Long Jetty sits on a narrow strip between Tuggerah Lake and the ocean. When heavy rain lifts the
lake level, stormwater backs up through private drains and subfloor areas flood.
Tuggerah Parade homes lakefront properties
Backflow risk
Pacific Street & surrounds low-lying blocks
Saturated soil
Subfloor drainage raised fibro homes
Standing water
Most of Long Jetty was built in the 1950s–70s as holiday fibro and weatherboard cottages.
Original pipes are 50–70 years old and many have never been replaced.
Galvanised steel fibro & weatherboard cottages
Corroding
Clay & concrete drainage original sewer lines
Cracking
Copper mains pre-1970s installations
Pinhole leaks
Sandwiched between Tuggerah Lake and the ocean, Long Jetty gets salt air from both sides.
Metal fittings, valves, and exposed pipework corrode faster than inland suburbs.
Hot water anodes
Need replacing
sooner
External taps & valves
Seize up from salt
buildup
Roof flashing & overflows
Corrode and leak
into cavities
Long Jetty has a high proportion of rental stock — many are converted holiday cottages.
Same-day turnaround on all three:
Running toilets failed inlet valves, old cisterns
$80–$200
Leaking taps worn
washers & cartridges
$80–$150
Hot water replacement end-of-life electric storage
$800–$2,500
