Access to toilet/change facilities Actively maintained Disabled Access

Men Women Children

Current Use: Ocean baths.
Condition: Good.

1928
The famous surfing beach at Putty Beach already had a rock bathing pool, a large 'bogey hole' in the rocks, that offered a favourite and safe bathing place for children.

1988
Gosford Council assessed the Putty Beach rock pool as having moderate usage and being a natural swimming hole augmented by rocks placed on the rock shelf, rather than a formally constructed rock pool. It recommended retention of the pool.

1997
Storms deposited a two-tonne boulder in this pool.

 

The 1889 wreck of the Paddle Steamer Maitland and the 1909 wreck of the Narooma at Maitland Bay (named for the earlier shipwreck) drew attention to the Killcare area.

Travel into the NSW Central Coast improved after 1889 with the opening of the Hawkesbury Railway Bridge, the last link in the rail connection between the capital cities of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

1928
There was a new direct Sydney-Newcastle main road. All trains north from Sydney stopped at Gosford and coastal steamers continued to land passengers and cargo at Gosford.

1980s
The extension of the Sydney-Newcastle freeway and electrification of the Gosford Newcastle railway made it easier to commute from the Central Coast to Sydney. The main Sydney-Brisbane highway and train line still run inland west of the Tuggerah Lakes and Lake Macquarie.
 

To be added.

The large 'bogey hole' in the rocks was known as a favourite and safe bathing place for children from the 1920s. Still had moderate usage in late twentieth century.

Assessed significance: Local.
Current heritage status: No.
 

Related Topics Bogey hole Children Council involvement Ring-of-rocks pools

Studies & References To  be added