Back Forest
Back Forest is a hamlet in Shoalhaven, New South Wales and has about 73 residents. Back Forest is situated nearby to the hamlet Numbaa, as well as near Bolong.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Coolangatta.
Mount Coolangatta
Peak
Photo: MichaelJanos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coolangatta Mountain, also known as Cullunghutti, is a small mountain rising from the Shoalhaven River Plain in New South Wales. It rises to about 300 metres above sea level and is not open to the public. Mount Coolangatta is situated 3½ km east of Back Forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coolangatta and Bomaderry.
Coolangatta
Hamlet
Coolangatta is an historic area in Australia, on the north shore of the Shoalhaven River on the New South Wales south coast. Coolangatta is situated 4 km east of Back Forest.
Bomaderry
Town
Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bomaderry is a suburb in the City of Shoalhaven local government area in New South Wales, Australia. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 6,738 people. Bomaderry is situated 6 km west of Back Forest.
Nowra and Bomaderry
Photo: awilson154, CC BY 2.0.
Nowra is a town on the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales situated on the Shoalhaven River 163 km south of Sydney. With a population 29,000 Nowra is the chief administrative and business centre in the Shoalhaven City municipality, and a regional centre for tourism.
Back Forest
- Type: Hamlet with 73 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.84874° or 34° 50′ 56″ southLongitude
150.67852° or 150° 40′ 43″ eastPopulation
73Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
4RQG5M2H+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 2463414971OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
11747821
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