Mangrove Mountain is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

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, located about 14 kilometres (9 mi) upstream

Source (river or stream)

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 and north of Spencer

Spencer, New South Wales

Spencer is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the north bank of the Hawkesbury River just upstream of that rivers confluence with Mangrove Creek. Spencer is part of the City of Gosford local government area....

 along Mangrove Creek. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area

Local Government Areas of New South Wales

The local government areas of New South Wales, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government, involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas...

. It is approximately 300 kilometres from the capital city of Australia, Canberra

Canberra

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.

The area is home to a Greek Orthodox

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia is the Australian archdiocese of the Greek Orthodox Church, part of the wider communion of Orthodox Christianity. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia is a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.- Archbishop of Australia...

 monastery, Pantanassa. Also within the region is an ashram

Ashram

Traditionally, an ashram is a spiritual hermitage. Additionally, today the term ashram often denotes a locus of Indian cultural activity such as yoga, music study or religious instruction, the moral equivalent of a studio or dojo....

. It is also home to Mangrove Mountain Memorial Golf Club, a 10 hole, 18 tee golf course, currently in development.

External links

• Monastery of Pantanassa (OrthodoxWiki)