Clyde River (New South Wales)

Early morning mist on the River Clyde in Nelligen

Concreted ford of the River Road on the River Clyde in Shallow Crossing

Investors in Nelligen, which was formerly used by the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company

The Clyde River is a river in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales.

The Aborigines of the River Bhundoo said.

The river rises in the Budawang Mountains about 30 km inland from the coast at Milton. It flows mostly parallel to coast to the south, where it empties into the ocean at Batemans Bay. The lower reaches of the Clyde River forms an estuary that can be navigated by smaller ships to Nelligen.

The river was named by Lieutenant Robert Johnson after the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. This went on 1 December 1821 cutter Snapper up the river.

The Clyde River National Park is located on the lower reaches of the river.

The water quality in the catchment area of the river is very good. The upper part is densely forested ( State Forest and Morton National Park ). Only in Yadboro State Forest, there are logging to a small extent. In the catchment area, there are no industry that could pollute the water and no sewage discharges. Thus, the river has the reputation of the cleanest, least polluted from the great river in the east of Australia.

In addition, the Clyde River one of the last rivers in eastern Australia, which was not regulated.