South CoastBioblitz! The Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden Eurobodalla National Park Gulaga / Mt Dromedary Fauna Flora Islands National Parks and Reserves Wallaga Lake

— see Barunguba Montague Island

The South Coast is a specacular region, said to extend from the Illawarra in New South Wales to the Victorian border and encompasses the areas of Wollongong and Illawarra (south of Sydney), Shellharbour, Kiama, Shoalhaven and Jervis Bay, Batemans Bay and Eurobodalla (Nature Coast Central), Clyde Coast (with its catchment areas and the Clyde River), Wallaga Lake and Bermagui, Merimbula and the Sapphire Coast (far South Coast). It is a stunning coastline trek, for those heading in either directions through the South Coast.

Point Perpendicular Jervis Bay, South Coast NSW
Point Perpendicular Jervis Bay, South Coast NSW

The South Coast region also encompasses the popular tourist areas of the Southern Highlands and Southern Tablelands. Other popular locations within the region include Kangaroo Valley, Berry, Nowra, Jervis Bay, Mollymook / Ulladulla, Bawley Point, Batemans Bay, Bodalla, Central Tilba, Bermagui, Bega, Narooma, Tathra, Merimbula, Eden, and a number of South Coast islands including Barunguba Montague Island.

Moruya River (Deua National Park), South Coast NSW
Moruya River (Deua National Park), South Coast NSW

The NSW South Coast (at the time of writing, 2024), also have 36 national parks, marine reserves and nature reserves that can be enjoyed as you travel from the hinterland, to the coast and out to sea (see current list of South Coast national parks and reserves).

Middle Beach, Merimbula NSW
Middle Beach, Merimbula NSW

For more information about this beautiful region of the South Coast, check out the visitor information for your destination within the South Coast and the official tourism sites (some listed in the footnote below).

Horseshoe Bay, Bermagui NSW
Horseshoe Bay, Bermagui NSW

Footnote & References

  1. South Coast, VisitNSW.com, Destination NSW, https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/south-coast
  2. South Coast region, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/regions/south-coast

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