House washing and roof cleaning in Patonga

What do Patonga's weekenders and creekside homes need?

The village sits on a sandy spit about a kilometre long, between the headland of Brisbane Water National Park and the mouth of Patonga Creek, with a beach on Brisk Bay and a sandy foreshore on the creek. Its name means oyster in the Darkinjung language, and oyster farming is still the main local industry; the road in is Patonga Drive from Umina, and ferries run to Palm Beach.

Many homes are weekenders that sit closed between visits, gathering salt and mould on walls and eaves. A house wash at low pressure clears them, and separate houses make up 87.4% of occupied homes, so a roof clean often goes with it.

Key figures

50.9%

of private dwellings empty on Census night, 2021

1 km

sandy spit the village sits on

Sources

• Wikipedia, Patonga, New South Wales
• ABS 2021 Census QuickStats, Patonga
• NSW Spatial Services, Administrative Boundaries (postcode, council, distance, neighbours)