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| Elysium site, November 2017 |
This site looks much like any other cleared building site: some weeds,
a sock blown off a nearby clothes’ line, a few old bits from the buildings
demolished to clear it and a lot of bare earth.
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| Elysium site, November 2017 |
It’s the Central Real site in Terrigal, on Terrigal Drive near Painters Lane, overlooking the lagoon, the beach and the sea. Not a bad spot as far as view goes and about 3 minutes’ stroll from the beachy heart of Terrigal.
Terrigal’s largest building at the moment is the Crowne Plaza
hotel on the foreshore. A lot of celebrities who visit Sydney stay at Terrigal
for a night or two before they leave.
To me, they miss the real beauties of the NSW Central Coast: the
quiet unhurried little towns, the Brisbane Water estuary, the 4 other lagoons
beside Terrigal’s, the calm blue waters of Lakes Tuggerah, Budgewoi and
Munmorah and, north of them, the larger expanse of Lake Macquarie. Terrigal is
lovely beach and the town itself is right on the beach, but we have over 30
beaches on the Central Coast, between Sydney and Newcastle, some stretching for
mile after mile, some so small and unnoticed you’d likely have them all to
yourself, others somewhere in between and many bordered by or a few minutes
from a town. I hope the visiting celebrities and our other tourists see
something more of the Central Coast than just Terrigal and what they can see
from the road or the helicopter on their way up here.
Today’s other page is Terrigal Two.
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| Terrigal Beach on a market day, 2017 |
Terrigal Beach on a market day. The blue and white market stalls
are up on the promenade in front of the pine trees. The Crowne Plaza hotel is
invisible behind the pine trees. To the right of the market stalls is the Surf
Life Saving Club (SLSC) which has a nice alfresco café operating out of the
north end of it. The Haven (park) is at the left side of the photo and the
Skillion is hidden from view. The main street of town is hidden behind the pine
trees and the SLSC. Free parking is two blocks back from the beach.
Come back next week for maps and more photos.
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Be nice.