[65], The decline of the port town was rapid. The absence of wool cargoes from the outer areas meant that the volume of wool shipped via The Wool Road and its port was much less than had been expected. If you need anonymity email us via our normal or encrypted email accounts

McKenzie lost all his land and, in 1853, was reduced to asking permission to live in a house in South Huskisson belonging to Edward Deas Thompson. This roads package will see the sealing of those sections as well as the widening and reconstruction of some sections and the replacement of the single-lane timber bridge at Charleyong.”. [51] A petition was made in October 1843 to recoup from the government a quarter of the £2400 in debts that had been incurred to build the road and quay to that date.

Beyond Nerriga the road continues for a further 70km and links Queanbeyan-Palerang with Nowra, the Shoalhaven and Illawarra districts, and beyond,” he said. Shoalhaven overall has also seen a spike in holiday visitation following their sucessful #unspoilt tourism campaign and their inroads into the Canberra and South West holiday market. (accessed November 2018). Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Library Traffic management is a key element of the project.

[20] The Bulee Gap was created by blasting away a narrow neck of sandstone rock to bring the road onto the plateau of the Pigeon House Range. [18] Allotments were sold in Huskisson in February 1843. The land also lay within the County of St. Vincent, one of the Nineteen Counties in which white settlement was permitted by the colonial government of New South Wales.

Convicts were a workforce that could be put to work on road making. [44] The planned villages along the route did not eventuate. COMMENTS : Due to the risks associated with comments from unidentified contributors that expose The Beagle to possible legal actions under the NSW Defamation Act 2005 No 77 anonymous or Nom de Plume comments will not be available until an alternate system of author verification can be investigated and hopefully installed. There is some camping available within the national park areas, and we have found little spots along the banks of Shoalhaven River where you can drop a swag for the night. In the late 1820s and 1830s colonial settlement had spread to the vicinity of Lake George, Braidwood, Yass, the Limestone Plains (now Canberra), and beyond to the Monaro district. Jervis Bay, a large sheltered bay that was suitable as a deep water port lay far closer than Sydney but there was no road from Braidwood toward the coast beyond Nerriga. In readiness for Christmas. Staff LMS, The Nerriga Road upgrade project involves upgrading four sections of the road, and has been funded by a $70 million grant from the NSW Government under the. Modern Braidwood Road to Bulee Gap: A video showing Endrick River crossing (1:06 to 1:09) and bridge that aligns with location of Bulee Gap cutting (2:32 to 2:37), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Wool_Road_(New_South_Wales)&oldid=979568907, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 September 2020, at 13:39. Get our Editor's Weekly Wrap featuring the best local news and stories, as well as our Breaking News Alerts. This area displays some of the finest natural features and formations for which the NSW south coast region is renowned. The moment of truth: Can the Dirty Reds go one better than last year? “With several unsealed sections of the current road, there are significant restrictions and limitations to the size of heavy vehicles that are able to use the road. [23] The barque Cygnet visited the port in December 1842 to load a cargo of wool for London.

A further 4.7km may be sealed if budget permits.

[18] The 'government town' north of Moona Moona Creek, which was surveyed at the same time as "the Old Township",[18] grew from the early 1860s onwards to become modern-day Huskisson. 'Inverness' is one of those properties that rarely comes to market, with horse infrastructure second to none, excellent grazing and a truly wonderful home.Located 12.8 kms via sealed road from Braidwood.

If you are in a hurry or on a budget the bakery down the street is our favourite option. Stage 1 - Grants Road to Stewarts Crossing Road (5km) - was completed in December 2018. The road carries between 800 vehicles per day near Nerriga, to around 200 vehicles per day to the south of Charleyong. Historically, the end of The Wool Road was where it entered the town of South Huskisson,[18] from where the streets of the town led to a wharf on Jervis Bay; the modern day road known as The Wool Road now ends at a roundabout intersecting Elizabeth Drive and Burton Street, Vincentia, near the shore of Jervis Bay. In the 1830s and 1840s, the Wandandian people still lived on their traditional lands.

Braidwood Bakery – 99 Wallace St, Braidwood Ph: 02 4842 2541 Open 7 days a week, The Albion Café at 119 Wallace St, Braidwood does great coffee. The Royal Mail Hotel at 145 Wallace Street, Braidwood has pub style accommodation starting at $65 per night, and a brasserie where you can get a good feed seven days a week. [63] In 1854, the road to Jervis Bay—The Wool Road—was described as being in a state of "total abandonment". Holman later recounted—in his book ‘A Voyage Round The World: Including Travels In Africa, Asia, Australia, America Etc. It is understood that the South East Area Transport Strategy do recognise the perception by inland visitors of the Clyde Mountain being unsafe might well contribute to a loss in visitation and by the increase in visitations to the Saphhire Coast via the Snowy Mountains Highway there is evidence that holiday makers from the ACT and the South West have found new places to explore in the Far South Coast that also follows on from a strong promotional campaign.

It was constructed privately in 1841, using convict labour.