Suburb Profiles

Ulladulla

Ulladulla is a coastal town in New South Wales, in the City of Shoalhaven. It is on the Princes Highway about 230 kilometres south of Sydney and 197 Kilometres from Canberra.

Ulladulla has close links with the nearby historic settlement of Milton and many services are shared between these towns.

The population at the 2011 census was 12,137, including Burrill Lake. The greater Milton-Ulladulla urban area had a total population of 14,149.

The name Ulladulla is an Aboriginal word meaning "safe harbour". Alternate spellings as Woolladoorh or Ngulla-dulla have been recorded.

Ulladulla is surrounded by the adjoining towns of Milton and Burrill Lake as well as Mollymook and Narrawallee. The extended area from Burrill Lake to Milton is referred to as the Milton–Ulladulla area. There are two high schools and four primary schools in the district.

In recent years tourism has brought significant growth to the town and now is serviced by Aldi’s, Coles, Woolworths, and an IGA store which is located behind the Marlin.

These are some of the areas secrets:

The beaches are world class, they are clean and for most of the year the surf is very good.
Milton has a great live music venue; it is an intimate 212 seat historic theatre which has been fully refurbished with latest sound and lighting equipment, and you can see artists like Lior, The Black Sorrows, Harry Manx, Diesel, Mark Seymour, Casey Donovan, Tex Perkins, Sarah Blasko, Stephen Cummings and Vince Jones plus too many more fantastic artists to mention.
The area boasts many good restaurants, such as Rick Steins based at Bannisters Lodge, Cupids Winery, St Isidore, Tipsy Fig, Mrs Tops, but our favourite is the Tallwood Restaurant & Café on Tallwood Ave, Mollymook Beach.
The people here are very friendly and ways willing to give a helping hand.

That’s enough secrets for the time being.

Close landmarks include Pigeon House Mountain and "The Castle", both named due to the unique shapes of the mountain. Pigeon House was sighted by Captain James Cook upon his journey along the eastern shores of Australia. Pigeon House has recently been renamed "Didhol" out of respect to the elders of the Yuin nation, the Aboriginal elders past and present who originated from the area Ulladulla was built upon. The traditional name of the peak, Didhol, means "woman's breast", from the mountain's clear resemblance to the shape of a woman's breast.

Climate

Along with the rest of the NSW South Coast, Ulladulla is located within a temperate climate zone and experiences warm summers and cool winters. The climate is influenced by the warm waters of the adjacent Tasman Sea and is characteristically mild without extreme high or low temperatures. Climatic data has been recorded at Ulladulla by the Bureau of Meteorology since 1989. The mean annual daily maximum temperature is 20.6 °C and the mean annual daily minimum temperature is 13.0 °C. The hottest month is February with a mean maximum temperature of 24.3 °C. The coolest month is July with a mean minimum temperature of 8.8 °C. Mean temperatures are based upon data from 1991 to 2010. Ulladulla has a mean annual rainfall of 1009.6 mm. The wettest month is February with 112.6 mm and the driest is August with 23.6 mm, we love the weather in this part of the world.

Ulladulla Harbour

Ulladulla Harbour is a minor port administered by Land and Property Management Authority.

A wooden jetty was built in 1859 so as to retain the services of the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company; the company had informed the farmers that would not call again at Ulladulla unless better mooring facilities were provided. After seven years the jetty was replaced by a stone pier built by the government on the natural reef.

The company built a store on the harbour foreshores for the receiving of produce for shipment to and from Sydney. There was a weekly cargo service to Ulladulla until the mid-1950s.

During the mid-1890s, a 4 ft. (1220 mm) gauge tramway was laid out to the end of the main stone wharf. Manpower and horses were used to move the low wagons. During the period 1910-11, a double line of track was laid to the end of the pier. Public Works Department records disclose maintenance of track and repair of wagons at least to 1947-48. Almost all trace of the line had gone by 1991.

Warden Head Lighthouse

In 1873, a lighthouse was constructed on the harbour breakwater, and it was known at the time as the Ulladulla Lighthouse. In was relocated in 1889 to Warden Head, south of the harbour, where it is still active.

Blessing of the Fleet festival

The Blessing of the Fleet festival is held annually at Easter since 1956. This is a centuries old tradition which originated in Sicily, Italy, and now continued by the area's descendants of the original Italian fishing community and by the members of Rotary who volunteer their time.

The most significant element of the festival is the actual Blessing of the Fleet ceremony held at Ulladulla harbour on Easter Sunday. The festivities conclude with fireworks display, over Ulladulla harbour on Easter Sunday and the Harbour Markets on Easter Monday, once again this is made possible by hard work of the Rotary Volunteers.

The team at Lyall & Scott Property look forward to your visit and maybe like us you will move here because it is such a great place to live, call our sales team on 02 8003 4283 should you require any more information regarding our area.