Scotts
Head is recognised as an excellent location for beach, rock
and estuary fishing. Boat access can be gained to Main Beach
and Warrell Creek.
The area has more recently become recognised as a brilliant
location for observing the southern migration of the hump back
whales. They pass this area from mid September through to mid
November, and in the past few years have been found to be coming
in closer to the shelter provided by the ‘bay’ created
between the points of Nambucca Heads and South West Rocks. In
the last season, whales were observed as close as 50 metres
off shore and on many occasions within 200 metres of shore.
The viewing is encouraged to be shore based, as there are kilometres
of headland coastline high enough to be well suited to whale
watching.
Scotts Head is well serviced by a general store (where you can
buy just about anything), bottle shop,
butchery, bakery, surf shop and two take-aways. There is also
a post office and newsagency. Then there are the obligatory
caravan park, bowling club and tennis courts.
There is an excellent viewing platform overlooking the main
beach, with a short headland walk, or for the
more serious walkers, there is nearly 10kms of main beach to
the north, and a more energetic headland walk as far as Grassy
Head to the south. |
Headland walk looking south to Grassy Head & SW Rocks
Further
afield are the dirt roads through Way Way State Forest and
Yarriabini National Park, with a good
road through to the top of Mt Yarrahapinni, which has spectacular
panoramic views. The pines picnic area is a beautiful and
popular lunch time destination with barbeque and picnic facilities
in a rainforest setting.
Scotts Head, mid-way between Sydney and Brisbane, is certainly
a beautiful and secluded coastal destination well worth discovering.
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