Terrigal
Terrigal is a coastal town on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, located 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Gosford on the Pacific Ocean.

Terrigal is a coastal town on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, located 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Gosford on the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area. At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 12,730.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Terrigal
2 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.
- 01Wamberal Lagoon
Wamberal Lagoon, an intermittently closed intermediate saline coastal lagoon, is located on the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Wamberal Lagoon is located between the beachside settlements of Forresters Beach and Wamberal, and adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, about 87 kilometres north of Sydney.
1.7 km · lake in Australia · Wikipedia - 02Avoca Lake
The Avoca Lake, formerly known as Avoca Lagoon and as Bulbararing Lagoon, is an intermittently closed intermediate saline coastal lagoon that is located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Avoca Lake is located between the beachside settlements of North Avoca and Avoca Beach, and adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, about 85 kilometres north of Sydney.
2.7 km · lake in Australia · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Great North Road
It was built by convicts through rough terrain.
- 02Somersby Falls
Somersby Falls Rd, Somersby (8 km (5.0 mi) NW of Gosford, drive or taxi as there's no public transport available).
- 03Wondabyne
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.
- 04Woy Woy
Woy Woy is a commuter town with an area of southern waterways, in reference to the Aboriginal name of a quantity of water.
- 05Tascott
Lends its name to a Scottish-born pioneer, who became the first person to grow sugarcane in Australia.
- 06Edogawa 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.
From Wikivoyage: Terrigal, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
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).
- 01Pelican Feeding
The town named itself 'The Pelican Capital of Australia' in 1999, with a specially constructed platform with daily feeds.
- 02The Entrance Winter Blues & Jazz Festival
Memorial Park, The Entrance.
- 03Terrigal Beach
An unbroken beach that extends for 4 km (2.5 mi).
From Wikivoyage: Terrigal, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
GPK Erina, Erina Fair, Erina.
- 01Rhonda's Bar & Restaurant
3-5 Kurrawyba Ave, Terrigal, dine@rhondas.bar.
- 02The Grand Pavilion
46 Picnic Parade, Ettalong Beach, grandpavilionettalongbeachnswt@gmail.com.
From Wikivoyage: Terrigal, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Terrigal
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 61 km · Newcastle (NTL), 81 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Terrigal58 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · A$11–15
- Williamtown → Terrigal79 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · A$13–17
- Gold Coast → Terrigal635 km · quickest by air, 7h 27m · A$330–480
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Terrigal
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Terrigal. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Palm Beach & Ettalong take the ferry to Wagstaffe.
- Get aroundSome of the trails are suitable for off road bicycles, but not all.
From Wikivoyage: Bouddi National Park, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2024-04.
- 01930 km
- 021,154 km
- 031,323 km
- 041,887 km
- 054,251 km
If you know how people move in Terrigal – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Terrigal
Terrigal is 7 km from Central Coast, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Forresters Beachsuburb of Gosford, New South Wales, Australia5.5 km
- Avoca Beachsuburb of the central coast of New South Wales, Australia2.1 km
- Erinalocality in New South Wales, Australia4.9 km
- Kincumberlocality in New South Wales, Australia5.1 km
- Holgatesuburb of Central Coast Council, New South Wales5.6 km
- Matchamlocality in New South Wales, Australia4.1 km