Nowra

Postcode: 2541

Nowra is the main suburb in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Located approximately 170 kilometres (110 mi) south of the state capital of Sydney, it has a population together with its twin-town of Bomaderry of 27,478.[1] It is also the seat and commercial centre of the City of Shoalhaven.

The region around Nowra is a farming community, sustaining a thriving dairy industry and a number of State forests, but is also increasingly a retirement and leisure area for Canberra and Sydney. The naval air station HMAS Albatross is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-west of Nowra.

The name Nowra, originally written by Europeans as 'nou-woo-ro', is the Aboriginal word for black cockatoo (pronounced now-uh now-uh.

Nowra boasts the pristine Shoalhaven River, which formerly hosted the Australian National wakeboarding championships, it is also a popular fishing location. The river divides Nowra, South Nowra, East Nowra, West Nowra and Nowra Hill from Bomaderry and North Nowra, and is bridged by the historic Nowra Bridge. The Shoalhaven river is a salt water river, although it itself does not flow into the sea. The Shoalhaven River meets the sea through the canal that joins the Shoalhaven and Crookhaven Rivers, which was dug by convicts.

It is also located nearby Berry, Jervis Bay, Kangaroo Valley, Culburra Beach, Greenwell Point, Huskisson and Shoalhaven Heads.

Nowra's mean minimum annual temperature is 8.5°C; its mean maximum annual temperature 25.2°C. It records a mean annual rainfall of 1256.3mm

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