| Ettalong Beach Central Coast, New South Wales |
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View of Ettalong Beach |
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| Population: | 4,209 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2257 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 1.7 km² (0.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | City of Gosford | ||||||||||||
| Parish: | Patonga | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Gosford | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Robertson | ||||||||||||
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Ettalong Beach is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located south of Woy Woy on Brisbane Water at the point where it meets Broken Bay, about 80km north of Sydney. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area. Ettalong Beach is the natural eastward continuation of Umina Beach and Ocean Beach.
The Mantra Ettalong Beach Resort (formerly operated by Outrigger) and Ettalong Beach War Memorial Club was completed in 2005.
A "Fast Ferry" had been proposed from Ettalong to Circular Quay, Sydney. If it had been established, the service was expected to take only 40 minutes, compared to 1 hour 15 min for the train journey from neighbouring Woy Woy to Sydney.
However, the company behind this idea became bankrupt in 2008, and the Fast Ferry Proposal was abandoned (http://www.peninsulanews.asn.au/News/08/0211/Released.asp)
The suburb is composed largely of retired couples and young families.