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Dulcie’s Cottage in Merimbula.

Dulcie’s Cottage

Burgers and craft beers served in a 100-year-old weatherboard cottage.

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Neil and Harry Breen glamping in Merimbula.

Son’s guilt trip worked: glamping is now our go-to holiday

Strolls to the beach, pizza, pinball and air-conditioned comfort: a seaside break doesn’t get much better than that.

  • Neil Breen
Sunny’s Kiosk is perched on the water in Merimbula.
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Sunny’s Kiosk

Casual eats, artisan wine and blissed-out views.

Grilled beef tongue skewers with tonnato at Bar Superette.
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Bar Superette

Open day to night for small plates and big energy.

Valentina’s cosy, modern dining room.

Valentina

Romantic, refined and refreshingly unpretentious.

The bar’s bistro menu is a drawcard on weekends.
14.5/20

The regional wine bar with a menu so good, I should have booked an extra night

I was not expecting a full bistro menu with too many beaut-sounding things to try. Nice one, Bar Superette.

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An artist’s impression of No.1 Church Street in Dubbo, a 15-storey apartment building that is under construction.

High-rise in country NSW points to new way of bush living

Big houses among the gum trees dominate the streetscape in regional towns and villages. But that’s about to change.

  • Catherine Naylor
The recently inaugurated Wharf to Wharf walk will take you 27 kilometres north to Tathra if you're up for it.

Merimbula, NSW: Is this the most underestimated seaside getaway in NSW?

Merimbula is far enough from Sydney and Melbourne that it has avoided short-break busyness and big-city pretensions.

  • Brian Johnston
Woodbine Park Eco Cabins near Merimbula.

‘I didn’t think it was possible’: Why bush holidays could become a thing of the past

Popular tourist destinations across the country are in a battle for their survival as insurers flee the industry en masse.

  • Carrie Fellner