| Patonga Central Coast, New South Wales |
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 Panorama taken from Patonga Beach |
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| Population: | 223 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2256 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | City of Gosford | ||||||||||||
| Parish: | Patonga | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Gosford | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Robertson | ||||||||||||
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Patonga is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the north bank of the Hawkesbury River southwest of Woy Woy. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area.
Geography
Patonga is a small riverside community and is bounded by swamps and the Brisbane Water National Park to the north, Broken Bay to the east, the Hawkesbury River to the south and Patonga Creek to the west. The community is reachable either by road (Patonga Drive) from the northeast, or by ferry from Palm Beach and Brooklyn. Patonga means 'oyster' in the local native language, and oyster farming is the main local industry. This has,over the years, resulted in the siltation of Patonga Creek, which was once navigable by fairly large vessels, but now averages about half a metre in depth.
Lion Island is located in Broken Bay to the suburb's southeast.
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Coordinates: 33°32′56″S 151°16′05″E / 33.549°S 151.268°E
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