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The Wallabies headed to the Central Coast to commence their preparations for The Rugby Championship, leaving a lasting impression on the local community.&nbsp;
<img alt="" src="https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/e76f5de2-c923-4d8e-b838-8943fdc211ae.jpg" style="height: 667px; width: 1000px;" longdesc="Israel Folau catches some late afternoon light in the Central Coast Leagues Club gym. Photo: ARU Media/Stuart Walmsley"><img alt="" src="https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/208c5d21-e9d1-4477-b980-26055b5f8a81.jpg" style="height: 667px; width: 1000px;" longdesc="Rob Simmons takes a line out on a back drop of palm trees which line the southern end of Central Coast Stadium. Photo: ARU Media/Stuart Walmsley"><img alt="" src="https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/78135299-778b-4ff2-b7fb-53bf96b2acd8.jpg" style="height: 667px; width: 1000px;" longdesc="Michael Hooper and Lopeti TImani pour on the power during a scrum session. Photo: Stuart Walmsley"><img alt="" src="https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/4ec8e8de-d091-4fe4-bec3-c9d7ac834d72.jpg" style="height: 655px; width: 1000px;" longdesc="King of the kids! Kane Douglas, Drew Mitchell and Will Skelton visit Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School and their day off. Photo: Stuart Walmsley"><img alt="" src="https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/66ab14ab-1ec8-4dcc-a7ae-316b8275b7cb.jpg" style="height: 666px; width: 1000px;" longdesc="Ever the willing student - Tatafu Polota-Nau assumes a learned pose during a forwards session. Photo: ARU Media/Stuart Walmsley"><img alt="" src="https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/ae6bae95-4c8f-4995-a188-a78a3a5fba42.jpg" style="height: 680px; width: 1000px;" longdesc="Three-year-old Will takes the prize for happiest fan at the fan day and open training session in Gosford. Photo: ARU Media/Stuart Walmsley"><img alt="" height="565" width="1000" src="https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/c21e5759-315f-4469-87a0-42fa2ad55fc7.jpg" style="height: 565px; width: 1000px;"><img alt="" src="https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/2d8c514c-97fc-40c2-a455-34f64992cc38.jpg" style="height: 666px; width: 1000px;" longdesc="Local juniors, Terrigal Trojans, get a surprise visit from Scott Sio, Matt Giteau and Rob Horne. Photo: ARU Media/Stuart Walmsley"><img alt="" src="https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/159950f5-50dc-4a26-b2af-ee7ee32cf3fe.jpg" style="height: 666px; width: 1000px;" longdesc="Luke Morahan takes a high ball on a bush backdrop in the squad’s first session at Central Coast Stadium. Photo: ARU Media/Stuart Walmsley"><img alt="" src="https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/9454c4ef-2e89-4df7-b4fd-e5c4beff9627.jpg" style="height: 667px; width: 1000px;" longdesc="A young fan fed up with the length of the standard elite training session. I want my signatures already. Photo: ARU Media/Stuart Walmsley"><img alt="" src="https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/3869d5f3-8f1d-4d26-9286-baf2734b6b99.jpg" style="height: 666px; width: 1000px;" longdesc="Matt Giteau flies into the first gym session of the week at Central Coast Leagues Club. Photo: ARU Media/Stuart Walmsley"><img alt="" src="https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/cd976036-627f-4f86-bf29-650744c56434.jpg" style="height: 667px; width: 1000px;" longdesc="Head coach Michael Cheika sends the players off with something to think about over the weekend at the end of Friday training. Photo: ARU Media/Stuart Walmsley">
Each week during The Rugby Championship, rugby.com.au will publish the best images by ARU Media photographer&nbsp;<a href="http://stuartwalmsley.com/" style="border-bottom: 0.0625rem solid #001059; background-color: transparent;">Stuart Walmsley.</a>

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