Box Head, New South Wales
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Box Head is a coastal suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales
, Australia
, located within the City of Gosford local government area
.
The locality is part of the Bouddi National Park
, and contains several beaches including Lobster Beach, Iron Ladder Beach and Tallow Beach. The headland itself marks the northern entrance to Broken Bay
from the Tasman Sea
.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, located within the City of Gosford local government area
Local Government Areas of New South Wales
The local government areas of New South Wales, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government, involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas...
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The locality is part of the Bouddi National Park
Bouddi National Park
Bouddi National Park is located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, 46 km northeast of Sydney. A section of the national park extends into the sea creating fully protected land, shore and marine habitats. The Park contains one of the last temperate rainforests on the Central...
, and contains several beaches including Lobster Beach, Iron Ladder Beach and Tallow Beach. The headland itself marks the northern entrance to Broken Bay
Broken Bay
Broken Bay is a large inlet of the Pacific Ocean located about 50 km north of Sydney on the coast of New South Wales, Australia, and is the first major bay north of Sydney's Port Jackson.- Geography :...
from the Tasman Sea
Tasman Sea
The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately across. It extends 2,800 km from north to south. It is a south-western segment of the South Pacific Ocean. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, the first recorded European...
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