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Tuncurry, New South Wales

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Tuncurry's Nine Mile Beach is a popular swimming, surfing and fishing spot. Tuncurry Rockpool is a netted swimming enclosure, formed by breakwalls which mark the entrance to Wallis Lake. Tuncurry's lakefront areas are characterised by wharves and jetties which provide mooring for fishing boats and
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Because of its relatively close driving proximity to Sydney, Forster–Tuncurry has established itself as a popular summer holiday destination, where in the hotter months, the population swells considerably. The school holidays in the colder months also bring large numbers of holidaymakers.
398:. The first land grant in this area was in 1875. The settlement was originally called North Shore and then North Forster and was renamed Tuncurry meaning "plenty of fish" in 1891 and then proclaimed a village in 1893. 378:, the Forster–Tuncurry area had a population of 19,918 people. This number grows considerably in the tourist season. The population of Tuncurry alone was 6,376. 820: 260: 248: 401:
The area was well known in the early days for its timber cutting and sawmills. Timber was collected from the lakes and rivers by the logpunts (droghers).
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was built in 1959 linking Forster and Tuncurry and replacing the punt service that had operated since 1890.
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North Coast Run: Men and Ships of the New South Wales North Coast M. Richards P94 - 95
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The Forster Tuncurry Rugby League Football Club is home to the Forster Tuncurry Hawkes
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The Tuncurry Forster Football Club is a soccer club home to the Tuncurry Tigers
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The Forster Tuncury Touch Association offers touch football for all levels
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The Tuncurry Golf Course is part of the Forster Tuncurry Golf Club
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The Tuncurry Forster Jockey Club has regular horse racing events
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The Tuncurry Beach Bowling Club offers lawn bowling to the area
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TUNCURRY'S WORKING WATERFRONT – Wright's mill and shipyard
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Forster-Tuncurry Visitor Guide - www.Tuncurry.com.au
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It is immediately adjacent to its twin town of 1342: 272: 506:View of bridge connecting Forster to Tuncurry. 814: 615: 596:Great Lakes Historical and Maritime Museum. 523: 521: 43:View from Tuncurry's netted 'Rockpool' beach 821: 807: 582: 567:"Forster–Tuncurry (Urban Centre/Locality)" 548: 482:gather at the public boat ramp in Tuncurry 37: 518: 371:, which is the larger of the two towns. 1343: 802: 736:"Forster Tuncurry Touch Association" 13: 494:Fishing vessels moored at Tuncurry 16:Town in New South Wales, Australia 14: 1372: 829:Towns, suburbs and localities of 782: 589: 428: 196:165 km (103 mi) NNE of 190:307 km (191 mi) NNE of 1361:Coastal towns in New South Wales 686:"Tuncurry Forster Football Club" 499: 487: 472: 61: 60: 53: 753: 711:"Horse Racing Tuncurry Forster" 563:Australian Bureau of Statistics 529:Australian Bureau of Statistics 202:631 km (392 mi) S of 728: 703: 690:Tuncurry Forster Football Club 678: 665:www.forstertuncurrygolf.com.au 653: 631: 555: 214:63 km (39 mi) NE of 1: 1330:Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge 715:Horse Racing Tuncurry Forster 511: 208:35 km (22 mi) S of 1356:Suburbs of Mid-Coast Council 7: 765:Tuncurry Beach Bowling Club 453: 408:that marks the entrance to 277:Localities around Tuncurry: 10: 1377: 465: 415: 381: 1295: 1257: 1139: 841: 348:is a coastal town in the 335: 275: 271: 259: 247: 235: 223: 184: 165: 148: 140: 130: 118: 79: 48: 36: 23: 1351:Towns in New South Wales 1325:Tahlee historic property 639:"Heritage & Culture" 571:2016 Census QuickStats 537:2021 Census QuickStats 103:32.17500°S 152.49889°E 641:. 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New South Wales

Tuncurry is located in New South Wales
Coordinates
32°10′30″S 152°29′56″E / 32.17500°S 152.49889°E / -32.17500; 152.49889
2021 census
Postcode(s)
Time zone
AEST
UTC+10
DST
AEDT
UTC+11
Sydney
Newcastle
Brisbane
Taree
Bulahdelah
LGA(s)
Mid-Coast Council
Region
Mid North Coast
State electorate(s)
Myall Lakes
Federal division(s)
Lyne
Failford
Darawank
Tasman Sea
Nabiac

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