Narooma
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Get in
By plane
Nearest airport is at Moruya.By bus
Premier Motor Service runs coaches from Sydney and Melbourne.See
- Mount Dromedary
Do
- Day trip or overnight stay on Montague Island, 9km off-shore.
- Scuba diving on Montague Island with one of several Narooma operators:
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phone: +61 407 909 111address: No 2 Town Wharf, Bluewater Drive
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phone: +61 2 4476 2352
address: 94 Campbell St
A good range of mainstream, opera and arthouse films.Eat
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Anton's
phone: +61 2 4476 1802address: 65 Dalmeny Dr, KiangaGood spot for breakfast and lunch. -
Quarterdeck
phone: +61 2 4476 2723address: Riverside DrNice seafood place on the water. -
address: 1 Ballingalla StInexpensive food. Kid friendly.
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Lynch's
address: 135 Wagonga StThe dining room is nice for a special occasion.
Sleep
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phone: +61 2 4476 3287address: 243 Princes HighwayNarooma YHA is a very clean and comfortable hostel/budget motel. All rooms have a bathroom.
Stay safe
The bar crossing that boats must take exiting Narooma is the most dangerous in New South Wales. Take extreme care if skippering a boat across it, and you should have experience handling a boat in high swell. It should only be crossed during the incoming tide. You must contact the Coastal Patrol on channel 86 prior to beginning the crossing. When leaving, circle inside the channel a couple of times to familiarize yourself with conditions and then cross diagonally from the northern side of the bar. Once you begin crossing do not turn around and attempt to abort the crossing. All passengers in a boat crossing the bar must be wearing life jackets throughout the crossing, both by law and in the interests of safety.
Returning boats should also come in on the incoming tide and take the reverse of the path they took going out (that is, diagonally from south to north). Contact Coastal Patrol before the crossing and afterwards to confirm that you crossed safely. If conditions in the bar have deteriorated and you cannot re-enter, you will need to go south to Bermagui's harbor.