Ettalong Beach

Just an hour away from Sydney by train, 45 minutes by car and a constant 18,000 kilometres from fashion is the seaside sprawl of Ettalong Beach.

The undercover market is under that orange umbrella

If you alight from nearby Woy Woy station, on a lucky day you can be welcomed upon arrival by the traditional overheard greeting phrase “give us back me smokes, ya sl_t”. 

Then just pop yourself onto Blackwall Road, trot past the drive-through KFC, continue past the picturesque smash repair and bait shops, and you’re just about there.

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  • Steve says:

    08:13pm | 07/01/12

    Think you wasted your own time, not hers. Read more »

  • Steve says:

    02:41pm | 28/12/11

    I’ve had my wife’s grandparents live and die in Umina, uncles and aunts holiday at Ettalong and a mother in law who lives at Woy Woy. The thing you notice about the area is that it is full of bottle blonde, tattooed grandmothers with half a mouthful of teeth who… Read more »

 

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