Ulladulla

Ulladulla is a coastal town on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia, built around a small harbor on the Tasman Sea. It forms one urban area with the neighboring towns of Milton, Mollymook and Narrawallee.

The Yuin people lived on this coast long before Europeans came, and the name Ulladulla is the modern spelling of a word of their language whose meaning is not known; it was once corrupted to Holy Dollar. The Reverend Thomas Kendall became the first European settler of the district in 1828, cutting red cedar along the creeks north of present-day Milton. Timber, dairy farming and fishing later supported the settlement, and the harbor sheltered the boats of the town.

Fishing boats still work from the harbor, and their catch is sold at the fishermen's cooperative on the wharf. The Blessing of the Fleet, started by Italian fishing families of the town, is held each Easter with a procession of decorated boats in the harbor.

Didhol, formerly called Pigeon House Mountain, rises in the Budawang Range west of the town; James Cook sighted it from the sea in 1770, and it has been given back its Yuin name. Morton National Park covers the sandstone plateaus and gorges of the range behind the coast. Mollymook Beach, a long surf beach north of the harbor, is lined by a golf course and holiday houses. Murramarang National Park, along the coast to the south, protects beaches where kangaroos graze on the grass above the sand.