Bomaderry offers housing for people on a variety of budgets. Overall, it is a good place to live, but BEWARE of the STINK! There is a large factory (Manildra) on the right side of Bolong Road just outside of Bomaderry as you head towards Shoalhaven Heads (it's the one with all the metal tanks and pipes in it).
Nowra itself isn't a great place to live. I also don't think there are any mines down there. Unemployment is high and some suburb you just wouldn't live in. But if you want a gorgeous coastal lifestyle 15minutes away in either directions there are beautiful areas to live.
The fire at Jervis Bay has been downgraded to Advice as conditions ease. Firefighters will be backburning overnight where conditions are suitable. If you're in the area, you will see an increase in fire and smoke while backburning is carried out. There's no immediate threat to properties.
(CNN) The Australian state of New South Wales is officially free from bushfires for the first time in more than 240 days, according to the area's fire service. Now, all bushfires in the state have been extinguished.
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The RFS said five homes have been destroyed in Kangaroo Valley, the idyllic farming and tourism region south-west of Sydney, and it has warned that figure could yet climb. Some residents of the Kangaroo Valley area were forced to flee when the intensity of the fire reached homes up in the hills.
Eastern Australia is one of the most fire-prone regions of the world, and its predominant eucalyptus forests have evolved to thrive on the phenomenon of bushfire.
Sydney smoke
The smoke haze has returned to Sydney this morning and air quality is double the levels required to be "hazardous" in the east and "very poor" in the west. After a few days of reprieve, a wind change has blown the smoke back over Sydney from the mammoth fires on the South Coast.The bushfire affected Southern Highlands has reopened for business after bushfires burnt through the region. From south of Warragamba, Picton, and Wingello to the towns of Mittagong, Bowral and Moss Vale, people are being urged to visit.
Come visit another time. Jervis Bay itself doesn't seem to be at risk of being directly hit, but the road could close at any time. It's best to stay away.
“Bushfires have caused very low foot traffic in Berry, severely impacting businesses,” the Empty Esky account posted. “They have taken a massive hit, with a drop in customers since the fires started.” And then there's Merimbula, on the Sapphire Coast of NSW, that Sydneysiders can drive to via Canberra.
