Urunga, New South Wales
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Urunga is a small town on in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales
, Australia
, in Bellingen Shire. It is famous for its surf spots (Reefs, Beachies and mouth of rivers). At the 2006 census
, Urunga had a population of 1,919. The town is south of Coffs Harbour
and Sawtell
and north of Nambucca Heads
. The place name, Urunga, is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'long beach'.
There are two main streets, and both a bowling
club and a golf
club. A weekly 6-a-side soccer competition is held on Thursdays at the Oval.
Urunga is a fishing ground, with bream being the main sport fish. The Urunga boardwalk, leading out to the beach, was rebuilt in 1988 and extended in 1991. The full boardwalk was completed in 2007. In November 2010, a further section of boardwalk was completed. This extension finishes at the mouth of the river and has taken the length of the boardwalk to almost 1 kilometre. Hungry Head, 4 km to the south is the only patrolled beach in Urunga.
A railway station opened on the North Coast line
in 1923 and continues to be served by country passenger trains.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, in Bellingen Shire. It is famous for its surf spots (Reefs, Beachies and mouth of rivers). At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Urunga had a population of 1,919. The town is south of Coffs Harbour
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
-History:By the early 1900s, the Coffs Harbour area had become an important timber production centre. Before the opening of the North Coast Railway Line, the only way to transport large items of heavy but low value, such as timber, was by coastal shipping. This meant sawmillers on the North Coast...
and Sawtell
Sawtell, New South Wales
Sawtell is a coastal suburb of Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, Australia.- History :The original inhabitants of the land were Aborigines of the Gumbaynggirr clan. The Aboriginal name for the land where the town now stands was Bongil Bongil....
and north of Nambucca Heads
Nambucca Heads, New South Wales
Nambucca Heads is a town on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia in Nambucca Shire. It is a holiday and retirement centre located on a ridge north of the estuary of the Nambucca River near the Pacific Highway, which now bypasses it. Its 2006 population was 6,137, including 445 ...
. The place name, Urunga, is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'long beach'.
There are two main streets, and both a bowling
Bowls
Bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll slightly asymmetric balls so that they stop close to a smaller "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a pitch which may be flat or convex or uneven...
club and a golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
club. A weekly 6-a-side soccer competition is held on Thursdays at the Oval.
Urunga is a fishing ground, with bream being the main sport fish. The Urunga boardwalk, leading out to the beach, was rebuilt in 1988 and extended in 1991. The full boardwalk was completed in 2007. In November 2010, a further section of boardwalk was completed. This extension finishes at the mouth of the river and has taken the length of the boardwalk to almost 1 kilometre. Hungry Head, 4 km to the south is the only patrolled beach in Urunga.
A railway station opened on the North Coast line
North Coast railway line, New South Wales
The North Coast Line is the primary rail route in the Mid North Coast and Northern Rivers regions of New South Wales, and forms a major part of the Sydney-Brisbane rail corridor....
in 1923 and continues to be served by country passenger trains.