Ride A09

Ride - A09
SOUTH NOWRA - CURRAMBENE FOREST - JERVIS BAY (CALLALA BEACH) AND RETURN
Start Point: Rotary Park, Princes Hwy, South Nowra
Map Ref: Nowra ND L8
Ride Finishes: Rotary Park, Princes Hwy, South Nowra
Total Distance: 37.4 kms
Degree of Difficulty: Medium
Bike Recommended: MTB
Cautions: Need odometer to measure
distances, and map
Allow: Four hours

This is the shortest and least trafficked cycle route from Nowra to Jervis Bay with least traffic. Though
fairly easy cycling, the route conditions vary enormously, from wide bitumen roads to unmaintained
clay tracks through swamps. There are few signposts and a maze of tracks in the Currambene Forest. To avoid being lost, you need to follow these directions very carefully or use the topographic map (1:25 000 Nowra 9028-3-S).

kms
0.0 From Rotary Park, South
Nowra, cross the Princes Hwy
into [QUINNS LANE].
0.9 Straight across [OLD SOUTHERN
RD] onto gravel track.
1.5 Swing RIGHT (take middle
track along water supply line).
2.2 Turn LEFT. Track is not maintained, low-lying, rough, very
muddy in patches.
3.5 Turn RIGHT onto bitumen. Next
to house No 268 Worrigee Rd.
4.4 Cycle past Crematorium -
bitumen ends there.
5.1 Turn LEFT follow Golf course
boundary fence.
6.0 Keep LEFT when road comes in
on right.
6.1 Turn RIGHT. Many swampy
patches, vehicle ruts, large
puddles next kilometre.

7.4 Keep RIGHT. After 400m, cross
water-filled gully (usually
passable on left).
8.2 Keep RIGHT. (Snowwood Rd on
left). 300 m on track goes
under power lines.
8.9 Turn LEFT.
9.9 Straight across following [EAST
STUMP RD]. Cross water supply
line 900 m on.
12.6 Turn LEFT. You are now on
Forest Rd - wide, maintained
gravel, some traffic.
15.3 Bitumen starts. Turn RIGHT
[CALLALA BEACH].
18.7 Beach reserve on Jervis Bay.
Safe swimming, toilets, shower,
water, picnic tables.
General store, take-away food,
telephones, 300 m to southwest.
Return to Nowra by same
route.

Public Toilets: Rotary Park South Nowra, Callala Beach.
Shops/Facilities/Water: Water, South Nowra. Water, General Store, Callala Beach.
Bike Shops, emergency spares: See shops for Nowra, page 6.
Variations on this route/alternative activities:
1. Easy flat bitumen road ride to return to Nowra from Callala Beach via Coonemia, Culburra and
Greenwell Point Rds (21 kms). However, roads are narrow without sealed shoulders and are always
busy.
2. With the aid of the topographic map, explore the many tracks within the Currambene Forest.

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