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The Bega Valley Rally is one of the main car rallies held in Australia and has a history dating from the 1960s when it evolved from the Snowy Mountains Rally. It has been centred in the New South Wales town of Bega since 1973 and uses roads and forestry tracks in the Southern NSW/Victorian Border Region. [1]
| Year | Name of Rally | Driver | Vehicle |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Rothmans Snowy Rally | Barry Ferguson | Volkswagen |
| 1969 | Rothmans Snowy Rally | Evan Green | Austin 1800 |
| 1970 | Cibie Snowy Rally | Bob Watson | Renault Gordini |
| 1971 | Snowy Mountains Rally | Colin Bond | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 |
| 1972 | Snowy Mountains Rally | Colin Bond | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 |
| 1973 | Bega Valley Rally | Peter Lang | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 |
| 1974 | Bega Valley Rally | Stewart McLeod | Datsun 260Z |
| 1975 | Bega Valley Rally | Colin Bond | Holden Torana SL/R5000 |
| 1976 | Ampol Bega Valley Rally | Ross Dunkerton | Datsun 240Z |
| 1977 | Ampol Bega Valley Rally | Greg Carr | Ford Escort RS2000 |
| 1978 | Ampol Bega Valley Rally | Greg Carr | Ford Escort |
| 1979 | Ampol Bega Valley Rally | Colin Bond | Ford Escort RS2000 |
| 1980 | Ampol Bega Valley Rally | George Fury | Datsun Stanza |
| 1981 | Bega Valley Rally | Geoff Portman | Datsun Stanza |
| 1985 | Bega Valley Rally | Hugh Bell | Mazda RX7 |
| 1986 | Bega Valley Rally | David Eadie | Datsun 1600 |
| 1987 | Bega Valley Rally | David Eadie | Mazda 323 4WD |
| 1988 | Bega Valley Rally | David Eadie | Mazda 323 4WD |
| 1990 | Bega Valley Rally | Michael Thompson | Subaru RX Turbo |
Biamanga National Park is a protected area in New South Wales, Australia, 408 km (254 mi) south of Sydney and 40 km (25 mi) north of Bega. The park forms part of the Ulladulla to Merimbula Important Bird Area because of its importance for swift parrots.
Tathra is a seaside town on the Sapphire Coast found on the South Coast, New South Wales, Australia. As of the 2016 census census, Tathra had a population of 1,675.
The Bega Valley Shire is a local government area located adjacent to the south-eastern coastline of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was formed in 1981 with the amalgamation of the Municipality of Bega, Imlay Shire and Mumbulla Shire, with its name deriving from the town of Bega. The shire is also known as the Sapphire Coast for tourism and marketing purposes. During the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, the area was devastated by fire, with 448 houses being destroyed by fire and approximately 365,000 hectares burned, which is 58% of the Shire's total land mass.
Bega is a town in the south-east of New South Wales, Australia, in the Bega Valley Shire. It is the economic centre for the Bega Valley.
Bega is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Michael Holland of the Labor Party.
The South Coast refers to the narrow coastal belt from the Shoalhaven district in the north to the state border with Victoria in the south in the south-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia. It is bordered to the west by the coastal escarpment of the Southern Tablelands, and is largely covered by a series of national parks, namely Jervis Bay National Park, Eurobodalla National Park, and Beowa National Park. To the east is the coastline of the Pacific Ocean, which is characterised by rolling farmlands, small towns and villages along a rocky coastline, interspersed by numerous beaches and lakes.
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Cobargo is a village in the south-east area of the state of New South Wales in Australia in Bega Valley Shire. At the 2016 census, Cobargo had a population of 776 people. It is 386 km south of Sydney on the Princes Highway between Narooma and Bega. The town suffered heavy losses during the 2019 bushfires.
Bega may refer to:
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2EC is a radio station broadcasting to the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia, specifically the local government areas of Eurobodalla and Bega Valley. It is owned by East Coast Radio Pty. Ltd, which is a subsidiary of ARN.
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Bega, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1988 to the present.
The 1976 Australian Rally Championship was a series of six rallying events held across Australia. It was the ninth season in the history of the competition.
Quaama is a village in the Bega Valley Shire, in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The village is located along the Princes Highway between Cobargo and Brogo, 30 km north of the town of Bega. It had a resident population of 281 at the 2016 Census.
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The 2018 Tathra bushfire was a bushfire that burned between 18 and 19 March 2018 and primarily affected parts of the South Coast region in the Australian state of New South Wales. The fire, understood to have been caused by a failure in electrical infrastructure, began in the locality of Reedy Swamp, near Tarraganda, which spread east towards Tathra in the municipality of the Bega Valley Shire.
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