Tathra

Regional Express (REX) fly into Merimbula Airport from both Sydney and Melbourne. Free Spirit Airlines has also started to fly into Merimbula from Melbourne. Distance from Merimbula airport to Tathra via road is 27.7km. Hire cars are available from Avis, Hertz and Europcar at the airport.

You can walk just about everywhere here. Parking is adequate at the beach, but a walk from most directions is a better experience than driving.

• Tathra Wharf and Museum

  address: Wharf Rd
  The wharf is the icon of the town, having been constructed in 1861. The last ship to depart from the wharf was in 1954. A museum commemorating the wharf's significance to Tathra and the South Coast has been established next to the wharf.
• Mimosa Rocks National Park
• Bournda National Park

• Captainserious

Oysters at Tathra Oysters, Aviaries at On the Perch.

• Fat Tony's Bar & Grill

  address: 15 Bega Street
  An awesome restaurant with steaks that melt in your mouth. A real surprise for a restaurant in such a sleepy village, Fat Tony's Bar & Grill has a great menu selection. Two minuses to this place are the price, which while fantastic value probably rules out regular visits for a few people. The second minus is the beer. A good selection, but in true Australian fashion comes at just above freezing, is a low volume and tasteless. In defence of Fat tony's, this is Australia and so is to be expected.

• Tathra Beach Bowling Club

  phone: +61 264941280
  address: Dilkera Rd
  Sporting Bowling Club adjacent to beach that also sponsors AFL Football and Cricket. Club runs its own bistro with a Head Chef and Assistant Chef and Cook. Meals are reasonable priced Modern Australian. Selected Lunch menu starts at A$10.00. Dinner menu from A$18.00. Beer priced from A$5.20 for 425ml glass and wines A$18.00 a bottle. New outside alfresco area being completed.

Tathra Beach House Apartments, Sapphire Court Holiday Units, Tathra Hotel (Motel Section).

You will need to have a mobile phone connected to Telstra to have any chance of the patchy reception. Some establishments have WiFi.

If heading north visit Bermagui along the coast road (44km). Bega is the Regional Centre (17km inland to the west).