South West Rocks - Golden Opportunities
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Get To Know South West Rocks
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Situated just 463 km north of Sydney, South West Rocks is one of the most attractive towns on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. It is a true hideaway with some notable television personalities using it as their getaway because they can relax without being 'noticed' by holiday makers, and just about ignored by the locals. South West Rocks is located on Trial Bay, named after the brig "Trial" which had been stolen by convicts who were attempting to escape to south-east Asia and which was subsequently wrecked there in 1816. A Captain Thomas Whyte found the remains of "Trial" in 1817, but there was no trace of the convicts. It was assumed they had all perished from starvation or were killed by the local Aborigines. Coastal shipping ensured that the Trial Bay area was well known, and several shipwrecks have been recorded. Today there is a monument on the headland at South West Rocks to the people who were drowned when the "Wooloomooloo" ran aground in Trial Bay in 1864. It was in 1896 that the township of South West Rocks was established when a new mouth to the Macleay River was established. The construction of a Pilot's Station in 1902 followed and the town slowly grew up around this activity. It is believed that the name of the town is a result of the pilot officer instructing vessels to anchor in Trial Bay so the rocks would be south-west of their anchorage. More recent maritime history saw, in January 1972, the tug "Polaris" put into Trial Bay with a showboat ('the Sydney Queen') and two vehicular ferries (the "Koondooloo" and "Lurgurena") in tow. "Polaris" was hauling them 4000 km from Newcastle to Manila where they were to be converted to scrap or barges. The vessels were moored to the buoys used by oil tankers but a gale caused all three to break away and drift ashore where they became entrenched in deep sand and were subsequently left to decay. All that remains today are the loading ramp supports which protrude from the sand. While South West Rocks has traditionally been a summer vacation destination, more people have taken up permanent residency there in the last 20 years. As a result community services have also been established and expanded. Sporting facilities, restaurants, hotel, motels, and a light industrial area provide local employment, with many residents also commuting the 40 km to the nearest major town, Kempsey.
A pleasant year round climate encourages sports such as
golf, bowls, fishing, windsurfing, diving, sailing,
surfing, tennis, and, of course, swimming.
Climatic Averages for South West Rocks (Smoky Cape Lighthouse) Climate Table
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