CITY OF SHOALHAVEN

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:''"Shoalhaven" redirects here. For the river of the same name, see Shoalhaven River.''
The 'City of Shoalhaven' is a Local Government Area (population ~96,000) in south-eastern New South Wales (NSW), Australia, two hours south of Sydney. It is more or less coterminous with an area referred to as 'The Shoalhaven'. It is on the Pacific Ocean and the Princes Highway and is the terminus of the South Coast line.
The city actually consists of a number of distinct towns that share the one government. These towns include:

★ Nowra and Bomaderry;

★ north of Nowra: Berry, Kangaroo Valley, Shoalhaven Heads and Jaspers Brush;

★ around Jervis Bay: Huskisson, Vincentia, Greenwell Point, Culburra Beach, Currarong, Callala Beach, Callala Bay, Orient Point, Hyams Beach, Sanctuary Point, St Georges Basin, Basin View, Falls Creek, Tomerong, Wandandian, Bream Beach, Wrights Beach;

★ further south: Sussex Inlet, Berrara, Cudmirrah, Bendalong, Cunjurong, Manyana and Lake Conjola;

★ the towns of the Ulladulla area: (Ulladulla, Milton and Mollymook); and

★ in the far south: Burrill Lake, Tabourie Lake, Termeil, Bawley Point and Kioloa.
To the north of Shoalhaven is located the coastal Illawarra region and in the south on the South Coast (which are geographic, rather than administrative regions).

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Tourism

Currarong

Culture

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Tourism

The Shoalhaven is, after Sydney, the most popular tourist destination in New South Wales. It can be reached from Sydney by car via the Princes Highway and by rail via CityRail's South Coast Line which terminates just north of Nowra in Bomaderry. The most well-known part of the Shoalhaven is the Jervis Bay area. The area is approximately 160 kilometres long along the coastline, including 109 beaches, which allegedly possesses the whitest sand in the world, as well as pristine natural Australian bushland. The Shoalhaven area is home to numerous species of native Australian flora and fauna.

Currarong

Currarong is a small coastal fishing/tourist village in the City of Shoalhaven with a population of less than 250.
This village is a haven for fisherman, with several underwater rises where fish are abundent. Currarong has a small general store, a newsagents and a cafe.
(Sources: Beaches Of Shoalhaven, Book, Published 2006. Currarong website.)

Culture

The area is well-known for its strong commitment to the arts and music, featuring the See Change and See Celebrations festivals in the Jervis Bay and St Georges Basin areas, as well as the Tabula Rasa festival and Blessing of the fleet in the Ulladulla area.

See also

★ Shoalhaven River

★ Shoalhaven Scheme

External links

★ Ulladulla Wiki

★ Ulladulla Website

References