TILBA
TILBA TILBA AND CENTRAL TILBA
Tell people you are headed to Tilba Tilba and many will reply “Where?” We like it that way.
Listed as heritage villages by the National Trust, both Tilba Tilba and Central Tilba were dairy towns built on fertile lands of the Yuin Nation. Tilba Tilba is an aboriginal term for many waters and that is a beautiful way to define a tiny township that sits within 15 km of Narooma to the north and also Bermagui to the south. Stay a weekend in summer and you can experience the local farmer’s market at Central Tilba’s hall.
Get up early and take a dip at Bermagui’s blue pool followed by coffee and pide at Mister Hope before exploring the bright and breezy vintage, craft and gift shops that abound town to town.
An active day mountain biking the trails or hiking the sacred slopes of Gulaga can be followed by a decadent dinner at the low key glam restaurants nearby or simply feasting on a box of fresh Narooma oysters or a cheese board from Bodalla, Bega or our beloved Tilba Dairy on your private deck.
Starting at the farm, stand at the top of the hill leading into Central Tilba, to the horses who come to greet you at boundary fences, this is a place where time stands still for the good things.
Tilba Tilba, although small, was the hub of the area in the late 1890s.
One of Henry Jefferson's sons (Richard) developed Tilba Tilba and the other (Samuel) decided to develop another community in 1895 just a mile and a half down the road, supporting the ABC cheese factory. Central Tilba and Tilba Tilba competed for local business, with businesses in the Tilba's supplying various goods to Narooma, Corunna and Bermagui.
The dairying and gold mining history of the area was what drew people to settle, and it provides a particularly interesting backdrop to the stories of how the villages developed.
Both townships today have been maintained in their original late 1800's style and businesses are aligned with the tourism market. There are many things to investigate and it is an easy day pottering through the villages!
This is of course in addition to the long standing natural and aboriginal history of the area. It is easy to immerse yourself in the culture or the geology or the flora and fauna.
Come and visit!
The best way is to come and visit! We are located 45 minutes north of Bega and around an hour south of Batemans Bay in the beautiful countryside underneath Mount Gulaga.
Tilba Tilba
New South Wales, 2546
Australia
