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About Forresters Beach

Forresters Beach is a coastal suburb which sits about half way between Sydney and Newcastle between Wamberal to the South and BateauBay to the North. It is the Northern most suburb of the City of Gosford and has a population of around 2,400 residents.

It's long sandy beach is backed by the Wamberal Lagoon Nature Reserve and WyrrabalongNational Park making it a popular spot to which holiday makers and their families flock when escaping the Sydney and Newcastle heat. The area's spectacular coastal cliffs can be viewed from platforms locate throughout the WyrrabalongNational Park.

The are numerous recreational activities available for visitors including golf, snorkelling, Hang Gliding, Para Gliding, fishing plus swimming, of course.  The beach is within walking distance of most parts of the village.

Forresters Beach is also known to the locals as "Forries" and is well known to surfers for its great reef breaks.  It has a great selection of holiday rental accommodation, beach houses, bed and breakfasts as well as Forresters Beach Resort. 

The name "ForrestersBeach" comes from Robert Forrester who purchased 50 acres of land in 1861.

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Wyrrabalong National Park

The park covers 597 ha but is divided into two separate areas. Wyrrabalong, meaning 'headland looking over the sea' is a word of the Darkinjung people who once occupied the narrow strip of coastline between Forresters Beach and Bateau Bay which now constitutes the southern section of the park (140 ha).

The southern section is characterised by high, exposed coastal cliffs of sandstone and shale and extensive rock platforms at either end that are ideal for fishing and exploring at low tide. There are woodlands of blackbutt, spotted gum and bloodwood along the plateau with shrubs and heath (mostly coastal banksia and she-oak) on the gentler slopes to the west.

Marine and bird life are abundant in the area. Fauna includes goannas, bandicoots, fantails and the tawny frogmouth.

Wyrrabalong Lookout is located on Cromarty Hill. There is a car park and an adjacent concrete platform with views to the south and west. A short path leads to Wyrrabalong Lookout on the cliff's edge, 132 m above sea-level, from where there are views south to The Skillion. A 1.6-km walking track leads along the cliffs through the attractive woodland to the other viewing platform, Crackneck Lookout (95 m high) where there is a large clearing and car park with information boards and a picnic-barbecue area.