Canton Beach, Soldiers Beach, Norah Head lighthouse - built in 1903 is to be considered one of our major coastal lights in NSW, the beam can be seen 28km out to sea.

Cabbage Tree Harbor, Wyrrabalong National Park and Noraville House.

Another spot for a picnic is Osborne Park in Peel St which has a playground and boat ramp on the shore of Budgewoi Lake. Toukley Golf Course lies just up the road.

Noraville House at the eastern end of Toukley, by the ocean shore, is the area known as Noraville which was named after Noraville House, built by Edward Hargraves, the prospector who, in 1851, discovered the first payable gold in Australia.

Canton Beach is a wonderful spot for the families, providing good picnic and play areas. Safe lake swimming with wonderful green space all around to relax or throw a ball with the kids.

Soldiers Beach at Norah Head offers the surfing enthusiast great waves and board riding while providing a fantastic view.

Walking Trails:

Bush Street Reserve is a peaceful and relaxing spot. Bush Street Reserve picnic area has large trees and picnic tables. The feature of Bush Street is the wonderful headland walking trail built by Norah Head Coast Care, the trail takes about 10 minutes.

Wyrrabalong National Park is situated on Wilfred Barrett Drive between The Entrance and Toukley. Wyrrabalong National Park encompasses 480ha of the sand barrier that separates Tuggerah Lake from the Pacific Ocean conserves the last significant littoral rainforest on the Central Coast. You can go bush walking and observe wildlife and Red Gum Forest.

Red Gum Forest walk along the 2.3km Red Gum trail returning via the 1.3km Burrawang Track, this circuit follows a network of old mining exploration trails leading onto the rim to the main sand dune where viewing platforms are offered.

Lakes Beach is one of the most popular surfing beaches on the Central Coast and is located on Budgewoi Road, Noraville. Lakes Beach is a patrolled beach and boast excellent surfing and board riding.