Tumbi Umbi is a mostly semi-rural

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of the Central Coast region of

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, Australia, located northwest of

Bateau Bay Bateau Bay is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the local government area. Bateau Bay lies in the area known as Darkinjung to Indigenous Australians. "Bateau" is French for "boat." The subu ...

along Wyong Road. It is part of the

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History

Tumbi Umbi is an Aboriginal expression meaning ''place of tall trees''. Tumbi Umbi Secondary College opened in 1996.

Geography

It is a somewhat distributed community on the shores of

Tuggerah Lake Tuggerah Lake, an intermittently open intermediate wave dominated barrier estuary that is part of the Tuggerah Lakes, is located within the local government area in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The lake is located ...

and associated with the creek that feeds into that body of water. In Aboriginal times the description "A place of much water" accurately described the swamp land that has now been extensively drained and populated with housing, industrial estates, a school, Mingara Recreation Club, Mingara One Fitness and Aquatic Centre, a pistol range and Glengara Retirement Village. The more urbanised part of the suburb can be found along Wyong Road adjacent to Berkeley Vale,

Killarney Vale Killarney Vale is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located approximately 5 kilometres south of The Entrance. It is part of the local government area. The Entrance – Long Jetty hospital is located in Kill ...

and Bateau Bay. The more rural part is situated around Tumbi Road and Palm Valley Road, adjacent to Glenning Valley, Wamberal and

Forresters Beach Forresters Beach is a coastal suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia between Terrigal and Bateau Bay Bateau Bay is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the local g ...

. It is situated a short distance from the coast.

References

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