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1 | 2020 Shoalhaven Visitor Guide MANY EXPERIENCES - ONE DESTINATION 2 | 2020 Shoalhaven Visitor Guide www.jervisbayrentals.com.au 0448 288 918 Trusted Shoalhaven Visitor Guide 2020 | 3 Contents 4 Acknowledgement of Country The wheelchair icon and operators 6 Local Aboriginal Culture appearing in purple throughout this guide 8 White Sands Coast indicates accessible facilities. Contact 10 Our Favourite Lookouts individual operators for more info, or for 12 Into the Wild fully audited products visit itsheaven.org 14 Foodie Goodness * Hire beach wheelchairs for free from 16 Shoalhaven Wine Coast September to April from various locations 18 Adventures on Water throughout the Shoalhaven. For more 20 Reel in Holiday Memories information and other inclusive tourism 22 Scenic Towns ideas see shoalhaven.com/inclusive. 24 Events 26 Art and Culture 28 Whale of a Time 30 Accommodation 32 Paw-some Getaways 33 Leave Only Footprints 34 Sponsors 58 Service Directory 66 Weddings Front cover: Pretty Beach. Back cover: Morton National Park. cover: Pretty Front This page: Mount Bushwalker. 67 Visitor Services © Copyright Shoalhaven City Council. All information in this brochure is correct at time of publication. Prices are subject to change at any time. SHOALHAVEN VISITOR CENTRES Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre, Nowra 42 Bridge Road Ulladulla Civic Centre Princes Hwy ACCOMMODATION BOOKINGS Just 2 hours drive from Sydney and Canberra & VISITOR INFORMATION FROM SYDNEY FROM MELBOURNE [email protected] Via M1/A1 - 145 km (2hrs) Via Highway No.1 - 830km (10hrs) 02 4421 0778 Via Grand Pacific Drive - 163km (2.5hrs) Via Hume Highway (2hrs) BUS & RAIL Transport Info 131 500 @visitshoalhaven FROM CANBERRA transportnsw.info #shoalhaven Via Kings Highway - 280km (2.5hrs) Main Road 92 - 194km (2hrs) shoalhaven.com 4 | 2020 Shoalhaven Visitor Guide Kangaroo Valley Tallowa Dam Berry Dharawal Shoalhaven Heads Cullunghutti Burrier Nowra Greenwell Ettrema Point Yalwal Culburra Beach Callala Dhurga & Dharawal are Bay the identified Aboriginal languages in the Shoalhaven Currarong and beyond. Huskisson Tomerong Bewong Sassafras Wandandian Vincentia Sussex Booderee NP Inlet Cudmirrah Fishermans Paradise Bendalong Lake Conjola Dhurga Milton Didthul Pigeon House Mollymook Mountain Ulladulla Yadboro Lake Tabourie Termeil Mogood Bawley Point Kioloa Durras North Shoalhaven Visitor Guide 2020 | 5 Travel thoughtfully and respectfully, remembering the footsteps of the ancestors who walked this land before you, and those who will follow. Acknowledgement of Country We acknowledge all Aboriginal people of the As you journey through the Shoalhaven, Shoalhaven, the Bhwerawerri, Budawang, absorb the beauty of the land, its magnificent Jerrinja, Murramarang, Tomikin, Wadi wadi, landscapes, spectacular waterways and Wandi wandandian, Yuin, and associated abundance of native flora and fauna. Travel clans of which many are Dhurga and Dharawal thoughtfully and respectfully, remembering language speakers. We value their long rich, the footsteps of the ancestors who walked this cultural and spiritual connections to the land before you, and those who will follow. Shoalhaven area. Natural landmarks like Cullunghutti Coolangatta Mountain (image above), Moyean Hill (north of Cullunghutti Mountain) and Didthul Pigeon House Mountain, hold significant cultural meaning to Aboriginal people of the Shoalhaven. 6 | 2020 Shoalhaven Visitor Guide Aboriginal Experiences When you visit, you are walking on country with the longest continuing culture on earth. Our local Aboriginal community retains a deep spiritual connection with the land, and offers immersive experiences to add a really special element to your holiday. Djiriba Waagura (meaning two crows) is run special place at the southern end of Jervis Bay by Matthew Simms, a Wandi Wandian man offers a wide range of cultural experiences on offering immersive cultural experiences such as country, and is a very popular spot for camping interpretive walks that include activities like spear and day visits. To make life easy, you can pre- making, dance, bush food and storytelling in the purchase campsites and/or day passes ($13 per Nowra area. Matt and his father, a local elder, car) online at booderee.gov.au or call the visitor also perform traditional welcome to country centre on 02 4443 0977. including smoking ceremonies, call 0401 623 566. Run by the Freeman family, Galamban Mirritya Mundya based in Callala offer delivered Extraordinary Aboriginal Experiences offers grazing platter boxes for brunch, morning tea or unforgettable cultural experiences that come sunset starters. They also provide pop up dinner from many lifetimes of knowledge. Engage in nights and group luncheons with low and slow the cultural heritage of Wreck Bay, learn about smoked proteins, native bread and the signature weaving, Indigenous tools and technology, Lemon Myrtle Blackfish. Order online mmundya. or hear ancient yarns by the campfire. The com or call 0400 285 461. KoffeeClan Van at Green Patch in Booderee provides delicious coffee, after swim treats and Booderee National Park is co-managed by the Aboriginal style catering for special events, more Wreck Bay people and Parks Australia. This info at galamban.net or call 02 4442 1117. Shoalhaven Visitor Guide 2020 | 7 For more on Aboriginal experiences go to shoalhaven.com/ discovery Give Wreck Bay Elder Paul McLeod of Further south near Milton you can experience Wandimarratomi a call to participate in self- a full day on Budawang country with Trish and identity and spirituality programs, connecting Noel Butler from Nura Gunyu. In 2019 Noel won you to knowledge and traditions of his people, the Outstanding Contribution to Reconciliation phone 0467 985 472. At Jervis Bay and parts Award for NAIDOC week to acknowledge of the escarpment, Walbanga woman Deidre the years of working and sharing his cultural Martin hosts guided walks with damper, native knowledge and skills with Indigenous and non- tea and traditional weaving under the name Indigenous people alike. On Country workshops of Bugiya Naway Buradja (Yesterday, Today, with Noel and Trish are all encompassing, Tomorrow). Book online at aboriginalculture- starting with bush food walks and finishing with deidremartin.com seafood feasts. Book online or call 0405 646 911. Raymond Timbery has taken over his grandfather Follow the way of the Rainbow Serpent in Laddie’s legacy at Bidjigal Arts and Crafts in Ulladulla by booking an interpretive walk along Huskisson. Browse the shop for cultural artefacts, the coastal Coomee Nulunga Trail, $20 for learn how to throw a boomerang or go on a adults, $10 for kids. Phone 02 4455 5883. bush tucker tour around the mangroves of The local NPWS Discovery Ranger program Currambene Creek. Right next door to the Jervis organises interpretive walks with local Aboriginal Bay Maritime Museum, Raymond and his team guides for small groups. Bookings can be made can take bookings for groups on 0402 547 660. for Morton and Jervis Bay National Parks or Bomaderry Creek Regional Park on 02 4423 2170. Left to right: Noel and Trish Butler, Deidre Martin’s traditional weaving, Uncle Paul McLeod performing a smoking ceremony at Fairgrounds Festival, a beautifully presented platter from Mirritya Mundya, Matthew Simms looking deadly, learning about bush food with Nura Gunyu, Aunty Julie Freeman telling a campfire yarn. Top of page: weaving with Deidre Martin. 8 | 2020 Shoalhaven Visitor Guide White Sands Coast Clear blue waters, friendly villages and unspoilt national parks are dotted along a captivating coastline. You may have heard of Hyams, but did you know there are 16 white sand beaches in Jervis Bay? Spanning more than 100 kilometres, play the 100 Beach Challenge to find your new favourite. Discover our 16 white sand beaches, a result of of aquatic fun, book a lesson or hire a stand- bountiful levels of quartz where the bush meets up paddleboard from one of our local guides the beach. Each with their own unique features, and head to the calm waters of Collingwood you’ll want to dip your toe in every beach! Start Beach. Near the old Holden Street Boat Ramp exploring via the new Round the Bay Walk, an (part of the Historic Wool Road from Goulburn) accessible pathway that starts at Callala Bay, you’ll findOrion Beach, a sheltered swimming or enjoy great shopping, cafés and restaurants spot that’s excellent for kids. Callala Beach and along the way in the cute villages of Huskisson Callala Bay are also family-friendly, with more and Vincentia. than six kilometres of beach to find your own special spot. The Husky Ferry is located in A northbound walk along pet friendly Nelson nearby Myola, and offers a regular service over Beach leads to a grassy reserve at Plantation to Huskisson. Point, ideal for a beachside picnic. For a bit Left to right: Diving with the seals, snorkelling at Callala Bay, crystal clear waters of Jervis Bay, Currambene Creek entering the Bay at Huskisson, Greenfield Beach, Weedy Sea Dragon near Bowen Island, Hole in the Wall Beach in Booderee National Park. Shoalhaven Visitor Guide 2020 | 9 You’ll find several beach snorkelling spots shallow and deep-water rock reefs, sand zones, where you can see fish, seals, dolphins, sea seagrass meadows, silty sandflats, platforms urchins and many other marine species if you’re and caves to explore. lucky. Shark Net Beach and Huskisson Beach* For deeper underwater exploration, you can boast calm swell, crystal clear waters and rocky swim with the whales during May to November reefs. Greenfield Beach, with its sheltered or dive with our cute seal colony at Drum and aspect, is great for beginners and conveniently Drumsticks courtesy of Dive Jervis Bay. You can connected to Blenheim Beach via the White also learn how to freedive with the crew at Woe Sands Walk. Murrays Beach and nearby Hole Be Gone Freedive, or book a private adventure in the Wall in Booderee National Park have with Crest Diving. Discover our white sand beaches with 100beach challenge.com 10 | 2020 Shoalhaven Visitor Guide Our Favourite Lookouts From mountains to coastlines, from bush to beach our scenic lookouts boast views that will take your breath away.