NAMBUCCA HEADS – (pop 10,000) fabulous beaches only a few minutes off the Pacific Highway. Nambucca Heads is well worth a detour – in fact it has become even more popular since the highway bypassed the main street! An important coastal port with ship building and timber mills as the main industries in the 1800’s and early 1900”s, this is now a major tourist destination for discerning visitors.
Beaches– clean, uncrowded and inviting, the surf and river beaches are popular all year round, Main Beach in patrolled through out the summer school holidays and at weekends between October and Easter. Shelly Beach in particular is very scenic.
Ocean Lookouts – many lookouts offering spectacular views are dotted along the headlands – views to South West Rocks in the south; almost to Coffs Harbour in the north and west along the river to the mountains.
Foreshores Boardwalks – from the RSL Club car park a series of boardwalks wind a path along and over the water to the river entrance. Story boards highlight historical sites.
Headland Historical Museum, Main Beach Headland. A wealth of historical treasures in a scenic ocean setting. Ph. 6568 6380.
Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club, Stuart Island – possibly the only golf club in the world totally surrounded by water! This challenging 18 hole golf course is set on an island in the Nambucca River and is popular even with non-golfers. Views to the ocean, abundant birdlife.
Mosaic Sculpture, Bowra Street, Dolphins, Fish and an Octopus emerge from concrete waves in what may be Australia’s longest sculpture – “The River”- from where it meets the sea, through towns and farm land to the mountains of the Great Dividing Range.
Nambucca Valley Model Railway, Pelican Cres. Scale working models of NSW trains wind their way through city and countryside. Ph. 65 68 7395.
Painted Poles. Power poles in Bowra St have been painted by local artists using the theme –‘Where the River Meets the Sea’.
Stringer Gallery, Entertainment Centre, Ridge Street. Quality local works of art.
The V Wall, Wellington Drive. An outdoor gallery at the river entrance where visitors are encourages to leave a postcard message on the enormous rock boulders. The less artistic will enjoy viewing messages from all over the world.
Fishing– your choice from off-shore, beach or estuary. The break wall at the river entrance is probably the most popular spot or hop into a boat for a day on the river – Warrell Creek can be quite fruitful. Hot Rod Week each year leading up to and including the October Long Weekend, hundreds of gleaming machines liven the streets and roads of Nambucca.
