Mannering Park is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

of the Central Coast region of

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

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. It is part of the

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

. It was formerly called Vales Point. Mannering Park has a public school, tennis courts, open basketball and netball courts, tourist park (BIG4 Lake Macquarie Monterey Tourist Park), two ovals, a number of public access parks
sailing club
also known as MPASC (Mannering Park Amateur Sailing Club), sea scout group, and a long lakefront reserve. The shops in the main street include two takeaway food shops, a cafe, two real estate agents, a post office, a mini-mart (which sells fuel), a hairdresser/beauty therapist, a newsagent, pharmacist. The local industries include

Vales Point Power Station Vales Point Power Station is one of two operating coal fired power stations on the shores of Lake Macquarie (New South Wales), Lake Macquarie, New South Wales. Vales Point is located on the southern shore of the lake, near the township of Manner ...

and Wyee State Coal Mine.

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