 the central coast council is a local government area of tasmania, australia on the north-west coast of the state, between the cities of devonport and burnie. the municipality contains two major centres ulverstone (population 10,424) and penguin (population 4,040), smaller towns include forth, and turners beach. it has an estimated population of 21,747. the central coast includes the tourist destinations leven canyonleven canyon and black bluff,black bluff as well as a number of rural areas such as upper castra. the central coast council was created on 2 april 1993, and covers an area of . the municipal boundaries are the blythe river in the west, braddons lookout road in the east and black bluff in the south.central coast council - annual report 2002-2003 tfr for central coast council was estimated at 1.92 in 2001 and 2.28 in 2006. source ==references==  ==external links== *central coast council
Local_government_areas_of_Tasmania North_West_Tasmania