- Wyong, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Wyong
city = Central Coast
state = nsw
caption =
lga = Wyong Shire
postcode = 2259
pop = 3116 (2006 census)
area = 9
est =
parish = Munmorah
stategov = Wyong
fedgov = Dobell
dist1 = 89
dir1 = NNE
location1=Sydney
dist2 = 20
dir2 = NNE
location2=Gosford, New South Wales
near-nw = Watanobbi
near-n = Warnervale
near-ne = Wadalba
near-w = Alison
near-e = Tacoma
near-sw = Mardi
near-s = Tuggerah
near-se = Tacoma SouthWyong is a major northern suburb of the Central Coast region of
New South Wales ,Australia . It is the administrative centre for theWyong 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.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.Fact|date=February 2007
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.
See also
*
Tuggerah Lake for a map of locations near Wyong.
*Australian Coal Alliance External links
* [http://www.ccarc.org.au/fieldday/index.htm CCARC Central Coast Field Day]
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