Shoalhaven
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The Shoalhaven is a Local Government Area (Shoalhaven City, population ~85,000) and a region in south-eastern New South Wales (NSW), Australia, two hours south of Sydney. The city actually consists of a number of distinct towns that share the one government. These towns include:
- Nowra and Bomaderry;
- north of Nowra: Berry, Kangaroo Valley, Shoalhaven Heads and Jaspers Brush;
- around Jervis Bay: Huskisson, Vincentia, Greenwell Point, Culburra Beach, Currarong, Callala Beach, Callala Bay, Orient Point, Hyams Beach, Sanctuary Point, St Georges Basin, Basin View, Falls Creek, Tomerong, Wandandian,
- further south: Sussex Inlet, Cudmirrah, Bendalong, Cunjurong, Manyana and Lake Conjola;
- the towns of the Ulladulla area: (Ulludulla, Milton and Mollymook); and
- in the far south: Burrill Lake, Tabourie Lake, Termeil, Bawley Point and Kioloa.
To the north of Shoalhaven is located the coastal Illawarra region and in the south on the South Coast (which are geographic, rather than administrative regions).The Shoalhaven is, after Sydney, the most popular tourist destination in New South Wales. It can be reached from Sydney by car via the Princes Highway and by rail via CityRail's South Coast Line which terminates just north of Nowra in Bomaderry. The most well-known part of the Shoalhaven is the Jervis Bay area. The area is approximately 160 kilometres long along the coastline, including 109 beaches, which possess the whitest sand in the world, as well as some of the most pristine natural Australian bushland.
The area is well-known for its strong commitment to the arts and music, featuring the See Change and See Celebrations festivals in the Jervis Bay and St Georges Basin areas, as well as the Tabula Rasa festival and Blessing of the fleet in the Ulladulla area.
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