Terrigal: The Central Coast's Premier Beach Village

Terrigal, the beachside village on the Terrigal Haven that the Skillion headland and the Point Plomer bluff frame in the natural amphitheatre of the sheltered surf beach and the rockpool-lined foreshore, provides the Central Coast with its most visited and most prestigious coastal village and the destination whose combination of the beach quality, the commercial strip of restaurants and bars facing the beach, and the scenic walks to the Skillion's clifftop viewpoint create the Terrigal experience that the Central Coast tourism market positions as the premium offering. The Skillion, the steep-sided headland at the southern end of Terrigal beach that the walking track ascends to the clifftop views of the Terrigal Haven and the coast, is the most photographed natural feature of the Central Coast and the landmark that identifies Terrigal in the tourism marketing.

The Terrigal surf break, one of the most consistent and most accessible surf breaks on the Central Coast, attracts the local surfer and the visiting surfer from Sydney and the Hunter who knows the break's reliable quality for the beach break conditions that the haven's orientation and the sand banks that form in the haven create. The surf school industry at Terrigal, providing the learn-to-surf lessons for the visitors and the holiday families who want the surf experience in the most accessible form, sustains the entry-level surf participation that the beach's manageable conditions enable for the beginner who is not yet ready for the more challenging surf breaks of the northern and southern Central Coast.

The Terrigal dining precinct, the cluster of restaurants and cafés facing the esplanade that the beach foreshore creates for the outdoor dining and the café culture that the premium beachside location supports, provides the food quality and the variety that the Terrigal visitor and the Central Coast resident who makes the trip to the beach for the dining destination experience as the benchmark for the coastal food and drink experience that the Central Coast can sustain at its most developed location. The restaurants' use of the local seafood from the Central Coast fishing fleet and the Tuggerah Lake prawn industry creates the local provenance that the premium coastal restaurant can use to differentiate from the generic menu that the franchise and the chain operators provide.

The Terrigal Beach to Avoca Beach Coastal Walk, the clifftop and beachside walking track that connects the two premium beaches of the Terrigal area in the scenic coastal walk that the headland scenery and the ocean views create, provides the active tourism experience that the Central Coast's walking network sustains for the visitor who wants more than the beach leisure and the dining destination that Terrigal provides. The walk's combination of the ocean views, the heath vegetation, and the entry to the Bouddi National Park at its northern end creates the complete coastal walking experience that the Central Coast's coastal geography makes uniquely rewarding.

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