Ulladulla New South Wales
Panorama of Ulladulla Harbour
Population:	10,298 [1]
Postcode:	2539
Elevation:	15 m (49 ft)
LGA:	City of Shoalhaven
State District:	South Coast
Federal Division:	Gilmore
Mean Max Temp Mean Min Temp Annual Rainfall 0.0 °C 32 °F 0.0 °C 32 °F 1,430 mm 56.3 in

The location of Ulladulla

Ulladulla is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia in the City of Shoalhaven local government area. It is on the Princes Highway, about half way between the larger towns of Batemans Bay to the south and Nowra to the north, a little under three hours' drive and approximately 179 km south of Sydney. The Ulladulla area is a seven-kilometre stretch of continuous urban residential development from the southern edge of Ulladulla, through the town of Mollymook, to Narrawallee in the north, terminating at the Narrawallee estuary.

Ulladulla is mentioned in the lyric of the Australian version of "I've Been Everywhere" made popular by Lucky Starr.

The underdeveloped beaches along this stretch are mainly populated by Sydneysiders and Canberrans during holiday periods, although Canberrans largely holiday further south, to Kioloa and Batemans Bay. The area is largely unknown to Victorian holiday makers, who usually frequent more southerly destinations such as Eden and Merimbula.^{[citation needed]} Ulladulla also has a bowls club for the community.

The name "Ulladulla" comes from the aboriginal word Nulladulla, which means "safe harbour".

The town gained its first traffic light in the 1990s; one of its most notable landmarks is the Marlin Hotel with its big fluorescent marlin on the roof, which can be viewed from the sea.

Ulladulla is surrounded by the adjoining towns of Milton and Burrill Lake as well as Mollymook and Narrawallee. The extended area from Burrill Lake to Milton is referred to as the Milton–Ulladulla area. There are two high schools and three primary schools in the district.

Satirists John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver used a fictionalised version of Ulladulla as the setting for the popular radio comedy monologue "This is the South Coast News". Performed by journalist Paul Murphy, it was a regular segment for several years in the late 1980s and early 1990s in the weekly radio comedy This Sporting Life and the scripts were later published in book form by the ABC

In recent years tourism has brought significant growth to the town including plans for larger shopping and recreation areas, such as the Dunn and Lewis memorial foundation centre being built.

Close landmarks include "Pigeon House" mountain and the "Castle", both named due to the unique shapes of the mountain. Pigeon House was sighted by Cook upon his journey along the eastern shores of Australia. Pigeon House has recently been renamed to "Didhol" in respect of the elders of the Huin nation, the aboriginal elders past and present who originated from the area Ulladulla was built upon. Didhol, as named by the Aboriginal natives is the name of a part of the female anatomy in which the mountain resembles.

[edit] Ulladulla Harbour

Ulladulla Harbour is a minor port administered by New South Wales Department of Lands.^[2]

A wooden jetty was built in 1859 so as to retain the services of the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company; the company had informed the farmers that would not call again at Ulladulla unless better mooring facilities were provided. After seven years the jetty was replaced by a stone pier built by the government on the natural reef. The company built a store on the harbour foreshores for the receiving of produce for shipment to and from Sydney.^[3] There was a weekly cargo service to Ulladulla until the mid 1950s.

During the mid 1890s, a 4 ft (1220mm) gauge tramway was laid out to the end of the main stone wharf. Manpower and horses were used to move the low wagons. During the period 1910-11, a double line of track was laid to the end of the pier. Public Works Department records disclose maintenance of track and repair of wagons at least to 1947-48. Almost all trace of the line had gone by 1991^[4].

The harbour is the home port of the largest commercial fishing fleet on the South Coast of New South Wales^[5]. As a result of the influence of Italian fishing families in the area, each Easter a "Blessing of the Fleet" ceremony occurs, although in 2004 and 2005 the accompanying celebration was cancelled due to a sharp rise in the public liability premium. Although the ceremony will return in 2008. ^[6][7].

NOTE : The original aboriginal name for Ulladulla was actually "Ngulladolla" - not Nulladulla.

[edit] Public Transport

The CityRail South Coast Line terminates at Bomaderry railway station, situated approximately 60 km to the north of Ulladulla. There are two daily bus services which stop at Ulladulla and Milton, one heading towards Sydney and the other towards Melbourne, both travel along the Princes Highway.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ulladulla Wiki
• Ulladulla.info
• Holiday at Ulladulla Website
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• Ulladulla, New South Wales is at coordinates 35°21′26″S 150°28′26″E / 35.3571°S 150.474°E / -35.3571; 150.474Coordinates: 35°21′26″S 150°28′26″E / 35.3571°S 150.474°E / -35.3571; 150.474