Scotts Head is a coastal village of the Nambucca Valley

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in the

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region of

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. Located on the coast of the

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, approximately from the Pacific Highway and from

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, it stretches southwards from just south of the mouth of the Nambucca River to the town of Scotts Head in the south.

History

The area's original inhabitants are the

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people. The town, which had a population of 986 at the is named after the area's first white settler, William Scott. The town has a shopping complex called Scotts Head Central, a bakery, a butchery, a bottle shop, a local fish monger and coffee shop, and a real estate agent. It also has a caravan park with cabins that line the main beach. For recreation, there is a surf-lifesaving club and a bowling club. Scotts Head is the site of a small public school which is attended by around 110 students. In 2010, the town opened the first and only English-

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bilingual school in the country.

Tourism

Scotts Head is popular with surfers because of the headlands projecting into the ocean in three directions, and the choice of two beaches: Little or Back beach, and the main beach stretching to the mouth of the Nambucca River. Scotts Head is known for right handed surf breaks, it is occasionally visited by turtles, and offshore is part of the whale migratory route. The beach areas were the traditional home of the local indigenous tribe, due to once abundant fish stocks and the availability of fresh water from two natural fresh water pools that were located close to the main headland, which is known locally as "the point". According to the 'Guinness Book of Records', Scotts Head boasts the largest variety of reptiles available anywhere in the world in one place, including several varieties of lizards and many of Australia's most poisonous snakes. Brown snakes and Red-bellied black snakes, along with the smaller Death Adder found at the back of the sand dunes along the tracks, can be spotted travelling through the open spaces and parks near to the beaches during their Summer breeding season.

Local media

;Radio Stations :

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(2CS-FM 106.3 and 2MC-FM 106.7), hit (105.5 & 105.1),

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(91.5 & 96.3), 2NVR FM (105.9) :The Nambucca Valley's community radio station, 2NVR 105.9FM, focuses on the Macksville, Bowraville, Scotts Head,

Nambucca Heads Nambucca Heads is a town on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia in the Nambucca Valley. It is located on a ridge, north of the estuary of the Nambucca River near the Pacific Highway. Its population at the was 6,668 (6,314 in t ...

and surrounding communities. ;Newspapers :Midcoast Observer, Hibiscus Happynings, Guardian News. ;Television :ABC, ABC2, SBS, SBS News, Prime Coffs Harbour (Seven), WIN (Ten), NBN (Nine)

Gallery

File:Scotts Head Beach.JPG, Scotts Head Beach in the early morning. File:Scotts Head Beach3.JPG, Looking down the beach towards the headland. File:Scotts Head Beach2.JPG, main beach headland

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* * {{authority control Towns in New South Wales Mid North Coast Coastal towns in New South Wales