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Aside from it's proximity to Lake Macquarie, Toronto has very little going for it. Apart from a couple of bogan filled clubs there is a total absence of entertainment venues, the 'restaurants' are almost all of the 'chips with everything' variety and the main street consists of little more than a line of charity shops and employment agencies, due to almost all of the decent stores having left town years ago.

The nearest public hospital is a forty minute drive away ( on a quiet day ) and it's almost impossible to register with a local doctor as they have all closed their books to new patients. The unemployment in the area is chronic with no local employment apart from the local council, stacking shelves in the supermarket or working the night shift at the local gas station. As a result, 65% of the local population is in receipt of some type of welfare benefit with large swathes of the local area being given over to public housing to accommodate them. On a more positive note, the town does have it's own Centrelink office, Courthouse and police station, all of which are utilised to the full.

If you are an unemployed flannelette shirt wearing bogan with a ZZ Top beard and a penchant for foul language and tobacco products, then "Tronno" is the place for you. Otherwise I believe that prospective purchasers will be more than a little disappointed with the area.

Coal Point has always suffered from a lack of amenities, but in the past this was balanced it's relative seclusion and great community spirit. In the past few years the area has suffered badly from an influx of developers who have sub divided almost all of the original large blocks and destroyed most the original tree cover and vegetation in the process. The former exclusive leafy suberb has long gone, to be replaced by "Central Coast North". If Macmansion infested, medium density suburbs with little or no amenities, populated by hoons and thoughtless dog owners is your thing.....then Coal Point is the place to be.