Mogo

Mogo is a small town of 322 (2016) in the Eurobodalla region of New South Wales. It was established during the gold rush.

Get in and around

The town is along the Princes Highway (A1), 9 km (5.6 mi) south from Batemans Bay and 16 km (9.9 mi) north of Moruya. You will need to bring a car with you as there's little public transport in this very car-centric part of NSW.

While you can use the 700-1 bus route, Mogo's attractions are outside the town centre meaning you will need a car to visit these attractions (unless you're willing to walk at least 2 kilometres on highways without footpaths).

See

• 1 Mogo Wildlife Park (Mogo Zoo), 222 Tomakin Rd, ☏ +61 2 9622 1644, info@austwp.com.au. Daily 9AM–4PM. The town's main attraction may not be a very large zoo, but it does contain some unusually exotic species such as the red panda (only found in Nepal and Tibet), snow leopard (primarily found in Hemis National Park in Ladakh), or the black-and-white ruffed lemur (only found in pockets in Madagascar). In fact, the zoo is unusually unique among rural Australian zoos in the sense that this zoo's exclusive focus is on exotic, endangered species, not animals in general. (updated Sep 2022)
• 2 Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden, Deep Creek Dam Rd, ☏ +61 2 4471 2544, contact@erbg.org.au. W–Su 9AM–4PM (closed M Tu). Located halfway between Mogo town centre and Batemans Bay, this mid-sized regional botanic garden contains many plants from the Eurobodalla and Shoalhaven regions. Much of it was destroyed during the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires, but some gardens and the visitor's centre remain. (updated Sep 2022)

Do

• Mossy Point Boat Shed, Mossy Point Boat Shed (10 minutes drive from Mogo). 7am -2pm in summer. Hire kayaks from one hour to multi day and paddle in the Tomaga River estuary with mangroves, water birds and perhaps stingrays. Mossy Point village is a very quiet and heavily treed part of the South Coast, a delight to visit. (updated Dec 2024)

Eat

A Mogo cafe

• 1 Grumpy & Sweetheart's, 36 Sydney St, ☏ +61 2 4474 3263. Tu–F 7AM–2:30PM; Sa Su 9AM–2:30PM. (updated Sep 2022)
• 2 Mogo Pies, 46 Sydney St, ☏ +61 2 4408 4011. (updated Sep 2022)

Sleep

• Jaguar Stay, 312 Tomakin Rd, ☏ +61 414 687 274. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 11AM. (updated Sep 2022)