Where is durras nsw

There's lots to explore. Discover our Local History. The area has a rich and interesting history. Murramarang National Park and its Walks Murramarang National Park is never more than 2 km wide but it stretches for 44 km along the coastline from Kioloa to Batemans Bay. Dominated by beaches, cliffs and headlands it also has rock stacks, offshore islands, fossil-bearing rocks and impressive rock platforms. The park is rich in both fauna and flora with eastern grey kangaroos, swamp wallabies, red-necked wallabies, parrots, finches, honeyeaters, eagles, hawks, terns, thrushes, parrots, oyster catchers, wrens, muttonbirds, albatrosses and fantails.

It is one of the highlights of the park that kangaroos feed on the edges of the beaches. The flora is predominantly wet eucalypt forest comprising spotted gums with an understorey of burrawangs leading to banksia, she-oaks and heath on the beaches and headlands.

There are small areas of rainforest in sheltered gullies, particularly around Durras Mountain. Wasp Head walk. Murramarang National Park. Distance 2km return Time suggested 30min - 1hr 30min. Walking north from Wasp Head picnic area takes you through a casuarina forest and opens up to a fantastic view of Wasp Island.

Significantly Wasp Head is the southernmost point of the Sydney Basin sandstone. Another off shoot of the path leads down to the beach where you may discover an alluring sea cave, depending on the tide levels. This whole area is renowned for its rich Aboriginal heritage; keep an eye out for evidence of shell middens along the way. The walk leads to a secluded beach with unique rock formations in Murramarang National Park.

Ideal for fishing, swimming and snorkelling. The tracks around Wasp Head lead to areas where shellfish fossils abound. There are rock pools, an igneous dyke and a one metre fault plane which runs right up the coast. At Mill Point there are the remains of a timber mill which was vital for the local economy.

Its rusted old boiler still lies in the grass. More information HERE. Each has its own unique appeal. Dark Beach was named because of the many small black shingles. Honeysuckle Bay is characterised by distinctive spotted gums with stunted trunks and horizontal branches, the result of deficient nutrients. At the southern end of the walk - North Head has very large rock pools which are suitable for snorkelling. Today these two beaches are popular with holidaymakers wanting quiet retreats.

Pebbly is known for its sheltered position and the many wallabies which feed and lounge at the edge of beach. Historically it was important to the local timber industry.

The incredibly beautiful Eurobodalla Coast covers over kilometres of spectacular coastline and pristine hinterland along the south coast of the From Wallaga Lake in the north, where you can go on Behind Pebbly is Mount Durras, from which magnificent views over the coast and west across the hinterland to the magnificent Eastern Escarpment can be enjoyed.

Mount Durras takes only about an hour to climb from Pebbly and, although quite steep in parts is well within the capabilities of most. These are small villages, mostly of holiday homes, south of Pebbly Beach. They both enjoy attractive beaches and access to Lake Durras can be made from North Durras. Accommodation is available in cottages, camping and caravan parks or you can rent one of several holiday houses. Apart from a small general store at North Durras, there are no services in these villages.

The access road from the highway is sealed and passes the Forest Gallery, one of the art highlights on the South Coast. You should also try to visit the unusual and secluded little beaches in the southern part of Murramarang National Park, reached by way of the South Durras turnoff from the highway about 20k south of Termeil 12k north of Batemans Bay.

These beaches, with quaint names such as Emily Miller Beach, Dark Beach and others are sandy spots in a scalloped coastline eaten out over time from these rocky shores. Known for its iconic images of kangaroos on sandy beaches, the camera-happy macropods are never hard to find, and more often than not will be sharing the grounds of your accommodation or picnic area with you. With the town surrounded by Murrumarang National Park, native animals such as wallabies, goannas, parrots and cockatoos are never far away.

The national park is stunning to explore, and makes South Durras the perfect place for an escape into a natural landscape. Here, beautiful spotted gums run right down to the sea and offer the chance to walk the landscape as it has stood for millennia. The park includes secluded beaches, headlands and forests in all directions. Those to the south are most easily accessed. One of the highlights is Wasp Head, with an excellent walk providing ocean views, golden beaches, hidden bays and ancient cliffs.

The beautifully weathered sandstone here marks the edge of the million-year-old Sydney Basin. The Eurobodalla coastline is a world-class geological gallery with amazing formations and folds of sandstone, siltstone, shale, granite, basalt and fossils dating back as far as million years.

The deep rockpools at North Head represent millions of years of wave erosion.