South Coast region
New South Wales, Australia
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Nowra Hill Lookout

Nowra Hill Lookout
Nowra

The lookout offers panoramic views of the Shoalhaven and Jervis Bay areas. It is a pleasant stroll along the Commodore's Walk to the the Lookout. Seats are placed along the walk and at the lookout.

Surf and Fish Charters Ulladulla

Surf and Fish Charters Ulladulla
Kings Point

An ocean adventure of a lifetime is all yours and much more when you cruise with Ulladulla Surf and Fish Charters aboard the stunning ‘state of the art’ vessel, the Black Label II. Skippered by local fishing expert Shane Puglisi, the Black Label II is a NuStar Comet 9.6 metre catamaran...

Eucalypt Trail

Eucalypt Trail
Durras North

The Eucalypt Trail is located 14 kilometres north of Batemans Bay on the eastern side of the Princes Highway, in the Kioloa Rest area. An easy 500 metre loop, the Eucalypt Trail is designed to assist visitors to identify 11 different species of eucalypt trees using common and botanical names, flowers...

Birdland Animal Park

Birdland Animal Park
Batemans Bay

Birdland Animal Park is a delightful and intimate hands-on experience. Forest paths wind through eight acres of sweeping waterfront trees and landscaped gardens brimming with native Australian animals, birds and reptiles (over 50 species).

Mollymook Surf Beach

Mollymook Surf Beach
Mollymook

Mollymook is a popular family beach with the best parks and safest bathing in the south around the Surf Club.

Mogo Zoo


Mogo

Mogo Zoo is a privately owned zoo, situated 10 kilometres south of Batemans Bay in the picturesque and historic gold-mining village of Mogo. It's committed to the survival of endangered animals and provides world standard facilities for over 200 animals, including more than 40 rare and exotic species and the largest...

Gulaga National Park


Tilba Tilba

Gulaga (Mt Dromedary) and the surrounding landscape have great spiritual significance to local Aboriginal people, particularly Aboriginal women. The park also incorporates the former Wallaga Lake National Park.

Mollymook Beach


Ulladulla

Mollymook Beach sweeps for two kilometres between Bannister Point in the north and the southern headland where the Mollymook golf club is located.

Aslings Beach


Eden

Aslings Beach is central to the town of Eden, and flanks the northern part of Twofold Bay. Whales (October-November) and dolphins are often seen right along the shoreline, either feeding or sheltering in the Bay.

Surf Beach Batemans Bay


Batemans Bay

Located just a short 10 minute drive south of Batemans Bay central business district, this beach is very popular with both locals and visitors alike.

Ben Boyd Lookout


Wandandian

Ben Boyd Lookout is located on the edge of Morton National Park and Macdonald State Forest with spectacular views of Lake Conjola and beaches to the south. It has a scenic lookout with views to the coast and of Pigeon House Mountain.

One Track For All


Ulladulla

One Track for All has four lookouts providing spectacular views of the coast and harbour. It tells the story of the southern Shoalhaven Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal history, from an Aboriginal prospective.

Bens Walk


Nowra

Commencing at the Showground. Enjoy superb views of the river and the golf course. Views of the mountains can be seen from vantage points along the way.

Berry Courthouse


Berry

The Berry Courthouse is now open to the public it was abolished on the 30th July 1988 as it was no longer needed as a local courthouse.

Bendeela Camping and Picnic Area


Kangaroo Valley

Bendeela is a rustic camping ground and picnic area set in natural bushland on the banks of the Kangaroo River arm of Lake Yarrunga (Tallowa Dam), near Kangaroo Valley village. Facilities include basic campsites (there is no power to the camping and picnic grounds), toilets and drinking water.

NSW Jervis Bay National Park


Jervis Bay

NSW Jervis Bay National Park lies on 4,211 hectares. Sections of the park fringe Jervis Bay, St George Basin and ocean beaches. The area is rich in Aboriginal heritage, including important wetlands and preserves a flourishing diversity of plants and animals.

Treasures from the Deep - Opal and Shell Museum


Batemans Bay

30 years of collecting shells from around the world including shells from the sea, rivers, on land and even as fossils.

Abrahams Bosom Reserve


Currarong

Features of the scenic reserve include the beach, a natural rock pool, creek, scenic walking tracks and picnic facilities. The Abrahams Bosom Reserve has two interesting walks: The first is The Wreck Walk - is a 2.5 kilometre return walk that takes a leisurely one hour, on an easy gradient and takes...

Bomaderry Creek Walking Track


Bomaderry

Bomaderry Creek is a small oasis of bushland adjacent to the town of Bomaderry. The walk includes patches of remnant rainforest, spotted gum forest, dry woodland and small hanging swamps.

Lady Denman Heritage Complex


Huskisson

The Lady Denman Heritage Complex is located on 10 hectares and houses a Museum with significant maritime history, Laddie Timbery's Aboriginal Arts and Crafts, the Museum shop and a vast outdoor recreation space including a boardwalk, fish feeding harbour, and historic buildings.

Hyams Beach


Jervis Bay

Hyams Beach is listed in the "Guinness book of records" as having the whitest sand in the world.

Montague Island Nature Reserve


Montague Island

One of Australia's best kept secrets, Montague Island Nature Reserve is a breathtaking wildlife sanctuary situated nine kilometres off Narooma, on the south coast of New South Wales. Visit on a day trip from Narooma or Bermagui.

Pambula Rivermouth


Pambula Beach

Nestled on the inside of Pambula Beach’s southern headland, Pambula Rivermouth is beautifully sheltered from wind and swell coming from the south. Oddly for a beach with southerly protection, the rivermouth works best with a northerly swell, as it refracts off the headland to form a ride-able wave.

Nowra Wildlife Park/Shoalhaven Zoo


North Nowra

Nowra Wildlife Park is the largest native animal park on the New South Wales South Coast and brings together over 100 species of native Australian animals, birds and reptiles.

Booderee National Park


Jervis Bay

Booderee National Park is a living, breathing, open air cultural centre for all to enjoy. There are three family friendly camp grounds to choose from, magnificent bay and surf beaches, picnic areas, a diverse range of bushwalking trails and lots of native birds and animals to see up close.

Light to Light Walk Ben Boyd National Park


Eden

In the southern part of Ben Boyd National Park, the Light to Light Walk, between Boyds Tower and Green Cape, offers the opportunity to walk 31 kilometres of spectacular coastline...

Sling Shot


Huskisson

Sling Shot is an ex-Army SAS Tactical Response Boat which is designed to handle harsh conditions. It has been refurbished to carry 10 people. Sling Shot operates from Huskisson Wharf taking joy rides around the bay in mild to wild conditions.

Mystery Bay


Mystery Bay

Mystery Bay is a hamlet located between Narooma and Tilba Tilba. It is surrounded by the Eurobodalla National Park .

Coomee Nulunga Cultural Trail


Ulladulla

The Coomee Nulunga Cultural Trail travels through low windswept heath, capturing a living sculpture by the moods and breezes of the Pacific Ocean. The sculpture of Corroboree Man, Bulan Yuin welcomes all to the trail. Throughout the trail, many Garawanda Daran (Dreaming Poles) have been positioned.

Narooma Lighthouse Museum


Narooma

Come and discover the history of Narooma at the Narooma Lighthouse Museum, located at the Narooma Visitor Centre. The key piece of the Narooma Lighthouse Museum is the original light and optical apparatus from the Montague Island Light station.

Mumbulla Creek Falls and Picnic Area


Bega

This area is highly valued as a special place of customary lore's and teaching to the Yuin people of the South Coast of NSW.

Bournda National Park


Tathra

A diversity of water environments, salt and freshwater lakes, an attractive lagoon and creek and a magnificent coastline, along with an extensive network of walking tracks make a great variety of activities...

Culburra Surf Beach


Culburra Beach

Warrain Beach is the surfing beach for the settlement of Culburra. It begins on the south side of Penguin Head and runs to the south for 3.7 kilometres past the usually blocked mouth of Wollumboola Lake to the low rocks at Kinghorn Point.

Tathra Beach


Tathra

Tathra Beach is located east of Bega and is a protected beach for surf and board riding. Below the waters, diving, snorkelling and fishing possibilities are endless.

Tallowa Dam


Kangaroo Valley

Tallowa Dam is a major part of the Shoalhaven water supply scheme that was built to supplement the water supply for Sydney and the Illawarra during times of drought. It also provides water for local Shoalhaven and Kangaroo Valley communities.

Hanging Rock Lookout


Nowra

Hanging Rock Lookout has been a prominent landmark of Nowra since the town was established. It is 46.25 metres above the river and offers spectacular views of the Shoalhaven and the town of Nowra.

Murramarang National Park


Batemans Bay

Murramarang National Park protects over 11,977 hectares of coastal land between Kiola and Batemans Bay on the state's South Coast.

The Wakeboarding School


Nowra

The Wakeboarding School, based on the Shoalhaven River, NSW was founded in 1999 by pro wakeboarder, Josh Sanders. With his extensive experience within the sport of wakeboarding as a professional, he offers a level of coaching not found anywhere else in Australia.

Grotto Walk


North Nowra

On the banks of the Shoalhaven River in North Nowra (access from Yurunga Drive) is The Grotto. Whilst access to The Grotto is steep in parts, the walk is short and the ambience of the reserve more than makes up for any effort expended.

Montague Island Lighthouse


Montague Island

Montague Island is only one of two island lighthouses in New South Wales. In 1873 a decision was made to build a 'First Order Fixed and Flashing Light' on Montague Island. Construction of the lighthouse and keepers' quarters, designed by Colonial Architect James Barnet, started in 1878.

Pebbly Beach


Shoalhaven

Pebbly Beach is already known widely as the home of the "surfing kangaroos" (a myth arising from a photograph of a kangaroo in the low surf - probably chased there by a dog).

Cape St George Lighthouse-Ruined Lighthouse


Huskisson

The Cape St George Lighthouse was doomed from its very inception. A result of official bungling and lack of supervision, its light lasted for less than 40 years, after which it was unceremoniously destroyed. It has been inactive since 1889.

Tuross Boatshed and Cafe


Tuross Head

Set on the foreshore of the beautiful Tuross Lake, Tuross Boatshed and Café is a must see attraction on the South Coast.

Merimbula Divers Lodge


Merimbula

Merimbula Divers Lodge offers scuba diving and snorkelling courses on the Sapphire Coast. Learn to scuba dive independently, enjoy a one day dive experience or a snorkelling adventure.

Ben Boyd National Park


Merimbula

Ben Boyd National Park is named after Benjamin Boyd, a prominent 19th-century entrepreneur. Its rugged coastline of folded red rocks contrasts with the sapphire blue Pacific Ocean. It is a special place for the local Yuin Aboriginal people.

Broulee Beach


Batemans Bay

Situated 20 kilometres south of Batemans Bay, Broulee is a long sweeping beach protected by Broulee Island.

Mimosa Rocks National Park


Bermagui

Mimosa Rocks National Park is located 20 kilometres south of Bermagui, 4 kilometres north of Tathra, 22 kilometres north-east of Bega and 413 kilometres south of Sydney. Mimosa Rocks National Park...

South Pacific Heathland Reserve


Ulladulla

The fourteen hectare South Pacific Heathland Reserve is located in Dowling Street (1.3 kilometres south along the Princes Highway from the Ulladulla Tourist Information Centre). The primary purpose of the reserve is the protection and preservation of rare native flora and fauna.