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Bermagui - Cities, Towns and Localities |
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Located 378 km south of Sydney via the Princes Highway, is the small
fishing port of Bermagui, situated on the estuary of the Bermagui River.
Established in the 1830s for the local dairy farmers, the town was
quickly developed into a productive fishing harbour due to its proximity to
the edge of the continental shelf. This provides for some easy to
access deep sea
fishing grounds for amateur, deep sea and big game fishing. The harbour
has a safe all weather entrance, ideal for boats, with launching
ramp facilities. The beaches offer great salmon fishing during the
summer months and the lakes as well as fishing are abundant in
prawns, and other local delights such as Flat Head, Trevally, and
Brim.
Spring brings the
warm ocean currents, when marlin and yellow fin tuna swim close to
the coast. It is an ideal time for charter boats, divers, deep-sea
and big-game fishers.
Although gold was found on the Bermagui River late in the 19th
century, the rush was short lived, due to disappointing finds. Today
Bermagui's main industry is fishing, dairy, timber and tourism.
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Check out our listing of Bermagui
accommodation. In addition to our listed online travel guide information,
contact the local tourism visitor centre for your destination for more
attractions, tours, local maps and other information. |
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Aragunnu
• A well presented and interesting Aboriginal site.
There are a series of boardwalks, taking you past a huge and ancient midden,
that is beside a freshwater
creek, leading on to views across a rocky
beach to Mimosa Rocks.
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Cuttagee Lake
• The lake and beach is 8 km south, with good prawning, surfing, fishing and picnic spot. The sheltered area of lake
near the bridge is ideal for children. Beares, Mooreheads, Camel Rock
and Haywards Beaches are popular surfing spots.
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Horseshoe Bay and Blue Pool
• Situated on the headland to the
east of the town centre. The former is on the northern side of the
promontory and the latter, with its large saltwater pool, lies off
Scenic Drive on the southern side.
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Lookouts
• There are some great lookouts around Bermagui, such as
those off Paraboon Drive. You can take a drive around the foreshores, as
the lookouts are clearly marked.
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Michael Lerner Lookout
• 3 km south of Bermagui with excellent
views over the coast. The rocks in this area are impressive and
dramatic.
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 Mimosa Rocks National Park
• This park stretches south of Bermagui for 17 km
along coastal beaches, cliffs,
caves, headlands, lagoons,
coastal lakes and a heavily wooded hinterland. A haven for a range of birds,
including lorikeets, wrens, honeyeaters, great egrets, sea eagles,
goshawks, thornbills, cormorants, crested terns,
pied oystercatchers, hooded plovers, silver gulls, to name just a
few. You may also see sugar gliders, ring-tailed and brushtail possums,
echidnas, bandicoots, wallabies and goannas.
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Mystery Bay
• Is part of the Dromedary Conservation Area and
includes seven coastal lakes, a number of beaches and Montague Island.
Mystery Bay is a popular camping site for anglers and the launch site
for Montague Island while the deep waters off Cape Dromedary are ideal
for kingfish and bonito.
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Snorkelling
• An ideal place to snorkel is just north at Mimosa Rocks and Bunga Heads,
where there are a number of rocky
coves. These rocks have seen a number of shipwrecks, including the
Mimosa in 1863.
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Whale Watching
• Southern Right Whales, Humpback Whales, Longfin Pilot Whales and Sperm
Whales have been seen in the area.
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• New South Wales Events |
Four Winds
Easter Music Festival
• BERMAGUI NSW 2456 • Ph: 02 6493 3414 •
• Held nine kilometres south of Bermagui, an
area renowned for it's glorious beaches and stunning coastline.
As always, the
Festival provides the audience with a unique experience in a magical site, where
artists, winds, birds, even on occasion an Australian String Quartet trained
frog, all contribute to the proceedings. Good food and good wine and a Festival
Feast add conviviality to the very relaxed picnic atmosphere.
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NSW Tours •
Outback • Eco •
Adventure • National Tours |
Four Winds
Easter Music Festival
• BERMAGUI NSW 2456 • Ph: 02 6493 3414 •
• Every second Easter March/April
• Held nine kilometres south of Bermagui, an
area renowned for it's glorious beaches and stunning coastline. As always, the
Festival provides the audience with a unique experience in a magical site, where
artists, winds, birds, even on occasion an Australian String Quartet trained
frog, all contribute to the proceedings. Good food and good wine and a Festival
Feast add conviviality to the very relaxed picnic atmosphere.
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Umbarra Cultural Activities
• Ph: 02 4473 7232 • Fax: 02 4473 7062 •
• Provides a unique opportunity for visitors
to experience the complete indigenous culture of the Yuin people.
The centre is situated close to Wallaga Lake, Bermagui which is the home of
Umbarra, the Black Duck - totem of the Yuin people. Explore the tranquil beauty
of the native bushland in which Umbarra is set. Appreciate the delicate chiming
of the bellbirds and the exquisite beauty of King Parrots and other native birds.
Guests are welcome to participate in a range of hands-on activities including
ochre painting, boomerang throwing, spear throwing and bark hut shelter
building. Informative discussions explaining artefacts are also popular. The
centre also conducts 4WD guided tours to local sacred sites at Gulaga (Mount
Dromedary) and Biamanga (Mumbulla Mountain). A boat cruise on Wallaga Lake
reveals many significant and sacred sites such as Merrimans Island and midden
grounds. On these tours, visitors will learn about local indigenous history and
culture from fully qualified tour guides.
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 Bega
Valley Shire
• Located on the south-eastern coastline of New
South Wales and extends from Bermagui in the north to the Victorian
boarder in the south. The Shire is the largest local government area in
coastal NSW with an area of 6,052 square kilometres and has the largest
coastline of any coastal council in NSW. The coastal strip includes
unspoilt beaches, coastal lakes, National Parks and urban areas.
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