Pebbly & Durras Beaches, South Coast NSW

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Durras, Pebbly and Depot Beach

North of Lake Durras access is made via Pebbly Beach Rd to the well known Pebbly Beach, Mount Durras and the villages of Depot Beach and North Durras.
Pebbly Beach Pebbly Beach is already known widely as the home of the "surfing kangaroos" (a myth arising from a photograph of a kangaroo in the low surf - probably chased there by a dog). Although they will not be surfing when you visit, you will find a large resident kangaroo population at Pebbly quite happy to be patted or to pose for a photograph. The Pebbly Beach turnoff is about 10k south of Termeil and it is about 8k over a gravel road to Pebbly itself. Behind Pebbly is Mount Durras, from which magnificent views over the coast and west across the hinterland to the magnificent Eastern Escarpment can be enjoyed. Mount Durras takes only about an hour to climb from Pebbly and, although quite steep in parts is well within the capabilities of most.		Eastern Grey Kangaroos

Depot Beach and North Durras

These are small villages, mostly of holiday homes, south of Pebbly Beach. They both enjoy attractive beaches and access to Lake Durras can be made from North Durras. Accommodation is available in cottages, camping and caravan parks or you can rent one of several holiday houses. Apart from a small general store at North Durras, there are no services in these villages.

South Durras

South of Lake Durras, access to the village and the lake is made along the South Durras Road, which meets the Princes Highway at Benandarah about 12 kms north of Batemans Bay.

South Durras boasts several magnificent ocean beaches, access to Lake Durras and a number of accommodation options at a resort or in the local caravan & camping grounds. The access road from the highway is sealed and passes the Forest Gallery, one of the art highlights on the South Coast.

If you can book a house, a caravan or rooms at the resort, South Durras is a great location for a family holiday. As well as the beach, the local community now possesses (through its own efforts), a great oval, basketball court and skate park. In summer there are guided walks through adjacent State Forests and the beautiful Murramarang National Park.

You should also try to visit the unusual and secluded little beaches in the southern part of Murramarang National Park, reached by way of the South Durras turnoff from the highway about 20k south of Termeil (12k north of Batemans Bay). These beaches, with quaint names such as Emily Miller Beach, Dark Beach and others are sandy spots in a scalloped coastline eaten out over time from these rocky shores.

A local group of residents and concerned visitors, called the 'Friends of Durras' are actively involved in maintaining the unique nature of the region. They were instrumental in obtaining a needed expansion of the Murramarang National Park, which protects a unique piece of Australia's coastline, but which was threatened by its small size and therefore its protection over much of the Lake Durras catchment and its bio-diversity. You can view the group's submission to the Government's decision-making process by taking this jump.

South Durras is easily reached from Batemans Bay and is the perfect spot for a day's outing and a picnic or a night's adventure prawning on Lake Durras.