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An aerial view of an Oasis class cruise ship.

World’s biggest cruise ships to dock at Eden under NSW government plan

The southern NSW cruise industry will be dramatically expanded under a state government proposal to attract some of the world’s largest ships to the Sapphire coast.

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Benjamin Boyd, 1796-1851, portrait, c1830s by unknown artist.

Ben Boyd National Park to be renamed over slave trade links

The national park’s new name will reflect local Aboriginal heritage following a review into the colonial landowner Ben Boyd’s background.

  • Tim Barlass
Disaster Bay in Ben Boyd National Park, Green Cape.

Seahorse Inn, NSW Sapphire Coast: A beautiful place with a horrible history

A beautiful beachfront inn on the NSW Sapphire Coast has a fascinating story to tell – but whose version is perhaps all in the name.

  • Julie Miller
Ben Boyd National Park was named at at time when Ben Boyd was being hailed as a early settler.

Ben Boyd needs to be remembered - but does his name need to be on a national park?

Ben Boyd is a part of our history but Aboriginal people had their own place names long before he arrived.

  • Marion Diamond
Ben Boyd National Park.

Historic Boydtown set to be renamed due to ‘blackbirding’ links

The owners of historic Boydtown near Eden on the NSW South Coast are planning to change its name because of associations with the slave-trader Ben Boyd.

  • Tim Barlass
Merimbula Beach. Merimbula is the only NSW region to be targeted in the federal government's plan for half-price flights.

Merimbula region things to do: Off the beaten track on the Sapphire Coast

You can fly direct from Sydney and Melbourne to the coastal region that will be boosted by half-price flights.

  • Ute Junker
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Above: secluded and peaceful Cattle Bay at Eden on the NSW Sapphire Coast.

Sapphire Coast, NSW travel guide: Things to do in this gem of a region

With beautiful beaches, charming country towns and activities the whole family will enjoy, the charming Sapphire Coast of NSW beckons.

  • Tatyana Leonov
The Edron Bay Chip Mill, owned by Allied Natural Wood Exports in Eden.

South Coast town that lived on fish and 'chips' reels as warship waits to help

The chips are woodchips, and tens of thousands of tonnes of them are burning at the Edrom Bay chip mill in Eden.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Residents along the South Coast who were forced to evacuate last week have been told they can return home.

'Not out of the woods yet': Evacuated South Coast residents return home

As residents from South Coast towns began making their way home, the death toll from the bushfires climbed to 20 with the discovery of a man's body on a property near Narooma.

  • Laura Chung
Plumes of smoke from a fire in Tallaganda State Forest, about 50km south-east of Canberra.

Man charged with bushfire arson as NSW braces for worsening conditions

The number of fires burning in NSW has more than doubled since the start of the week, mostly due to lightning strikes.

  • Jenny Noyes

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