Nowra Accommodation
Accommodation in Nowra is often required for people who need a place to stay in the city. Some may want to stay in the city for work, or study, but many want to stay there to go on vacation. The city and the region are well known for tourism. It has had many tourist visitors. Some many want to go on vacation to the area to see beaches, the culture, the entertainment, sports and the culture of the area. Some may want to see the place to see the region and need a hotel, or cabin or cottage, or villa, or house or home in the city.
Nowra is a city in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Located approximately 170 km south of the state capital of Sydney, it has a twin-town of Bomaderry. It is also the seat and commercial centre of the City of Shoalhaven.
The region around Nowra is a farming community, sustaining a thriving dairy industry and a number of State forests, but is also increasingly a retirement and leisure area for Canberra and Sydney. The HMAS Albatross air station of the Royal Australian Navy is located about 10 km south-west of Nowra.
It is thought that the Nowra region was inhabited by the Dharawal Aborigines prior to European settlement. Around 1824, ex-convict Mary Reibey applied for a land grant in the Burrier area, on the southern side of the Shoalhaven River. The Nowra township was officially recognised in 1852. Less than ten years later, in 1861, a postal service was established. Also in that year, the racehorse 'Archer', trained in Nowra by Etienne de Mestre, won the first Melbourne Cup. By 1885, Nowra was declared a town.
The name Nowra, originally written 'nou-woo-ro', is thought to be the Aboriginal word for black cockatoo or camping place.
Nowra boasts the pristine Shoalhaven River, which formerly hosted the Australian National wakeboarding championships, it is also a popular fishing location. The river divides Nowra from Bomaderry and North Nowra, and is bridged by the historic Nowra Bridge. The Shoalhaven river is a salt water river, although it itself does not flow into the sea. The Shoalhaven River meets the sea through the canal that joins the Shoalhaven and Crookhaven Rivers, which was dug by convicts.
It is also located nearby Berry, Jervis Bay, Kangaroo Valley, Culburra Beach, Greenwell Point, Huskisson and Shoalhaven Heads.
The South Coast refers to the narrow coastal belt from Sydney in the north to the border with Victoria in the south in the south-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia. It is bordered to the west by the coastal escapment of the Southern Tablelands, which is largely covered by a series of national parks. To the east is the coastline of the Pacific Ocean, which is characterised by rolling farmlands, small towns and villages along a rocky coastline, interspersed by numerous beaches and lagoons (known in Australia as lakes, especially in place names).
The South Coast includes Shoalhaven district in the north and the Bega Valley in the more remote south as well as the Eurobodalla Shire and the Commonwealth Jervis Bay Territory which is adjacent to the City of Shoalhaven Local Government Area. Some definitions of the region include the Illawarra, however it is often seen as a separate and distinct region of New South Wales.
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