Australia, New Zealand & the South Pacific - NSW Central Coast Resort/Hotel for w/e treat?

Hi FTers in or familiar with this area of Oz,
Just wondering if those of you who have spent weekends at Terrigal or nearby central coast beachside areas have any favourites (or stories great or ghastly) of weekenders, holiday flats, resorts or hotels?

Is the ANZ eDine / Entertainment book for the 50% off rack rate / 10% off offer worthwhile this time of year? If this doesn't pan out maybe I can try Lis's Hilton Diamond Club coucher at a MEL Hilton-family hotel and fly with OzJet :cool:

Any comments on these hotels, from the eDine website? Thank you so much. I'd be trying to book for NEXT W/E!
Cheers BiziBB / Ben

Citigate Sebel Waterfront Resort The Entrance. 50% off rack rate
Beautifully situated on the Central Coast of New South Wales, offering 145 superbly appointed apartment-style guest rooms, including studio, 1 and 2 bedroom, executive and luxury loft apartments, all with private balconies or terraces. Enjoy contemporary Tides Restaurant and Bar, pool-side bar, heated swimming pool, toddler’s wading pool, spa and gymnasium.

Crowne Plaza Terrigal.
www.crowneplaza.com.au - Terrigal 10% off the best room or package rate
196 rooms and suites. Most rooms offer private balconies with ocean views. Stunning beachfront location just over 1 hour from Sydney. 2 restaurants, 3 bars, outdoor swimming pool, spa, sauna, health club.

Murramarang Resort South Durras 50% off rack rate
A perfect holiday destination with an absolute ocean frontage and surrounded by national park. Just 3.5 hours’ drive south from Sydney, or 2 hours east from Canberra. Murramarang Resort has something for everyone – you can literally do as much or as little as you like. Set in the pristine Murramarang National Park with seemingly endless beaches and walking trails, you can enjoy swimming, boating, fishing, bush walking, snorkelling, canoeing, cycling and much more.

The Beachcomber Hotel Toukley
50% off the rack rate of any room (Sunday to Friday. Minimum stay 2 nights excluding public holidays)
61 rooms. The Beachcomber Cafe restaurant and bar, outdoor swimming pool, spa, sauna, complimentary parking, views of lake, 3 function rooms (capacity 170 people).

Waldorf Apartment Hotel The Entrance. 50% off the rake rate of any room
136 rooms. A real resort setting with a magnificent beach front location. Outdoor swimming pool, kitchen and laundry facilities, spa and sauna.

Dude, the central coast really is a hole. Not much to recommend it at all. Spend another hour in the car and hit the Hunter Valley if you're after a filthy weekend away.

Or even a clean one.

Thoroughly recommend Tallawanta Lodge:


http://www.huntervalley.com/gardens_lodge/hunter_valley_lodge.html

Which has the best Italian restaurant in Australia attached to it.

IMHO I'd bag plans for the Central Coast and shorten your journey to go to Palm Beach instead. Consider spending the weekend at Jonah’s... It's a bit steep, but worth it.

Contrary to popular belief the Central Coast has a lot to offer and I should know...I live there :)

Now I am all for the Hunter Valley, but if you are looking for beaches..you are not going to find them there. And Palm Beach is nice, but you can visit it via a twenty minute ferry ride from Ettalong Beach on the Central Coast.

I would probably stay away from Toukley and The Entrance..too many ferals :) and the Murramarang resort is actually on the south coast..not central coast.

You may want to look at Kims, on the beach at Toowoon Bay. It is pricey but it is secluded and includes all meals, which are wonderful.

You may also want to check out the new Outrigger resort at Ettalong. Ettalong Beach, doesn't have a lot going for it in the way of night life but it does have some great restaurants and fabulous waterways.

Contrary to popular belief the Central Coast has a lot to offer and I should know...I live there :)




I rest my case...... :p

I rest my case...... :p


...and this is from someone from Newcastle?..the soot capital of Australia. I'm sure you will excuse me if I don't take your mocking of the Central Coast seriously. After all, people who live in glass shacks shouldn't throw lumps of coal.

I think I hear the steelworks calling you ;)

Phoebe

Soot = industry = employment = lack of povo bogan mullet-sporting flanno-wearing scum.

I see your Steelworks jibe, and raise you "San Remo".

I class anything north of Gosford as Newcastle, so San Remo is all yours, along with Wyong, Toukley etc. take them and enjoy. :p

I class anything north of Gosford as Newcastle,

So THAT'S where Cairns is :p

BiziBB, I'd personally be heading to Peppers (http://www.peppers.com.au/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=24&language=1&contentId=-1&property=637) for a few days.