Fast facts
- Delightful dairying village and home of the ‘Big Cheese’
- Surrounded by lakes, dairy pastures and State forest
- 329 km south of Sydney, population 1,100
Why go there
Quaint and historic, the township of Bodalla recalls the earliest days of settlement in the region. The town has a number of timber houses and a granite church from the 1800s.
This is a great place to sample cheese of the Bodalla label.
History
The region was originally occupied by the Dhurga Aboriginal people. Cattle was introduced in the 1830s, and halfway through the century, Thomas Mort, an enterprising rural entrepreneur, shaped the community as a model of land usage. Consequently, an ideal integrated rural settlement occupied by tenant farmers was created. It was Mort who established cheese and butter-making in the town.
Things to do
- Drive along the Nerrigundah Mountain Road to Nerrigundah, a former gold-mining town, which was held up by bushrangers in 1866.
- Visit the Premium cheese shop, which has a selection of Bodalla cheese and more.
Don’t miss
- Trunketabella Gardens, home to a large bellbird colony.
- All Saints Anglican Church, designed by Edmund Blacket.
- Coman's Mine in the Dampier State Forest at Nerrigandah.
- The drive along Eurobodalla Road into Bodalla State Forest.
- The paintings, rugs and hangings in the Postmaster’s Gallery.
