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Watanobbi is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Watanobbi is part of the Wyong Shire local government area, and is part of the Warnervale development precinct. Postcode of Watanobbi is 2259. Watanobbi is about 70 kms north-northeast of NSW's capital city of Sydney. In the 2011 Australian census the population of Watanobbi was 3,774 when there were 1,944 Females and 1,830 Males living there. The median age for people living in Watanobbi was 32. Although many believed the name's origin was Aboriginal, with the Wyong Shire originally claiming it meant "hills surrounded by water", the Geographic Names Board later confirmed there was no Aboriginal significance to the name, with the two most likely sources being a corruption of the Japanese surname Watanabe, ascribed to a friend of well-travelled pioneer Albert Warner, or a comment made by early landowner Allan Chapman about the "nobby" shape of the surrounding terrain, have been suggested. Landowners, claiming they were the butt of rude jokes and that the suburb's house prices had remained static relative to other areas, attempted unsuccessfully to have the name changed to Chapman Gardens in early 2002