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Hi Phil
You've come to the right place! I used to live at Wyong Creek (now at Wyoming), and there's at least 1 member out at Yarramalong, and a growing number on the Central Coast.
There's no Central Coast club or society (and no plans to form one), but we do have regular get-togethers up at Mangrove Mountain Pony Club, every new moon. The last one was on the weekend just gone. We get a bunch of people from the Central Coast, as well as some from Newcastle and Sydney areas. We'll usually get between 6-20 people each time.
The December new moon falls during the xmas holidays, so it's unlikely there'll be much of a gathering at the end of December, but there might be.. keep an eye on the "Star Parties & Observing Sessions" forum - a thread will be created there when the next gathering is being organised/discussed. There's also a map in that forum of how to get to the Pony Club.
Heading along to an observing night is definitely the best first step. You'll get to look through a bunch of different telescopes and decide which one might be best for you, depending on what you want to observe, photograph, your budget etc.
Cheers, keep asking questions!
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