The Entrance (including Tuggerah Lake, Bateau Bay, Shelly Beach, Toowoon Bay, Long Jetty and Wyrrabalong National Park)
Popular holiday destination on the Central Coast
The Entrance derives its name from the narrow channel that divides the mainland and connects Tuggerah Lake to the ocean on the Central Coast of NSW. It is located 99 km north of Sydney via The Newcastle Freeway.The Entrance is a popular holiday resort and retirement centre offering visitors surfing beaches, an enormous lake and a central area which has attractive foreshore parkland (Memorial Park), a Boardwalk (a pathway from Memorial Park around to the surf lifesaving club), and the development of a child-friendly open-air mall called The Waterfront which is full of fountains, cafes and eateries. In 1998 this public usage area will be greatly extended and four-star, high-rise accommodation will go up next to The Entrance Hotel.In 1796 shipwrecked fishermen landed on the coast. They were fed by the local Aborigines who guided them most of the way home. When they returned to Sydney they told of a white woman living amongst the indigenous peoples and this resulted in an excursion to find the woman. The search party became the first Europeans to discover Tuggerah Lake.
