Southern Headlands Walk

The new Southern Headlands Walk 20km walk between Narrawallee and Burrill Lake combines stunning scenery, beaches, wildflowers, cafes and accommodation options for those who wanted to play and stay.

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Last reviewed 13 January 2025

About the project

The Southern Headlands Walk new 20km walk between Narrawallee and Burrill Lake.

The new walk combines stunning scenery, beaches, wildflowers, cafes and accommodation options for those who wanted to play and stay.

Thanks to Restart NSW funding, Shoalhaven City Council has been able to connect and upgrade existing paths to create a 20km walking route from Narrawallee Inlet to Blackburn Head at Burrill Lake. The funding has allowed Council to link 10 beaches, quiet neighbourhoods, cosmopolitan cafes and headland walks to create one 20km walk complete with interpretive signage and wayfinding. Follow the Banksia symbols on the trail markers to guide you along the walk.

Features of the new walk include:

Ten of the Shoalhaven’s best beaches (Narrawallee, Jones, Mollymook, Golf Course Reef, Collers, Ulladulla Harbour, Corcoran Cove (The Bommie), Rennies, Racecourse and Burrill

Existing walks including One Track for All, Gari Bagan, Coomee Nulunga Cultural Walk, Narrawallee Foreshore Walk, and the South Pacific Heathland Walk

Areas of Bangalay Sand Forest (an endangered ecological community)

Fossils that are 270-million-year-old, near Ulladulla Harbour

Migrating whales, playful dolphins and endangered birds along the way
Two Holiday Haven Tourist parks (Ulladulla and Burrill Lake)
Shops, cafes, public toilets and picnic areas.

Those taking on the entire 20km walk are advised to do a ‘car shuffle’ – dropping one car at the end of the walk and a second car driving walkers back to the start. Alternatively, short sections of the walk can be done easily by families or visitors who want to experience snapshots of the area, such as the walking trails and look-out at Ulladulla light house.

For those looking to incorporate the walk into a getaway, Ulladulla Holiday Haven is located on a stunning headland almost halfway along the walk, while Burrill Lake Holiday Haven is nestled near the start of the walk at Blackburn Head.

Walks upgraded under the NSW Government’s Restart NSW Sustainable Tourism Infrastructure Grant and incorporated into the 20km length include: the northern Ulladulla Headland (One Track for All); Warden Head (Coomee Nulunga walk), and steps at Blackburn Head, Burrill Lake.

The Southern Headlands Walk supplements other popular walks on the south coast including the nearby Pigeon House Mountain Didthul walking track in Morton National Park, the Murramarang South Coast Walk starting at Pretty Beach, and further south, the Light to Light walk in Beowa National Park.