Our Favourites
Food
- Morning coffee on the footpath at Pearl Beach Cafe – great spot; good coffee (4343 1222)
- Dinner at Pearls – fine dining (4342 4400)
- Brekkie or Lunch at home on the front verandah
- Coffee and dinner at Erina Shopping Centre – has just about everything you could want – great for a rainy day (Erina Shopping Centre – 4367 3944)
- Drink or dinner at Patonga Hotel including sea side beer garden (4343 1222)
- Cooking in with fresh seafood from the Van in Ocean Beach Hotel Car Park – diagonally across the road from Woolies
- Fish and chips at Patonga or Umina Beach
- Great steak or lamb sanga at 304 on West Cafe, Umina (4344 5433)
- Local caterers for small or large functions (Karen 0414997530; Annie 0412003126)
Activities
- Walking the beach – morning or evening
- Canoes from Pearl Beach General Store
- Tennis at Pearl Beach Tennis Courts (call Judy 0418 436 225; also ask Judy about Tennis lessons)
- Walking the Pearl Beach to Patonga track
Walk from Pearl Beach to Umina Beach around the headland.
Walking through the Arboretum.
Entertainment & Amusement
- Movies at Ettalong – again, if rainy – cinemas are small but quaint
- Hoytz at Erina Shopping Centre
- Ice Skating at Erina Shopping Centre
- Mariners Soccer (when in season and playing at home)
Shop Til You Drop
Ettalong Beach Village Markets – open every weekend and public holiday Mondays
- Erina Shopping Centre – great open layout and has everything you could want (including movies and ice skating); if we could ever say that we love a Shopping Centre, this would probably be it 🙂
Not Our Favourites – But They Might Be Yours!
- 10 minutes to a number of beautiful National Park walks of varying distances and difficulties
- 10 minutes to Brisbane Waters for boating and fishing
- 15 minutes to surf beach at Kilcare
- 15 minutes to Bells, one of the finest restaurants on the Central Coast
Other Activities on the Central Coast
- Golf
- Whale watching
- Great surf beaches
- National Parks
- Horse riding
- Deep sea fishing