Fast
facts
Coastal
holiday town much loved by locals and visitors alike
Set
on a headland at the mouth of the Nambucca River
512
km north of Sydney, population 6,200
Why
go there
Nambucca
Heads is one of the prettiest towns on the coast, where surf beaches and
riverscapes, hills and long, flat stretches of bush and sand dunes combine
to glorious effect.
The
towns popularity as a holiday destination is celebrated in the Vee
Wall, a breakwater on which holidaymakers have recorded their impressions
with colourful and often irreverent wit.
History
Before
European settlement the Nambucca area was inhabited by the Gumbaynggir and
Dainggatti peoples. Cedar cutters were followed by sawmillers but it was
not until the 20th century brought the railway line and the Pacific
Highway that the town began to flourish as a leisure destination.
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