In May and June of 2017 we propped for a month at Nambucca Heads on the New South Wales north coast. Not only was it a perfect place to be based for touring the Coffs Coast region but we were captivated by its natural beauty. The White Albatross Caravan Park is beside the V Wall and the soft warm and sandy Nyambaga Trail takes you over the saddle to Shelly Beach. A relaxing stroll along the river leads to waterfront cafes and the popular RSL Club. Perched high on the hill above is the town centre.
V Wall Breakwater in Nambucca Heads is busy with fishermen and strollers. Every rock of the wall is painted with a story. Stories of friendship, love and death, coastal road trips and memorable holidays with Nan and Pop.
Wellington Rock and its surrounding rock shelf is like nothing I’ve seen before. Rock in hues of pink and blue and shot with quartz, alongside corrugations that look and feel like marble and beg to be touched.


Nambucca River is a mass of sand banks as it snakes its way to the sea. Further upstream there are oyster farms but along the bank oyster catchers delicately pick their way across the wild oyster beds, pelicans fish and sea eagles soar silently overhead.

Shelly Beach a small curve of north facing sand with a deep swimming hole and banks of shells. Oysters, mussels, scallops, limpets, dog winkles, heavy turbans, wavy volutes, and cowries.

The surf breaking on the bar is so loud day and night that it sounds like a dozen steam trains that never arrive.

Nambuccans are a fit lot. This has to be one of the hillier towns in this flat country of ours, yet the locals of advanced age just follow the footpaths no matter how steep they are. Each morning they are down at Shelly Beach stripping off for an early morning dip and waving a cheery g’day even though this is almost June.

The Nyambaga Trail has a cliff that is hollowed concave and if you stop and listen you will hear the surf echoing from it.

Some places are hard to leave this one even more so especially when it puts on a show like this on our last morning…

Wow gorgeous!
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Utterly gorgeous.
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I can imagine!
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Jaw dropping this is 🙂
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A truly beautiful town that we had driven past too many times without stopping and I’d guess that most folks do the same.
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We are lucky enough to live here!!
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Ha ha! Lucky you! We had a delightful month there and didn’t want to leave. Now whenever hubby feels down he says “That’s it we’re moving to Nambucca!”
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