Narooma, New South Wales

Narooma is a town in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is located on the Eurobodalla Coast about 340 km south of Sydney and 130 km south-east of Canberra, at the Princes Highway. The name is derived from a word of Aboriginessprache, which means " clear blue water ". At the 2006 census, 3,100 inhabitants were counted.

The Montague Island, a national nature reserve, located in Narooma 8 km from the coast. It is said that Captain Cook had given the island its name, as he sailed along the coast of New South Wales to the north, but this is wrong. He gave the Mount Dromedary - Narooma landward side - his name, but his ship, the HMB Endeavour, was then on an easterly course and passed the island far east. From this position, the island appeared as a promontory that jutted from the coast, so Cook named it Cape Dromedary, because it seemed to be below the mountain. Later, in 1790, gave the crew of the infamous ships of the Second Fleet, that this was an island, and it was named Montagu (after George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax ), but you do not know by whom. Bass and Flinders confirmed on their voyages of discovery the end of the 1790s - years that it was indeed an island.

The historic site is located south of Central Tilba.

History

Near the later city, in Punkalla - now part of Bodalla - there was an earlier settlements, where you still Nerrigundah can see a dilapidated sawmill with loading dock. 1880 was found in the vicinity, in Tilba, gold, and you opened a post office in Corunna, which one but renamed in 1892 in Narooma. Even today there are a Corunna Street, Narooma.

The settlement Narooma 1883 collected and measured to the city. In 1884 she bekan the title of a port city. A school was opened in 1886 and 1889 was followed by a post office.

Narooma was initially only accessible by sea. From 1894 onwards there was a rowing boat as a ferry across the Wagonga Inlet, the Narooma linked to Moruya. A daily circulating stagecoach from Bega to Moruya also drove through the city.

Since the beginning of the 20th century Narooma was considered a destination for tourists. An oyster farm settled in 1900. The Uniting (formerly Methodist ) Church on the Princes Highway comes from 1914. Together with its parish it is considered as an excellent example of the Gothic Revival architectural style in Australia.

From 1929, a gasoline-powered ferry was used, which went before in Batemans Bay. The road bridge in Narooma was the first major bridge, which was built for the new Princes Highway, the then Main Roads Board. It was built 1929-1931, spanning the Wagonga Inlet. The bridge of steel and concrete has three sections. She is one of only two remaining 2002 bascule bridges in New South Wales. The other was to be demolished this year. A footpath in 1960 attached to the sea-facing side of the bridge.

A fish cannery opened in 1937 or 1940, were processed in the tuna and salmon. The salmon, which came into the bay every year, was captured and processed. It is said that at one of the annual visits of the salmon runs, a worker left a Fallentor open and so was able to escape a small number of fish. In the following years the salmon runs never returned to the bay and the canning factory had to be closed.

The Uniting Church in 1914

The parsonage of the Uniting Church

Australia skirt

Geology

Narooma Narooma is on the Terran, which originated many thousands of kilometers from the coast of Australia. Due to continental drift, he triftete westward and lay down in the Lachlan Fold Belt, which was part of Australia. The rock from the area around Narooma also contains the Narooma Chert from the Cambrian and turbidite. There are also remains of a submarine volcano with pillow lava.

Climate

Attractions and things to do

It is recommended on and around Montague Island a guided tour of Narooma.

The Mount Gulaga, the - named by Captain Cook because of its resemblance to a Dromedary Mount Dormedary - can be climbed from the village of Tilba. There are eight types of rainforest on the slopes of this mountain, as well as rocks of great significance for the local Aboriginal people. The view from the mountaintop is limited by the vegetation.

Beaches in the area are the Dalmeny Beach, the Narooma Beach, Bar Beach ( shallow water ) and the Yabarra Beach.

Australia rock can be found at the barrier of the bay to the open sea. The outline of Australia on the rock have occurred by chance and originated many years ago when a ship was moored in rough seas with chains on the rock to prevent that it was removed.

The Narooma Golf Course was opened in 1930 and is considered one of Australia's 50 most beautiful public golf courses and as one of Australia's 25 biggest club's golf courses. The golf course is a spectacular and challenging. One can see from there the Montague Island in the east and the ' Glass House Rocks '' in the south.

The Great Southern Blues and Rockabilly Festival has been held annually on the long weekend in October, until it was moved to Batemans Bay 2010.

Gallery Images

The Australia rock looking out to sea

The town of Narooma from Australia Skirt