Ascending up the crest of a steep hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean and buffered by Terrigal on its northern tip, North Avoca is split from its southern neighbor Avoca Beach by the calm and reflective Avoca Lake. The whole Avoca region actually came to be named after the Celtic word for ‘where the river meets the sea’. The Awabakel Aborigines were the original inhabitants of this scenic beach and lakeside area. Army Officer John Moore was the first Caucasian settler to own land in the suburb...