Wyong and the country around it
Bypassed in 1983
The Pacific Highway ran through the middle of Wyong until the town was bypassed in December 1983, and the M1 now crosses the Wyong River west of town. Wyong is also one of Central Coast Council's two administrative centres.
Up the river
The Wyong River rises below the Watagan Mountains and runs 57.5 km before it reaches Tuggerah Lake near Tacoma. Up the Yarramalong Valley there are horse studs, turf farms and citrus crops, and a ute that works out there on dusty or unsealed tracks is on RACV's list for servicing more often. Say in the note if it's done farm or gravel kilometres.
Race days and floats
Wyong Racecourse holds weekly meetings. A horse float is a trailer, and NSW puts trailers of 4.5 tonnes ATM or less on its light vehicle list for the yearly safety check, so the float's own renewal notice may ask for a pink slip.
Mobile mechanics around Wyong
A mobile mechanic suits batteries, cars that won't start and routine servicing in a driveway or a shed, as long as the ground is flat and firm and the job doesn't need a hoist. Wheel balancing is the exception: RAC WA says rotation and balancing need a hoist at a fixed centre, so that's a workshop visit.
The further up the valley the car is, the more it helps to give a landmark and say what the access is like. Mobile mechanics on the Central Coast covers what a van can and can't do.
Pink slips in Wyong
A car more than 5 years old needs its pink slip from an AIS station, or from a mobile AIS provider if it's easier for the inspection to come to the car; the slip fee doesn't change, but there may be a call-out fee. Once done, it's valid for 6 months, so there's no need to renew the rego the same afternoon.
If it were our float
We'd check the float's renewal notice the week it arrives, and get the lights, tyres, brakes and wheel bearings looked at before the inspection. Then we'd line up the tow vehicle's service for the same week, since RACV counts towing among its reasons to service more often.