Exploring Inconspicuous Cabins: A guided walking tour in Sydney’s Royal National Park
Discover Era Beach’s cabin community within the Royal National Park on a guided walking tour. The community is an important and rare surviving piece of NSW's social history. Learn about its past of self-regulation, later influenced by external agencies and tenure. Free admission, lunch, and Q&A.
Step into the past on this guided walking tour of the Era Beach cabin community nestled along Sydney’s Royal National Park (RNP) coast. Discover the recreational pastimes that connected Sydney and the Illawarra regions.
Our guided walking tour offers an exceptional experience, allowing exclusive access inside these curious cabins. Learn about the unique history and construction and have all your questions answered by cabin licensees.
Era’s cabins have a significant history and connection for various groups. They are burial sites for the Dharawal peoples and hold long-standing connections with prominent artists like Max Dupain, Hal Missingham, Margret Olley, David Moore, and Reg Mombasa (also known as Chris O’Doherty).
Enjoy a free lunch at Era Beach Surf Club, which boasts strong ties with NSW’s surf lifesaving movement.
Explore the interconnected history and an early 20th-century lifestyle set in the remarkable RNP.