Lake Munmorah, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Lake Munmorah
City:Central Coast
State:nsw
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12
Postcode:2259
Pop:5248
Pop Footnotes:[1]
Elevation:26
Parish:Toukley/Lake Munmorah
Stategov:Swansea
Fedgov:Shortland
Dist1:22
Dir1:NNE
Location1:The Entrance
Dist2:17
Dir2:SSW
Location2:Swansea
Dist3:44
Dir3:SSW
Location3:Newcastle
Dist4:43
Dir4:NNE
Location4:Gosford
Dist5:120
Dir5:NNE
Location5:Sydney
Near-Nw:Doyalson North
Near-N:Chain Valley Bay
Near-Ne:Crangan Bay
Near-W:Colongra
Near-E:Munmorah SCA
Near-Sw:Colongra
Near-S:Lake Munmorah
Near-Se:Munmorah SCA
Coordinates:-33.182°N 151.585°W

Lake Munmorah is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the local government area.

Location and features

Adjacent to Lake Munmorah is the Munmorah State Conservation Area. The park offers coastal bushwalking, rock fishing and surf breaks adjacent to Frazer Park.

Lake Munmorah hosts four schools along the same road (Carters road). They are Saint Brendan's Primary school (a Catholic primary school), Saint Brigid's College (a Catholic secondary school), Lake Munmorah Public School (a public primary school), and Lake Munmorah High School (a public secondary school).

The actual Lake is a very shallow lake that peaks at about 3 to 4m deep, though is rather wide, with three main access areas: Elizabeth Bay, Tom Burke Reserve, and Colongra Bay Reserve. During the summer there are prawns to be caught but there seem to be very few fish of any size.

Lake Munmorah marks the border between Awabakal and Darkinjung Aboriginal country.

The town was put in danger due to the 2013 New South Wales bushfires, with one man having a fatal heart attack while defending his home, but the town escaped severe damage.

Population

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 5,248 people in Lake Munmorah.

Notable people

See also

Notes and References

  1. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.