NEN (TV station)">NEN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBN_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="NBN Television">Nine</a> Northern NSW (<a href="/wiki/NBN_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="NBN Television">NBN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIN_Television" title="WIN Television">10</a> Northern NSW (<a href="/wiki/NRN" title="NRN">NRN</a>) – <a href="/wiki/Network_10" title="Network 10">Network 10</a> affiliate</li></ul> <p>Each station broadcasts a primary channel and several multichannels. Of the three main networks, <a href="/wiki/NBN_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="NBN Television">NBN</a> produces a bulletin containing local, national and international news screening every night at 6:00pm on the <a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Nine Network</a>. Both <a href="/wiki/WIN_Television" title="WIN Television">WIN Television</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a> produce short local updates to fulfill local content quotas. <a href="/wiki/Foxtel_Now" title="Foxtel Now">Foxtel</a> is also available via satellite. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Radio">Radio</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Central Coast has a number of local radio stations. The three large commercial stations are <a href="/wiki/Triple_M_Central_Coast" title="Triple M Central Coast">Triple M Central Coast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Star_104.5" title="Star 104.5">Star 104.5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hit101.3_Central_Coast" title="Hit101.3 Central Coast">Hit101.3 Central Coast</a>, all being part of national networks. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">ABC</a> has an outreach station on 92.5 FM that operates a locally produced breakfast show from 6am to 9am weekdays, outside this it broadcasts Sydney programming from <a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_Sydney" title="ABC Radio Sydney">ABC 702 AM</a>. A 24-hour Country music station TodayCountry94one is based in Gosford and broadcasts online and in syndication across the country. It also has a Christian radio station Rhema FM on 94.9 MHz. As at January 2021, The Central Coast has a locally based internet Radio Station providing locals with a radio station being broadcast by local presenters from their place of business/home.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In most locations on the Central Coast, Sydney and Newcastle radio stations can be received at reasonable levels particularly on the AM band.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Central Coast is not serviced by its own daily print newspaper though has three weekly local newspapers as well as a fortnightly paper and several popular monthly newsletters. </p><p>A series of locally owned local papers have grown in popularity over time. <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Community_News&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Coast Community News (page does not exist)">Central Coast Community News</a></i> services the Central Gosford region and the <i>Coast Community Chronicle</i> services the northern part of the region and the <i>Pelican Post</i> services the postcodes of 2256 and 2257. All are published by a local independent publishing house <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Newspapers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Coast Newspapers (page does not exist)">Central Coast Newspapers</a></i> bucking the trend in declining newspaper sales. <i>The Peninsula News</i> run by a community association services the southern part of the region centred around the Woy Woy area with a fortnightly paper. Previously the major print publication of the region was the weekly <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Express_Advocate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Coast Express Advocate (page does not exist)">Central Coast Express Advocate</a></i>, published by <a href="/wiki/News_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="News Limited">News Limited</a>'s News Local, though that ceased printing in 2019. It is now purely a subscription-based online service. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatre">Theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area has three operating theatres. Laycock Street Theatre, located in <a href="/wiki/North_Gosford,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="North Gosford, New South Wales">North Gosford</a>, has a proscenium arch configuration and seats 392 patrons.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The venue also contains a multi-purpose space suitable for conferences, board meetings, annual general meetings, cabaret and small musical acts. The resident amateur theatre group, the Gosford Musical Society, currently contribute 5 shows a year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The largest theatre on the Central Coast is The Art House, Wyong, which opened in May 2016<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and replaced the old Wyong Memorial Hall which was used mainly by <a href="/wiki/Wyong_Musical_Theatre_Company" title="Wyong Musical Theatre Company">Wyong Musical Theatre Company</a> and Wyong Drama Group. The Art House is a multipurpose venue with a 500-seat proscenium arch theatre with a 12m x 9m stage and automated fly tower as well as a 285m<sup>2</sup> studio space with retractable tiered seating for 130 people and AV link to the main theatre. The Art House also features a 500m<sup>2</sup> space suited to functions and events, as well as an exhibition wall ideal for visual art and photography displays. The opening of this venue saw a sudden growth in arts companies producing theatre in the region including Endless Night Theatre Company, Gosford Theatre Company, Nate Butler's Studio,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Salt House Theatre Company, and the regions only youth theatre body, Jopuka Productions.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 2018, the Elderslee Foundation purchased a large building along the Tuggerah Strait close to Wyong which has subsequently been renovated and repurposed into a community facility, including office facilities, hot desks, training rooms, a commercial kitchen and art exhibition space for use by the community and the Red Tree Theatre, a small adaptable space for forums, seminars, concerts, theatre rehearsals and productions. The Red Tree Theatre features a 144-seat ranked auditorium equipped with professional standard lighting and sound.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Peninsula Theatre at Woy Woy features a 122-seat raked auditorium, 49m<sup>2</sup> stage area and professional standard staging, lighting and sound capabilities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Centralcoast_stadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Centralcoast_stadium.jpg/250px-Centralcoast_stadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Centralcoast_stadium.jpg/375px-Centralcoast_stadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Centralcoast_stadium.jpg/500px-Centralcoast_stadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>The Central Coast Stadium in <a href="/wiki/Gosford,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Gosford, New South Wales">Gosford</a>, is the current home of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Mariners_FC" title="Central Coast Mariners FC">Central Coast Mariners</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Mariners_FC" title="Central Coast Mariners FC">Central Coast Mariners</a> represent the Central Coast in the <a href="/wiki/A-League" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">A-League</a>. The Mariners have been A-League premiers twice (<a href="/wiki/2007-08_A-League" class="mw-redirect" title="2007-08 A-League">2007–08</a> and <a href="/wiki/2011-12_A-League" class="mw-redirect" title="2011-12 A-League">2011–12</a>), and were A-League champions in <a href="/wiki/2013_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2013 A-League Grand Final">2013</a> as well as in 2023 and again in 2024. The Mariners play out of <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Stadium" title="Central Coast Stadium">Central Coast Stadium</a> at <a href="/wiki/Gosford,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Gosford, New South Wales">Gosford</a>, the largest stadium on the Central Coast with a capacity of 20,059. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Wyong_Roos" title="Wyong Roos">Wyong Roos</a> currently play in the <a href="/wiki/Intrust_Super_Premiership_NSW" class="mw-redirect" title="Intrust Super Premiership NSW">Intrust Super Premiership</a> at Morry Breen Oval in <a href="/wiki/Kanwal,_New_South_Wales" title="Kanwal, New South Wales">Kanwal</a>. They are the feeder team of the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Roosters" title="Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">National Rugby League</a> team, who have developed an agreement to play one regular season fixture per year at Central Coast Stadium for five years, starting in <a href="/wiki/2015_NRL_season" title="2015 NRL season">2015</a>. The <a href="/wiki/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs" title="South Sydney Rabbitohs">South Sydney Rabbitohs</a> also play regular games. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Rhinos" title="Central Coast Rhinos">Central Coast Rhinos</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Ice_Hockey_League" title="Australian Ice Hockey League">Australian Ice Hockey League</a> from 2006 to 2008 and the Australian International Ice Hockey Cup from 2009 to 2012. They played out of Erina Ice Arena at <a href="/wiki/Erina_Fair" title="Erina Fair">Erina Fair</a>, which is the Central Coast's only <a href="/wiki/Ice_rink" title="Ice rink">ice rink</a>. The Erina Ice Arena has been closed since the 19th of August 2019 for renovations and is looking to reopen on the 2nd of January 2021.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Other teams include the Central Coast Crusaders – the elite senior basketball program of the Central Coast region and the Central Coast Centurions – the Central Coast's junior rugby league representative team who compete in the <a href="/wiki/S.G._Ball_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="S.G. Ball Cup">S.G. Ball Cup</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Harold_Matthews_Cup" title="Harold Matthews Cup">Harold Matthews Cup</a>. </p><p>Several attempts have been made to have teams enter other national competitions. The most notable of these was the attempt to enter the <a href="/wiki/North_Sydney_Bears#The_Central_Coast_Bears" title="North Sydney Bears">Central Coast Bears</a> as the 16th team into the NRL.<sup id="cite_ref-smhccdafsc_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smhccdafsc-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This attempt was financed by a consortium led by <a href="/wiki/John_Singleton_(Australian_entrepreneur)" title="John Singleton (Australian entrepreneur)">John Singleton</a>, but the <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Titans" title="Gold Coast Titans">Gold Coast Titans</a> were ultimately successful. The <a href="/wiki/Northern_Eagles" title="Northern Eagles">Northern Eagles</a>, a merger of <a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">NRL</a> clubs <a href="/wiki/Manly_Warringah_Sea_Eagles" title="Manly Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly Sea Eagles</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Sydney_Bears" title="North Sydney Bears">North Sydney Bears</a> began their tenure playing half of their games at Gosford; however, within three years the team was solely playing back at Brookvale. South Sydney were also unsuccessfully approached to play out of Gosford, despite the few games that are played on the Central Coast attracting large crowds.<sup id="cite_ref-ccmsi_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccmsi-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Central Coast Storm rugby league team play in a number of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Rugby_League" title="New South Wales Rugby League">NSWRL</a> lower grade competitions, and the <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Waves" title="Central Coast Waves">Central Coast Waves</a> rugby union team plays in the <a href="/wiki/Shute_Shield" title="Shute Shield">Shute Shield</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Rays" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Coast Rays">Central Coast Rays</a> rugby union club who competed in the ill-fated <a href="/wiki/Australian_Rugby_Championship" title="Australian Rugby Championship">Australian Rugby Championship</a>'s only season late in 2007, called Central Coast Stadium home. </p><p>The Central Coast has numerous sporting ovals, golf courses, skate parks, tennis courts and swimming pools that are open to the public and one target shooting facility. Attempts are underway to build a series of bicycle paths. A velodrome is also open to the public at <a href="/wiki/West_Gosford,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="West Gosford, New South Wales">West Gosford</a>. National parks on the Central Coast have a large range of walking paths and mountain bike trails. Water sports like sailing, rowing and water skiing are popular activities on the Central Coast lakes. Attempts are being made to attract pro golf tournaments to Magenta Shores (a new resort north of The Entrance). In 2011, the frigate <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Adelaide_(FFG_01)" title="HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01)">HMAS <i>Adelaide</i></a> was <a href="/wiki/Scuttled" class="mw-redirect" title="Scuttled">scuttled</a> off North Avoca Beach as an artificial reef.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health">Health</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wyong_Hospital_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wyong_Hospital_03.jpg/220px-Wyong_Hospital_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wyong_Hospital_03.jpg/330px-Wyong_Hospital_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wyong_Hospital_03.jpg/440px-Wyong_Hospital_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Emergency department at Wyong Hospital</figcaption></figure> <p>The Central Coast has two large public hospitals with <a href="/wiki/Emergency_department" title="Emergency department">emergency departments</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Gosford_Hospital" title="Gosford Hospital">Gosford Hospital</a> is the largest hospital in the region that is located near the Gosford CBD with 460 beds, Wyong Hospital is the second largest hospital of the Central Coast which has 274 beds, it is located at <a href="/wiki/Hamlyn_Terrace,_New_South_Wales" title="Hamlyn Terrace, New South Wales">Hamlyn Terrace</a> that is approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) north of the <a href="/wiki/Wyong" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyong">Wyong</a> town centre, along the Pacific Highway with 274 beds. Additionally, there is a small public hospital in Woy Woy and a Health Care Centre at <a href="/wiki/Long_Jetty" class="mw-redirect" title="Long Jetty">Long Jetty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ccha_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccha-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest private hospital on the Central Coast is Gosford Private Hospital located at <a href="/wiki/North_Gosford" title="North Gosford">North Gosford</a>. Brisbane Waters Private in <a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy" title="Woy Woy">Woy Woy</a>, Tuggerah Lakes Private at Kanwal and Berkeley Vale Private are also major healthcare providers. The region has 21 aged care facilities. <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Ambulance" title="New South Wales Ambulance">New South Wales Ambulance</a> has seven ambulance stations on the Central Coast located at <a href="/wiki/Bateau_Bay" title="Bateau Bay">Bateau Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doyalson" title="Doyalson">Doyalson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ettalong" class="mw-redirect" title="Ettalong">Ettalong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Point_Clare" class="mw-redirect" title="Point Clare">Point Clare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terrigal" title="Terrigal">Terrigal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toukley" class="mw-redirect" title="Toukley">Toukley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wyong" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyong">Wyong</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-moasansw_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moasansw-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Telecommunications">Telecommunications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Telecommunications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Central Coast falls in the fixed phone 43xx xxxx region and is classified Regional 1 for billing with the exception of northern suburbs Gwandalan and Summerland Point, which fall in the fixed phone region for Newcastle and Lower Hunter 49xx xxxx. Fixed-line telephone service is universally available. <a href="/wiki/3G" title="3G">3G</a>, <a href="/wiki/4G" title="4G">4G</a> and <a href="/wiki/5G" title="5G">5G</a> mobile network services are available from <a href="/wiki/Optus" title="Optus">Optus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telstra" title="Telstra">Telstra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Australia" title="Vodafone Australia">Vodafone</a>, though numerous black spots exist due to the topography and remoteness of some parts of the region. Steps to improve coverage areas along the railway have been announced by the Federal Government.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>ADSL and good quality fixed-wireless broadband services are widely available; however, significant blackspots continue to exist. High speed ADSL2 is available at most exchanges through Telstra. Few other providers exist, leading to an expensive high speed broadband offering for the region. Many areas experience very slow and/or unreliable ADSL connections due to the age and quality of the infrastructure. </p><p>Fibre optic based broadband services are available in some areas serviced by the National Broadband Network NBN. These include <a href="/wiki/Kincumber" class="mw-redirect" title="Kincumber">Kincumber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gosford" title="Gosford">Gosford</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Gosford" title="East Gosford">East Gosford</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Gosford" title="West Gosford">West Gosford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_New_South_Wales_(Central_Coast)" title="Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast)">Springfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Vale,_New_South_Wales" title="Berkeley Vale, New South Wales">Berkeley Vale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tumbi_Umbi" class="mw-redirect" title="Tumbi Umbi">Tumbi Umbi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Long_Jetty" class="mw-redirect" title="Long Jetty">Long Jetty</a>. </p><p>In 2011, the region was selected as one of the early roll out regions for the <a href="/wiki/National_Broadband_Network" title="National Broadband Network">National Broadband Network</a>'s fibre to the premise installation which will offer stable speeds of 100/40 Mbit/s down/up load respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two Points Of Interconnect (POI) are located in the region at Gosford and Berkley Vale exchanges. The regional rollout will radiate out from these two super exchanges. Services in areas around the two POI are now available. The rollout of the NBN to the remainder of the region is in question following a change of government in September 2013. Trials of fibre to the node technology are planned for Umina Beach and Woy Woy.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Central Coast is administered by one <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_New_South_Wales" title="Local government areas of New South Wales">local government area</a> which is the <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)" title="Central Coast Council (New South Wales)">Central Coast Council</a>. It has an estimated population of 348,930 as of June 2022,<sup id="cite_ref-ABSSUA_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSSUA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> growing by 1% annually.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Politically, the Central Coast Council has administered the area since 12 May 2016, when the <a href="/wiki/Gosford_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Gosford City Council">Gosford City Council</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wyong_Shire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyong Shire Council">Wyong Shire Council</a> merged. In September 2006, the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_government" class="mw-redirect" title="New South Wales government">New South Wales government</a> released a revised long-term plan for the region that saw the Central Coast classified as an urban area, along with <a href="/wiki/Wollongong,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Wollongong, New South Wales">Wollongong</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Region" title="Hunter Region">Hunter Region</a>, but is not considered a metropolitan area. As of April 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, <a href="/wiki/Scot_MacDonald" title="Scot MacDonald">Scot MacDonald</a> served as the parliamentary secretary for the Hunter and Central Coast.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2015 both Gosford City and Wyong Shire councils controversially voted to merge following a NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal assessment which found the Gosford City and Wyong Shire Councils did not meet the stand-alone operating criteria for the NSW State government's "Fit for the Future" plans for the Local Area Councils within the state.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite local opposition and concerns over Wyong Shire, in effect, being subsumed within the Gosford City Council, and claims of councillors being bullied into the merger,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as part of the process, merging into a single Central Coast Council local government area passed all administrative and legislative requirements and came into effect in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of mid-2020, the amalgamation process had cost $49 million.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newly amalgamated Central Coast Council held elections in September 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Central Coast is serviced by an extensive and burgeoning road system. A combination of bus and rail provide limited <a href="/wiki/Public_transport" title="Public transport">public transport</a> options for locals. The region also has a number of taxis operated by Central Coast Taxis. Transport has been a constant issue for the region and has been cited as high a priority over the last 20 years<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (April 2024)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> in regional plans and priorities by local, state and federal government agencies, with incremental investments largely in road infrastructure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jolls_Bridge_on_the_F3_Freeway_-_north_of_Hawkesbury_River,_N.S.W_b..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jolls_Bridge_on_the_F3_Freeway_-_north_of_Hawkesbury_River%2C_N.S.W_b..jpg/220px-Jolls_Bridge_on_the_F3_Freeway_-_north_of_Hawkesbury_River%2C_N.S.W_b..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jolls_Bridge_on_the_F3_Freeway_-_north_of_Hawkesbury_River%2C_N.S.W_b..jpg/330px-Jolls_Bridge_on_the_F3_Freeway_-_north_of_Hawkesbury_River%2C_N.S.W_b..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jolls_Bridge_on_the_F3_Freeway_-_north_of_Hawkesbury_River%2C_N.S.W_b..jpg/440px-Jolls_Bridge_on_the_F3_Freeway_-_north_of_Hawkesbury_River%2C_N.S.W_b..jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>View of the Jolls Bridge facing north at <a href="/wiki/Cheero_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheero Point">Cheero Point</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Motorway_(Sydney%E2%80%93Newcastle)" title="Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle)">Pacific Motorway</a></figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>Pacific Motorway (Sydney - Newcastle Freeway)</dt></dl> <p>The main access to the Central Coast by road is by the 127 kilometres (79 mi) <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Motorway_(Sydney-Newcastle)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Motorway (Sydney-Newcastle)">Pacific Motorway</a> that carries the designation <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_(Australia)" title="National Highway (Australia)">National Highway 1</a>. From January 2013 it officially has been renamed as the M1 Pacific Motorway.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The freeway provides the most important road link between <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> and the northern areas of New South Wales such as Central Coast, <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Region" title="Hunter Region">Hunter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mid_North_Coast" title="Mid North Coast">Mid North Coast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Rivers" title="Northern Rivers">Northern Rivers</a>. The Pacific Motorway is part of the <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> to <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a> corridor.<sup id="cite_ref-ozsnf_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ozsnf-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pacific Motorway is approximately 3 lanes wide from the southern end of the Central Coast to as far north as <a href="/wiki/Doyalson" title="Doyalson">Doyalson</a>. The section between the <a href="/wiki/Tuggerah" title="Tuggerah">Tuggerah</a> interchange and <a href="/wiki/Doyalson" title="Doyalson">Doyalson</a> interchange was widened to 3 lanes in each direction in 2020 and another section between the <a href="/wiki/Kariong" class="mw-redirect" title="Kariong">Kariong</a> interchange and <a href="/wiki/Peats_Ridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Peats Ridge">Peats Ridge</a> interchange was also widened to 3 lanes in each direction in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Central Coast Highway</dt></dl> <p>The roads that link Kariong with Doyalson (Pacific Highway, Dane Drive, Masons Parade, York Street, George Street, The Entrance Road, Oakland Avenue, Coral Street, Wilfred Barrett Drive, Budgewoi Road and Scenic Road) became known as the <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Highway" title="Central Coast Highway">Central Coast Highway</a> from 9 August 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Central Coast's roads are maintained by the Central Coast Council as well as state roads by the NSW government; however, due to the relatively large geography maintenance issues often arise. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gosford_Railway_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Gosford_Railway_Station.jpg/220px-Gosford_Railway_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Gosford_Railway_Station.jpg/330px-Gosford_Railway_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Gosford_Railway_Station.jpg/440px-Gosford_Railway_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="2268" /></a><figcaption>Main entrance of <a href="/wiki/Gosford_railway_station" title="Gosford railway station">Gosford railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The western and south-eastern towns and suburbs of the Central Coast are on the <a href="/wiki/Main_Northern_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Main Northern railway line">Main Northern railway line</a>. The rail line is primarily used to provide mass transport for those that commute to Sydney or Newcastle and as such services are most frequent during peak commuter times (typically one hour before Sydney and Newcastle peak times in the morning and one hour after in the evening due to the distance). Gosford station is the largest and main railway station in the region, which is considered a rest stop for long rail services to <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamworth,_New_South_Wales" title="Tamworth, New South Wales">Tamworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armidale,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Armidale, New South Wales">Armidale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taree,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Taree, New South Wales">Taree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Macquarie" title="Port Macquarie">Port Macquarie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coffs_Harbour" title="Coffs Harbour">Coffs Harbour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grafton,_New_South_Wales" title="Grafton, New South Wales">Grafton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Casino,_New_South_Wales" title="Casino, New South Wales">Casino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland" title="Gold Coast, Queensland">Gold Coast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>. The line has connections with most bus services as well as taxis. Trains terminate at both Gosford and Wyong stations which are also utilised by long-distance services. </p><p>Central Coast railway stations on the Northern NSW line are (from south to north): </p><p><b>North</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wyee_railway_station" title="Wyee railway station">Wyee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warnervale_railway_station" title="Warnervale railway station">Warnervale</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wyong_railway_station" title="Wyong railway station">Wyong</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuggerah_railway_station" title="Tuggerah railway station">Tuggerah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ourimbah_railway_station" title="Ourimbah railway station">Ourimbah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisarow_railway_station" title="Lisarow railway station">Lisarow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niagara_Park_railway_station" title="Niagara Park railway station">Niagara Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narara_railway_station" title="Narara railway station">Narara</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gosford_railway_station" title="Gosford railway station">Gosford</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Clare_railway_station" title="Point Clare railway station">Point Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tascott_railway_station" title="Tascott railway station">Tascott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koolewong_railway_station" title="Koolewong railway station">Koolewong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy_railway_station" title="Woy Woy railway station">Woy Woy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wondabyne_railway_station" title="Wondabyne railway station">Wondabyne</a></li></ul> <p><b>South</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bus">Bus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Bus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bus services in the region are operated by <a href="/wiki/Busways" title="Busways">Busways</a> which has depots at <a href="/wiki/Kincumber" class="mw-redirect" title="Kincumber">Kincumber</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charmhaven" class="mw-redirect" title="Charmhaven">Charmhaven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_Bus_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Bus Services">Red Bus Services</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Liner" title="Coastal Liner">Coastal Liner</a>. All companies serve their own individual areas covering almost all areas of the region and rarely overlapping. </p><p>Busways operates services using <a href="/wiki/Lake_Haven" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Haven">Lake Haven</a>, Tuggerah, <a href="/wiki/Erina_Fair" title="Erina Fair">Erina Fair</a> and Gosford as central points. In the south services cover as far south as Woy Woy, <a href="/wiki/Umina" class="mw-redirect" title="Umina">Umina</a>, Ettalong and <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Beach,_New_South_Wales" title="Pearl Beach, New South Wales">Pearl Beach</a>/<a href="/wiki/Patonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Patonga">Patonga</a>, and also stretch out to Kincumber, Erina, <a href="/wiki/Avoca_Beach" title="Avoca Beach">Avoca Beach</a> and Terrigal in the east. Occasional services are conducted to Kariong, then to <a href="/wiki/Mangrove_Mountain" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangrove Mountain">Mangrove Mountain</a> in the west. Busways' northern services cover from Gosford and north to Tuggerah (through the Narara Valley and <a href="/wiki/Ourimbah" title="Ourimbah">Ourimbah</a>), then continue north to Wyong via Tuggerah, which in turn services the northern section of Lake Haven, Charmhaven, <a href="/wiki/Gorokan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorokan">Gorokan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toukley" class="mw-redirect" title="Toukley">Toukley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Noraville" title="Noraville">Noraville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Budgewoi" title="Budgewoi">Budgewoi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buff_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Buff Point">Buff Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Remo,_New_South_Wales" title="San Remo, New South Wales">San Remo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blue_Haven,_New_South_Wales" title="Blue Haven, New South Wales">Blue Haven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gwandalan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwandalan">Gwandalan</a>. Further services also utilise routes which goes as far north as <a href="/wiki/Swansea,_New_South_Wales" title="Swansea, New South Wales">Swansea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_New_South_Wales" title="Charlestown, New South Wales">Charlestown</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Region" title="Hunter Region">Hunter</a>. </p><p>Red Bus Services operate services mainly between Wyong and <a href="/wiki/The_Entrance,_New_South_Wales" title="The Entrance, New South Wales">The Entrance</a> as well as The Entrance and Gosford, although some services do reach <a href="/wiki/Ourimbah" title="Ourimbah">Ourimbah</a> and Wyong Hospital at <a href="/wiki/Hamlyn_Terrace" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamlyn Terrace">Hamlyn Terrace</a>. Its services also operate to West Gosford, <a href="/wiki/Wyoming,_New_South_Wales" title="Wyoming, New South Wales">Wyoming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holgate,_New_South_Wales" title="Holgate, New South Wales">Holgate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matcham,_New_South_Wales" title="Matcham, New South Wales">Matcham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Point_Frederick,_New_South_Wales" title="Point Frederick, New South Wales">Point Frederick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_New_South_Wales_(Central_Coast)" title="Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast)">Springfield</a>. Although most services operate to/from Wyong Hospital via <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Vale,_New_South_Wales" title="Berkeley Vale, New South Wales">Berkeley Vale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westfield_Tuggerah" title="Westfield Tuggerah">Westfield Tuggerah</a>, one service (Route 29) operates from Bay Village to Wyong Hospital via The Entrance, Magenta Shores, Toukley, Gorokan and Lake Haven. Red Bus have around 25 buses that are suitable for wheelchairs. </p><p>Coastal Liner operate limited route bus services around Westfield Tuggerah, Wyong, Hamlyn Terrace, <a href="/wiki/Woongarrah" class="mw-redirect" title="Woongarrah">Woongarrah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warnervale" title="Warnervale">Warnervale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dooralong" class="mw-redirect" title="Dooralong">Dooralong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jilliby" class="mw-redirect" title="Jilliby">Jilliby</a>. Routes 10 (Tuggerah-Wyee via Hue Hue Road and Wyong), 12 (Tuggerah-Jilliby via Dicksons and Mandalong Roads) and 13 (Tuggerah-Dooralong via Jilliby Road) all operate only on weekdays with limited services. Route 11 is the most popular service, linking Lake Haven with Warnervale via Hamlyn Terrace and Woongarah. This service on weekdays occasionally extends to Westfield Tuggerah and Wyong Station via Hue Hue Road. </p><p>CDC NSW operate services between Cheero Point, Mooney Mooney with the bus line extending to Sydney areas such as Brooklyn and sometimes as far as Hornsby. The bus route is isolated from rest of the Central Coast bus network.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retail_and_commercial">Retail and commercial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Retail and commercial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Central Coast is home to <a href="/wiki/Erina_Fair" title="Erina Fair">Erina Fair</a>, the largest single level shopping mall in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a> and the largest regional shopping mall in Australia. It provides many of the area's amenities such as restaurants, cinema, fast food and shopping. Another large shopping mall exists to the north, <a href="/wiki/Westfield_Tuggerah" title="Westfield Tuggerah">Westfield Tuggerah</a>. </p><p>Other smaller local shopping malls are located throughout the region, including at Woy Woy, Umina Beach, Kincumber, Gosford, Wyoming, Bateau Bay, Wyong and Lake Haven. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Wales">Avoca Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Bar Point, New South Wales">Bar Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bateau_Bay,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Bateau Bay, New South Wales">Bateau Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bensville,_New_South_Wales" title="Bensville, New South Wales">Bensville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Vale,_New_South_Wales" title="Berkeley Vale, New South Wales">Berkeley Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackwall,_New_South_Wales" title="Blackwall, New South Wales">Blackwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Blue Bay, New South Wales">Blue Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Haven,_New_South_Wales" title="Blue Haven, New South Wales">Blue Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Booker Bay, New South Wales">Booker Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bouddi,_New_South_Wales" title="Bouddi, New South Wales">Bouddi</a></li> <li><a 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