Forster-Tuncurry - Fast Facts

Forster-Tuncurry
Twin towns on either side of Wallis Lake. Popular holiday resort.
Forster and Tuncurry, located 312 km north of Sydney, are two coastal towns which are now essentially one conglomerate urban mass separated by a very large concrete bridge. They sit on opposite sides of the entrance to Wallis Lake which is 26 km long. Thus the two towns are fronted by the ocean to the east and the lake to the west. The combined population is currently 24 000. The endangered bird species, the little tern, breeds on two of the lake's many islets.

Forster-Tuncurry is a very typical holiday resort with all the strengths (lots of accommodation, plenty of places to eat takeaway food and local seafood, good fishing, surfing and swimming areas, a casual atmosphere) and weaknesses (it looks as though it was built three weeks ago, there are plenty of three-storey apartment blocks and little intimacy) that such resorts have.