Wyong, New South Wales

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"Wyong" redirects here. For the local government area, see Wyong Shire.

Wyong
Central Coast, New South Wales

Population:

3116 (2006 census)

Postcode:

2259

Area:

9 km² (3.5 sq mi)

Location:

89 km (55 mi) NNE of Sydney
20 km (12 mi) NNE of Gosford, New South Wales

LGA:

Wyong Shire

Parish:

Munmorah

State District:

Wyong

Federal Division:

Dobell

Suburbs around Wyong:
Watanobbi	Warnervale	Wadalba
Alison	Wyong	Tacoma
Mardi	Tuggerah	Tacoma South

Wyong is a major northern suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the Wyong Shire local government area.

Wyong Shire is situated on the traditional land of the Darkinjung people. The growth of the town was initially stimulated by a fledgling logging industry.

[edit] Development

The completion of the F3 Freeway cut the driving time from the Sydney CBD to the suburbs of Wyong down to under 1 hour 40 minutes. Wyong is served by a railway station on the Cityrail network.

Due to the sudden growth in population, local shopping centres have been redeveloped to cater for increasing demand. A Business park (which is home to the Sanitarium Health Food Company and NBN Central Coast Television), a Westfield Shopping Centre and a Homemakers Supa Centa have also been established in the past decade, just outside Wyong in Tuggerah. Both Westfield and Homemakers have recently enjoyed a dramatic refurbishing.

The dramatic rate of development has caused concern that the region's infrastructure is currently ill-equipped to provide adequate services such as health care and education.^{[citation needed]}

The town features a racecourse which is the venue for the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club's annual Central Coast Field Day, held each February. It is claimed that this is the largest such Amateur radio event in the Southern Hemisphere.