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192  NE W SOUTH W ALES AND A C T

The South Coast

From Nowra to the border with Victoria, the south
coast of New South Wales is a magical mix of white
sand beaches, rocky coves and coastal bush covered
with spotted gums and wattles, and alive with a
variety of birds. The coastline is rich in Aboriginal
sites, fishing villages and unspoilt beach
settlements. The 400 km (250 miles) of coast are
divided into three distinct areas – the Shoalhaven
Coast to the north, the Eurobodalla (“Land of Many Ulladulla is a small fishing village
Waters”) Coast in the centre and the Sapphire Coast flanked by the dovecote-shaped
peak of Pigeon House Mountain
in the far south. in the Morton-Budawang
National Park. A bushwalk offers
breathtaking coastal views.

7 . Horseshoe Bay
Beach, Bermagui
S D Writer Zane
Grey brought fame 52
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to this tiny game Deua
fishing town with National
his tales of marlin Park
fishing.
Central Tilba is a delightful historic farming village, backed by the Moruya
800-m (2,600-ft) Mount Dromedary. The town itself is famous for its
weatherboard cottages and shops, now housing some of the region’s
finest cafés and arts and crafts shops, and its cheese and wine. The Bodalla
cheese factory and wineries are all open to visitors.

0 . Merimbula Beach Central
S D The tourist centre Tilba
of the Sapphire Coast is
famous for its oysters, deep-
sea fishing and surrounding
white sandy beach. 7
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q . Eden 8
S D  Set on the deep
Twofold Bay, this was
once a whaling station.
It is now the centre of 18 Bega
whale-watching on the 9
south coast during spring. J
It is also a major tuna
fishing town and centre
for the local timber
industry. 0

Nowra is the town centre of the beautiful
Shoalhaven Coast, near the mouth of the 0 kilometres 25
Shoalhaven River. The name means “black 0 miles 25 q
cockatoo” in the local Aboriginal language.
Nearby are the resorts of Culburra and w
Shoalhaven Heads, adjacent to Seven Orbost
Mile Beach National Park.