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South Coast

The South Coast has some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in NSW with unspoilt beaches, interdispersed with rugged headlands and backed by dunal systems protecting coastal lakes and lagoons. The landscape is characterised by rolling, partly wooded pasturelands, many small rural and coastal villages and some of the most pristine and vulnerable ecosystems in Australia.

Over half of the NSW 91 coastal lakes and lagoons occur in the Region. The Region a has over 400 significant coastal wetlands, over 60 sensitive estuaries and three large bays – Jervis, Batemans, and Twofold. Significant areas of the Regions estuaries and marine environments are protected in marine parks, including Jervis Bay marine Park (21,450 hectares) and Batemans Bay Marine Park (85,000 hectares). Approximately 638,400 hectares or 44 percent of the region is conserved in a range of protected areas including parks and reserves, forestry reserves and in voluntary conservation agreements on private land. In addition, the Region also has over 325,000 hectares of state forests (approx 23 percent of the Region).

Primary industries such as dairying, forestry and fisheries have a long tradition in the Region and remain an important economic base for towns along the far south coast.

Opportunities for growth in agriculture exist in value added diary products, aquaculture, grape and berry growing, viticulture, organic farming, eco tourism, the nursery industry and turf farming.

The South Coast population, currently around 166,000 has doubled over the last 25 years.

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Regional Information downloads

Looking for information regarding the food and wine attributes of this region? Region specific Cuisine Newsletters and other information such as calendars of events and food and wine trail maps may be available for you to download. Check back here regularly for information updates.

NOTE: You will need Adobe Acrobat reader to view these documents.

Regional Administrator Contact Details

Name: Shoalhaven City Council

Address: PO BOX 42, Nowra, NSW, 2541.

Phone: 0244293388

Fax: 0244293167

Email: admin@shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au

Web: http://www.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au

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