Hardys Bay, New South Wales

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Hardys Bay is a suburb located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, as part of the Gosford City Council local government area.

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Hardy's Bay is nested between the several suburbs of Killcare, Killcare Heights, Pretty Beach & Wagstaffe, making up a small peninsula on the south side of the Central Coast, opposite Palm Beach across the Brisbane Water.

Hardy's Bay is significant for residents of the peninsula suburbs for having local shops and cafés, an RSL Club and a marina, and on weekends residents and visitors to the area may sit alongside the bay and enjoy the view.

A long standing tradition in Hardy's Bay, the Yum Yum trees stand across from the main intersection of Hardy's Bay and across from the local liquor/grocery store. At evening time when the weather is clement, the men of the area congregate around the Yum Yum trees and consume their beverages and socialise. Not wanting to be left out, the women of the area also started their own tradition of occupying the wooden benches along the bay for their own socialising.

Property values in the area range can reach into the millions of dollars as it is a prime location for holiday houses and retirement.

A book about life on the bay called "Coasting: A year by the bay", written by Susan Kurosawa, was published in 2000.