Budgewoi

Worth seeing in and around Budgewoi

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Budgewoi Lake

   The Budgewoi Lake is a lagoon that is part of the Tuggerah Lakes, that is located within the Central Coast Council local government area in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The lake is located near the settlement of Budgewoi and is situated about 100 kilometres north of Sydney.

   2.8 km · lake in Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Gorokan High School

   Gorokan High School is a government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school, located in Lake Haven, in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1976, the school enrolled approximately 950 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 16 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and seven percent were from a language background other than English.

   4.6 km · government secondary school in Lake Haven, NSW, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Norah Head Light

   Norah Head Light is an active lighthouse located at Norah Head, a headland on the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia, close to Toukley. It is the last lighthouse of the James Barnet style to be built, and the last staffed lighthouse constructed in New South Wales.

   5.6 km · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Great North Road

   It was built by convicts through rough terrain.

2. 02
   Somersby Falls

   Somersby Falls Rd, Somersby (8 km (5.0 mi) NW of Gosford, drive or taxi as there's no public transport available).

3. 03
   Wondabyne

   Famed for its remoteness, Wondabyne, surrounded by a river called Mullet Creek is the site of the only railway station in Australia that has inaccessible road access.

4. 04
   Woy Woy

   Woy Woy is a commuter town with an area of southern waterways, in reference to the Aboriginal name of a quantity of water.

5. 05
   Tascott

   Lends its name to a Scottish-born pioneer, who became the first person to grow sugarcane in Australia.

6. 06
   Edogawa Commemorative Garden

   A gift from Gosford's sister city Edogawa, the Japanese garden is a popular spot for people to relax and find their zen.

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Things to do

Watch an A-League match. The Central Coast Mariners are the sole professional sporting team in the Central Coast. Their men and women's teams play in the A-League Men and A-League Women respectively, the highest professional soccer leagues in Australia, with their home games being played at the Central Coast Stadium (also known by its sponsored name Industree Group Stadium).

1. 01
   Pelican Feeding

   The town named itself 'The Pelican Capital of Australia' in 1999, with a specially constructed platform with daily feeds.

2. 02
   The Entrance Winter Blues & Jazz Festival

   Memorial Park, The Entrance.

3. 03
   Terrigal Beach

   An unbroken beach that extends for 4 km (2.5 mi).

From Wikivoyage: Budgewoi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

GPK Erina, Erina Fair, Erina.

1. 01
   Rhonda's Bar & Restaurant

   3-5 Kurrawyba Ave, Terrigal, dine@rhondas.bar.

2. 02
   The Grand Pavilion

   46 Picnic Parade, Ettalong Beach, grandpavilionettalongbeachnswt@gmail.com.

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Getting to Budgewoi

Airports

Newcastle (NTL), 55 km · Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 87 km

• Williamtown → Budgewoi

  54 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · A$10–13
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• Sydney (Mascot) → Budgewoi

  84 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · A$14–19
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• Gold Coast → Budgewoi

  609 km · quickest by air, 7h 1m · A$300–440
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