Central Coast
The Central Coast is an area of California, roughly spanning the coastal region between Point Mugu and Monterey Bay.
It lies northwest of Los Angeles and south of the San Francisco Bay Area, and includes the rugged, rural, and sparsely populated stretch of coastline known as Big Sur.
Getting to Central Coast
US Highway 101 is the Central Coast's main artery and alternates between freeway and state highway throughout the Central Coast region. Two-lane Highway 1, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway is the slower, more scenic option as it winds along the entire Central Coast coastline. There are commercial airports near Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara (the largest), and Santa Maria.
Getting around Central Coast the local way
- Get inEttalong is accessible by ferry from Palm Beach in Sydney with the passenger ferry crossing the Hawkesbury river every hour or so.
- Get inOn the western end, there's car ferries from Wisemans Ferry which operate every few minutes.
- Go nextTravel to Sydney's Northern Beaches on the Palm Beach ferry and go walking in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.
From Wikivoyage: Central Coast (New South Wales), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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