Forster Visitors Centre
The Great Lakes Visitors' Centre is open seven days a week and is located in Little Street, Forster, adjacent the lake. You can contact them on (02) 6554 8799 or, toll-free 1800 802 692. It conducts bookings and can provide tourist maps, tide charts and fishing guides, and information regarding local attractions, eco tours, walking tours, accommodation, activities as well as cruises relating to deep sea fishing, dolphin watching etc.
The Beaches
The Forster Tuncurry area has a number of beaches:
- Tuncurry Beach, offers surfing with a rock pool, kiosk, picnic area etc.
- Forster Beach, adjacent the southern breakwater in Forster is patrolled in season.
The ocean baths are at its eastern edge.
- Pebbly Beach is the next beach along, which is another good surfing spot.
- The Tanks, an unusual rock formation where the waves spray water into a protected safe swimming area.
- One Mile Beach is another good surfing location, with a surf club, kiosk, showers and toilets. It is patrolled in season.
- Burgess Beach is a small and quiet beach accessed by a steep path off
Burgess St. It has plenty of small rock cave formations.
- Bulls Paddock, which is part of Seven Mile Beach, south of Cape Hawke, also features excellent surfing.
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The Bicentennial Coastal Walk
The Bicentennial Coastal Walk commences on our doorstep,passing over Pilot Hill joining Forster main beach and continueing past the ocean baths on Forster Beach. It leads eastwards over Second Head along the foreshore, between Bennetts Head Rd and the ocean, past The Tanks, through
Bennetts Head Reserve and south past One Mile Beach to Burgess Beach.
Whale Watching and Coastal Scenery
Forster offers throughout the year great opportunities to enjoy the passing parade of whales. Whale watching cruises are available within walking distance from us. However if your sea legs are not up to a cruise you can take in some great coastal vistas and maybe some whales and calves close to shore from some of our coastal headlands. If the whales aren't about our family of dolphins will keep you amused.
Vantage points such as the Forster Breakwall and Second Head are great spots as well as our Marina.
Cape Hawke Lookout
Situated on top of Cape Hawke this NPWS lookout gives those who are fit enough to climb it the best view of Forster Tuncurry. Not easy to get to the top but if you take your time you will be rewarded on a clear day with a magnificent vista.Views extend north , south , east and west as far as the eye can see.
Krambach Mt George
If you have had to much sun and feel like adrive grab a free map from reception and take in the scenery of the Manning River and surrounds.Country pub , golf course, canoe and kyaking,great bushland and Bass in the Mt George area.Take a picnic and have lunch by the river.
Boat, Canoe, B.B.Q. pontoon, Paddle Boats
A short walk from us and you will find a number of hirecraft outlets.
Tiki boat shed is great and good coffee but there is another 5 or 6 options. You will find the boat hire outlets on Breckenridge Channel directly behind Wharf St.
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