Hello Listers As Marg is offering such great reads on the region I would like to add the following which I found of great interest and so informative about these gems of the Central Coast - the three Lakes. Besides lots of other data it covers: Aboriginal Settlement 1st European Settlement 1820-1870 Settlement after the opening of the railways 1880-1850 Urban Deveopement 1960-1990 The Ecology of the Tuggerah Lakes Historical Records by Anthony Scott www.clw.csiro.au/publications/technical99/tr4-99.pdf Regards Joanne Wyee