Cooranbong

Postcode: 2265

Cooranbong is a town in New South Wales, Australia and part of the Lake Macquarie region in the City of Lake Macquarie. The closest commercial area is Morisset. The town's name, Cooranbong, name is derived from the language of the early Australian Aboriginal inhabitants and literally means, "water over rock", perhaps giving reference to Dora Creek which runs through the town.

The town's two historic buildings are both located in Martinsville Rd (signposted as Watagan Forest Rd) which runs west off Freemans Drive (the main thoroughfare). The Catholic Church of St Patrick and St Brigid, virtually on the corner, was built in 1906 to replace the original 1861 structure. The oldest headstone dates back to 1862.

Cooranbong is probably the best town to access the 13 forests scattered throughout the Watagan Mountains which lie to the west of Lake Macquarie and the Tuggerah Lakes. There are some outstanding camping sites, lookouts, walking trails, picnic areas and well-signposted forest drives.

A little further north along Freemans Drive is a little shopping centre to the left where you will find The Elephant Shop where there is a large selection of amethysts, agate, onyxware, crystals, rock and mineral specimens, hand-carved furniture and goods from South-East Asia.

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