Currarong Pools (Currarong Rock Channels), NSW
Natural pools. The only evident man-made improvements are the set of stairs with a handrail leading to the pool and the signboard erected by Shoalhaven City Council. These pools are not far from the wreck of the Merimbula and Currarong is the settlement nearest to the Point Perpendicular lighthouse on Jervis Bay
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Historical notes
Shell middens testify to a lengthy Aboriginal presence on the Beecroft Peninsula.
1899 The Point Perpendicular lighthouse on Jervis Bay was constructed in 1899.
1928 The S.S. Merimbula was wrecked when it ran aground on a rock shelf off Beecroft Headland.
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