Forster is a popular beach side holiday resort located circa three and a half hours north of Sydney and just 20 minutes north of Smiths Lake. Apart from fascinating beaches, the holidays in Forster gives you the opportunity to enjoy local attractions, cruising, deep sea fishing, dolphin and whale watching tours as well as enjoy eco and walking tours. If you are not in a mood to take a whale watching or dolphin watch cruise, Forster area offers great coastal walks with many vantage points for you to watch whales during migration season or enjoy dolphins at play. Forster Break wall and Second Head are great are popular vantage spots. There are plenty of Forster holiday accommodation including Forster holiday apartments and Forster holiday homes or even a holiday park when you are looking for accommodation. Many who like a quieter place to spend the night find a Smiths Lake holiday home by the lake and do the day trip to Forster.
Obviously you come to Forster since you love the beach. The Forster Tuncurry area has a number of beaches. They are;
- Tuncurry Beach which is ideal for surfing with a rock pool, kiosk and a picnic area for you to relax and enjoy.
- Forster Beach on the southern breakwater is patrolled during the season.
- You will see the ocean baths which are at its eastern edge of Forster beach.
- Pebbly Beach adjacent to Forster Beach is another good surfing beach.
- You will observe many tanks, an unusual rock formation where the waves spray water into a protected safe swimming area.
- One Mile Beach is a popular surfing spot with a surf club, kiosk, showers and toilets. This beach is patrolled in season.
- Burgess Beach is a small and quiet beach which has plenty of small rock cave formations.
- Bulls Paddock, which is part of Seven Mile Beach, south of Cape Hawke also offer excellent surfing conditions.
Do you enjoy walking? Then you have to do the Bicentennial Coastal Walk, which takes you over Pilot Hill along Forster Main Beach, past ocean baths on Forster beach, through Benetts Head Reserve and past One Mile Beach to Burgess Beach. Feel active and looking for a challenge? Then why not climb to the Cape Hawke Look Out? This is not an easy climb but those who take up the challenge will be rewarded with the most amazing views of twin towns Forster Tuncurry and beyond. This is well worth the challenging climb to the top.
Take a drive along the Manning River while you enjoy the scenery, play a game of golf, relax while canoeing or kayaking on the river. Enjoy lunch in one of the country pubs or maybe you might want to take your own picnic lunch and enjoy a relaxing lunch by the banks of the river.
There is so much to see and do. You will want to come over again on holiday to Forster or to the surrounding Great Lakes region whenever you feel like going on holiday. Check out Forster holiday accommodation including Mansfield By The Lake or a Amaroo on The Waterfront a popular Smiths Lake holiday house when you are looking for a base for your Forster holidays.
