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Pest control Central Coast

Where the Central Coast’s water meets its houses

Mosquitoes breed in the water, and the Australian Museum puts this coast at the northern end of the funnel-web’s main range. The Central Coast Public Health Unit counted the Coast’s mosquitoes at six places, named in the district’s own release of April 2023. NSW Health’s arbovirus surveillance page explains how the state watches each season.

This is general information about this coast’s pests and the New South Wales rules that cover treating them. It is not advice about one property.

Each guide has its place on the waterline, from the season to the bush edge behind the houses.

The Central Coast’s water, north to south: Lake Macquarie, the Tuggerah Lakes with Lake Munmorah, Budgewoi Lake and Tuggerah Lake, the four coastal lagoons, Brisbane Water and the Hawkesbury River, in the order Central Coast Council lists them; the houses and the bush edge above them; and the six places named for the mosquito count, April 2023. Each guide has its place here and opens from it. The funnel-web’s northern end Australian Museum Animals at the back fence NSW Environment and Heritage NSW Health: ticks live in humid, moist, bushy areas the houses along the water The house The units Arbovirus season, usually November to April Central Coast Local Health District The water at home North South about 190 hectares of saltmarsh along the Coast’s water Lake Macquarie Lake Munmorah Budgewoi Lake Tuggerah Lake Tuggerah Lakes meets the sea at The Entrance Wamberal Terrigal Avoca Cockrone Brisbane Water runs south to Broken Bay Hawkesbury River Named for the mosquito count, April 2023 Central Coast Local Health District Empire Bay Halekulani Long Jetty North Avoca Ourimbah Pearl Beach NSW Health’s arbovirus surveillance page explains how the state watches each season Drawn in order, not to scale
The Central Coast’s water, drawn for a phone with north at the top: Lake Macquarie, the Tuggerah Lakes with Lake Munmorah, Budgewoi Lake and Tuggerah Lake, the four coastal lagoons, Brisbane Water and the Hawkesbury River, in the order Central Coast Council lists them; the six places named for the mosquito count, April 2023; the houses along the water; and the bush edge behind them, at the northern end of the funnel-web’s main range. Each guide has its place here and opens from it. The watching season › When it runs, who counts Arbovirus season, usually November to April Central Coast Local Health District North Lake Macquarie Tuggerah Lakes Lake Munmorah Budgewoi Lake Tuggerah Lake meets the sea at The Entrance The coastal lagoons Wamberal, Terrigal, Avoca and Cockrone Brisbane Water runs south to its mouth at Broken Bay Hawkesbury River South in the order Central Coast Council lists them Named for the mosquito count, April 2023 Empire Bay Halekulani Long Jetty North Avoca Ourimbah Pearl Beach NSW Health’s arbovirus surveillance pageexplains how the state watches each season the houses along the water The house ›Termites The units ›Five working days’ notice The water at home ›Mosquitoes in the yard the bush edge The funnel-web’s northern end ›Funnel-webs and ticks Animals at the back fence ›Possums, rabbits, mynas NSW Health: ticks live in humid, moist, bushy areas The water drawn north to south, not to scale

Who may treat your home in NSW

In NSW, prescribed pesticide work needs a licence, and the NSW Environment Protection Authority is the body that issues the pest management technician licences.

To double-check a pest controller, ask to see the licence before agreeing to any work, and search the authority’s public register by name or licence number. The register, and how to search it, are on the EPA’s own page on engaging a pest management technician.

The stops along the line

  1. The watching seasonWhen is mosquito season on the Central Coast, and who is watching it?
  2. The water at homeCan I get rid of mosquitoes at home on the Central Coast?
  3. The unitsPest treatment in a Central Coast unit block: five working days’ notice
  4. The houseTermites in a Central Coast house
  5. The funnel-web’s northern endFunnel-webs on the Central Coast: what to know
  6. Animals at the back fencePossums, rabbits and mynas: which animals can you remove?

The bush edge

Ticks are parasites that feed on animal and human blood, and they occur in humid, moist, bushy areas, NSW Health says.

The Australian Museum records the funnel-web's main range as running from this coast south to the Georges River, so the northern end of that range is here.

NSW Health notes that most tick bites cause little or no symptoms, while tick-borne diseases, tick paralysis and severe allergic reactions can pose serious health threats.

Funnel-webs on the Central Coast: what to know and the animals you may and may not move sit on this edge.