4km stretch of sand along
the New South Wales 'Sapphire Coast'.
The beach runs from the
Mouth of the Pambula River in the south to the town of Merimbula
in the north. Most days of the year you can find yourself
sharing the beach with just a handful of surfers, fishermen
and walkers. On some winter days you can find yourself in
glorious isolation.
If you walk South along the trail from Pambula beach, or
clamber over the rocks, you reach the smaller and invariably
quieter Lions Beach. Although the 'Lion Rock' is situated
at the southern end, the beach and the little park leading
down to it is named for the Lions Club support and work carried
out to make it such a pleasant place.
Just around the point from Lions Beach you arrive at the
mouth of the Pambula River. The river was first explored
by Europeans in 1797 when George Bass put in to escape from
a gale on his way down the coast. Bass noted the beauty of
the place in his diary. Across the river is the Ben Boyd
National Park and further up the river are oyster beds and
small lakes.
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