Central Coast Weekend Away

A few friends and I stayed a weekend at The Entrance NSW.

Here are three places that we visited.

1. Long Jetty (105 Tuggerah Parade, Long Jetty)

When the weather gets warmer this is a nice place to spend the afternoon.

There are three jetties near The Entrance. Parry's Jetty, Walkins Jetty & Long Jetty. Long Jetty's Tuggerah Lake foreshore reserve has picnic areas, Toilets, Children's Play areas.

A bike track runs along the foreshore between Chittaway Bay & the Entrance.

Long Jetty (-33.352937, 151.486296)

Photo taken by Rhys Pope

2. Norah Head Lighthouse (Bush St, Norah Head)

Nothing more than a lighthouse.

Norah Head Lighthouse (-33.281733, 151.578188)

3. Silky Oak Drive, Morisset
This is a great place to have a close encounter with kangaroos, lots of them! I went there 3 years ago and there were more than 100 kangaroos, but this time there were only about 50. I've seen people feeding them bread, but apparently bread is bad for them and can cause digestive issues. Also be careful with the larger roos, as I've seen them attack people. This field is actually part of the Morisset psychiatric hospital, so it is best to not disturb the patients in the hospital by keeping the noise down.

There is a picnic area near Eucalyptus Drive, Morisset, that's next to Lake Macquarie if you arrive early in the afternoon and have some time to kill.

Kangaroos (-33.126570, 151.513660)