Pick up your THRIFTY MEDIUM SEDAN rental car either at the Sydney Airport Depot or Sydney City Depot.
Depart Sydney and travel south on the Princes Highway through the city of Wollongong to reach the pretty coastal town of Kiama . A stop here is worthwhile to view the Blow Hole. A stop is also suggested at the delightful little town of Berry , further south of Kiama. From Berry you may wish to make a short detour inland to view scenic Minnamurra Falls and take a stroll through the rainforest here.
Departing Berry , continue south on the Princes Highway through the town of Nowra . From Nowra a detour to the coast to visit beautiful Jervis Bay is recommended. Departing Nowra, continue on to reach Ulladulla. Your overnight accommodation is at the Pigeon House Motor Inn . This drive is approximately 240km without detours from the Princes Highway .

WOLLONGONG is colloquially known as 'the Gong' and was Australia 's first country municipality and is now the third largest city in New South Wales . Wollongong has a reputation of being 'smog city', largely due to the proximity of Port Kembla - a steel producing centre since 1928. The local lighthouse was built in 1872, the Illawarra Historical Society Museum has a Victorian parlor, Mount Kembla Village has a pioneer kitchen, blacksmith's shop, original miners' huts and a reconstruction of a tragic mining disaster in 1902.
KIAMA's name is thought to derive from the Aboriginal "kiaram-a" (meaning 'where the sea makes a noise'). Tourists flock to see the blowhole, which shoots water into the air up to a height of 60 meters. Also popular, are the National Trust-classified row of restored timber terrace cottages in Collins Street, which now house craft and antique shops.

BERRY is a historic town, which occupies part of what was a 28,300 hectare property owned by Alexander Berry in the early nineteenth century. The National Trust has classified many of Berry 's buildings, including the Bunyip Inn, a historic guesthouse that dates from 1889, when it was a bank building. The Coolangatta Historic Village Resort is housed in cottages once used by convicts. Berry has many antique shops, a museum, art galleries and good restaurants which draw people in to town.

NOWRA is a bustling centre for the Shoalhaven district, an area given to dairying, vegetable growing and timber milling. Nowra has a lot to offer the visitor including surfing, tranquil lakeside beaches, offshore and river fishing and Meroogal, anhistoric home built in 1886 which is open for public inspection. Nowra also has an excellent historic museum.

ULLADULLA is a major tourist centre of the south coast. There is much to see around the harbor and wharf where trawlers of the fishing fleet are anchored in the harbor. Each Easter Sunday, the traditional Blessing of the Fleet Ceremony is conducted on the harbor breakwater. This is a religious custom, which has been performed by the Italian fisherman for many generations, and there is a great carnival atmosphere around this time. There are also many great diving locations around the area, and typical of resort towns along the South Coast , Ulladulla is surrounded by many beautiful beaches - Mollymook, Lake Conjola and Bendalong.

Depart Ulladulla and continue traveling south along the Princes Highway , passing through the pretty coastal resort towns of Batemans Bay and Narooma. At the town of Tilba Tilba (just south of Narooma), a short detour to the pretty holiday and fishing township of Bermagui is suggested.
Returning to the Princes Highway , pass through the town of Bega to arrive at Eden where your overnight accommodation is at the COACHMAN'S REST MOTOR INN. This drive is approximately 245 km.
BATEMANS BAY is situated on the mouth of the Clyde River , which boasts very pure water - the local oysters are excellent, as is the fishing. The local lakes of Durras, Coila and Tuross are popular for aquatic activities. Lake Coila is also famous for its prawns. Nearby Pigeon House Mountain in Morton National Park is renowned among bushwalkers, and there are walking trails like the Corn Trail, which follows the route down the Clyde Mountain used by the early settlers to bring produce to the coast.

BERMAGUI is an angler's paradise. The reason why those looking for black marlin and yellowfin tuna are almost invariably successful is because the continental shelf is closes to the mainland here, so there is great fishing just off the shoreline. Bushwalking is also a favorite pastime at nearby Wallaga Lake - the biggest in New South Wales and a significant breeding area for black swans.
EDEN has a population of around 4000 people and is situated on Twofold Bay . A former whaling station, it is now deep water fishing port, and the fishing and timber industries are of the utmost importance to the survival of the town. The town's Killer Whale Museum gives an overview of Eden 's history. The Ben Boyd National Park flanks Twofold Bay to the north with its famous Red Cliffs, and to the south bordering historic Boyd's Tower.

Depart Eden on the Princes Highway and travel via the towns of Bellbird Creek, Orbost and Nowa Nowa to arrive at your overnight accommodation in Lakes entrance. Your overnight accommodation is at the QUALITY INN BELLEVUE. This drive is approximately 240 km via the Princes Highway .
ORBOST is a timber town which sits high in the forested mountains that support its main industry. Much of the area is protected as parkland and the Rainforest Centre run by the Conservation Department details the intrinsic value of the temperate rainforests found in the area. North of Orbost the Snowy River National Park offers excellent walking tracks and the Snowy River is popular with rafters and canoeists. Errinundra National Park further east is a plateau that is home to a magnificent cool temperate rainforest which features raised walking platforms and information boards. The Slab Hut Information Centre on the edge of town was built by John Moore in 1872 and provides a wealth of information on the township of Orbost and the surrounding area.

LAKES ENTRANCE is at the entrance to the Gippsland Lakes , Australia 's largest inland water system. It is a popular holiday destination with wonderful beaches as well as a spectacular hinterland with mountains, rivers and forests. Wildlife in the area includes dolphins, water birds, kangaroos, wombats and koalas. The artificial entrance of the lakes to the ocean was completed in 1889, and there are still visible signs of the equipment used to bring logs and rocks from the inland for the construction. A short walk across the footbridge brings you to the Entrance and Bass Strait , with Ninety Mile Beach stretching away into the distance.