Kangy Angy () is a semi-rural

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of the Central Coast region of

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, Australia. It is in a small valley along Ourimbah Creek and the Pacific Highway. It is part of the

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. Home to a section of the convict built Great North Road, the area remained important as a hill crossing between

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and

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until large scale earthworks permitted the development of more direct roads and highways. Nowadays it is home to several small farms and pasture used for

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. The valley is bordered by State Forest to the north and west and the Sydney-Newcastle railway line to the south-east. Koalas, grey wallabies, echidnas, wombats,

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s, and many bird and reptile species have been documented in the undeveloped forest of the valley. Some isolated patches of temperate rainforest add diversity to the nature of the valley. The

Kangy Angy Maintenance Centre The Kangy Angy Maintenance Centre is a railway depot at Kangy Angy on the Central Coast, New South Wales to maintain the NSW TrainLink D sets. The depot was officially opened on 24 February 2021, and is located off Enterprise Drive. The depot i ...

is under construction to maintain the

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New Intercity Fleet The NSW TrainLink D sets, also referred to as the ''Mariyung'' trains, are a class of electric multiple units being built to replace NSW TrainLink's Intercity electric multiple unit fleet, slated to replace the entire NSW TrainLink V set, V set ...

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Suburbs of the Central Coast (New South Wales) {{CentralCoastNSW-geo-stub