Wamberal
Wamberal is a coastal suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Wamberal is a coastal suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area and is located adjacent to the Wamberal Lagoon. Wamberal is an Aboriginal word meaning 'where the sea breaks'.
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Worth seeing in and around Wamberal
One place 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.
1.8 km · lake in Australia · Wikipedia
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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.
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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).
- 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).
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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.
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Getting to Wamberal
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 64 km · Newcastle (NTL), 78 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Wamberal62 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · A$11–15
- Williamtown → Wamberal76 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · A$12–16
- Gold Coast → Wamberal631 km · quickest by air, 7h 36m · A$340–490
- 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 Wamberal
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 Wamberal. 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.
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Next door to Wamberal
Wamberal is 7 km from Central Coast, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Terrigalsuburb of Central Coast, New South Wales3.4 km
- Forresters Beachsuburb of Gosford, New South Wales, Australia3.3 km
- Holgatesuburb of Central Coast Council, New South Wales3.4 km
- Matchamlocality in New South Wales, Australia1.6 km