Elysium Terrigal

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.

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.

Terrigal Two

Double site at the end of Church Street, November 2017

This double site is at the end of Church Street, one street back from the beach.

It’s not the slowest site on the Central Coast but it’s certainly not the fastest either.

Double site at the end of Church Street, November 2017

It’s right in the heart of Terrigal, 15 seconds’ walk to the main street, 20 seconds walk to the beach itself and views of the beach, of the iconic Haven and of the iconic Skillion.

The Haven is a foreshore park that is a favourite with tourists and dog walkers. There are view points up on the clifftop where you can take photos of the sea, along the coast and, looking back, of Terrigal itself. The Skillion is a steep little headland with views out to sea and of the ship deliberately sunk off Avoca Beach as a diving attraction, back and Terrigal and south to Bulbararing Bay and First Point at Tudibaring Head at Copacabana Beach. The Captain Cook lookout is on Tudibaring Head, off Del Monte Place. Americans, a lookout is an overlook.

Today’s other page is Elysium Terrigal.

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Bulbararing Bay and Avoca Beach one winter afternoon, 2017

Bulbararing Bay and Avoca Beach late one winter afternoon.

Come back next week for maps and more photos.