Hardys Bay, New South Wales

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Hardys Bay
Central Coast, New South Wales

Population:

234 (2006 census)

Postcode:

2257

Area:

0.9 km² (0.3 sq mi)

Location:

10 km (6 mi) SSE of Woy Woy

LGA:

City of Gosford

Parish:

Kincumber

State District:

Terrigal

Federal Division:

Robertson

Suburbs around Hardys Bay:
		Killcare
Pretty Beach	Hardys Bay	Killcare
	Box Head

Hardys Bay is a south-eastern suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the Bouddi Peninsula. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area.

Hardys Bay was named after Harry Hardy, who kept a small vineyard and sold wine to local residents.^[1] It is home to local shops and cafés, an RSL Club and a marina.

1 Development
2 References
3 External links
4 Further reading

[edit] Development

Large scale rutile mining took place over the hill at Putty and Killcare beaches in the 1960s and stripped the beach of its large sand dunes and destroyed many native plants, molluscs and animals. Miners had agreed to revegitate the area which they did with the noxious pest bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera), which the various land care groups are now trying to erradicate.^[2]

Over the last 30 years property values in the area have reached into the millions of dollars as it is a prime location for holiday houses and retirement, like many other coastal areas within close proximity of a major city.

This pressure to develop has seen many fibro cottages demolished and replaced with million dollar weekenders. Some heritage sites, including the Ferry Masters cottage at Wagstaffe have been illegally demolished and developed despite council attempts to prevents this; prosecustion of the developers was unsuccessful due to a technicality.^[3]

In late 2007 a scheme to develop the existing marina was presented to the community by the Marina's CEO, Michael Sparks.^[4] This $13 million development would see the existing marina as well as the historic Hardys Bay wharf replaced by a much larger structure containing: 100 car parks over the water; an increase in the number of berths from 23 to 100; additional retail, cafe and restaurant space; as well as providing a 7 day a week boat maintenance facility.^[5] Additionally, any applications for new or upgraded marinas must include the provision of a 24 hour sewerage pump-out facility.^[6].

Sparks also advised that this marina project application would circumvent the local council approval process and utilise what is called the Part 3A method of approval. This is a reference to the new provision in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act which reduces the involvement of the community in the original decision making process. The decision makers for applications made by marinas under this law are the Minister for Planning and Director General, Department of Planning.^[7] While the developers maintain that there will be little environmental impact, a stand of Grey Mangroves (Avicennia marina) will have to be removed to make way for the structure, and degredation of the beds of sea grasses is also possibile.

Following a presentation to the Hardys Bay Resident Group on 19 February 2008 by Sparks, the group rejected the redevolpment plan.^[8]. In March 2008, the Wagstaffe to Killcare Community Association also announced that they could not support the current proposal.^[9] In early 2008 the plan was rejected by the Department of Planning after numerous complaints from as far away as Slovenia.

[edit] References

^ Gosford City Library. Placenames. Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
^ Baxter, Jillian (2000). Reflections from the Beach and Bays. Hardys Bay, New South Wales: Killcare Progress Association. ISBN 0-646 40502 0.
^ Penninsula News, 16/07/2002.
^ Alison Branley. "Owners Eager to Expand Marina", Express Advocate, 06/02/2008.
^ Killcare Marina.
^ REPORT OF THE COASTLINE MANAGEMENT, LAGOON MANAGEMENT AND COASTAL PLANNING COMMITTEE (CLP COMMITTEE) (840.11.01) Held on 3 September 2001.
^ Hardys Bay Residents Group.
^ Hardys Bay Residents Group.
^ "Talking Turkey", March 2008.

[edit] External links

Hardys Bay, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°31′23″S 151°21′22″E / -33.523, 151.356 (Hardys Bay, New South Wales)Coordinates: 33°31′23″S 151°21′22″E / -33.523, 151.356 (Hardys Bay, New South Wales)

[edit] Further reading

Baxter, Jillian (2000). Reflections from the Beach and Bays. Hardys Bay, New South Wales: Killcare Progress Association. ISBN 0-646 40502 0.
Kurosawa, Susan (2000). Coasting : A year by the bay. Balmain: Sceptre. ISBN 0-7336123-7-7.