Spring Creek opens onto the south end of Bombo Beach, Kiama.
From the 1870s, the Boles family operated a dairy known as ‘Glenbrook Farm’ in the Spring Creek valley. The business lasted for 100 years. In the early 1900s their neighbours included a Chinese family, who operated a market garden along either side of Spring Creek.
The demand for coastal land for housing has resulted in some farms in the Kiama area being subdivided. The area now known as Spring Creek Wetlands was also subject to a housing development proposal; however, most of the land was deemed unsuitable due to periodic flooding. Kiama Municipal Council agreed to purchase the land (early 1980s?) and reserve a large portion of it for public use. In 1992, work commenced to help protect the catchment and provide a better environment for wildlife.
Today you can walk along the banks of Spring Creek to the lagoon through a variety of regenerating bushland and enjoy the birdlife from a constructed hide.
Chinese market gardens alongside Spring Creek, early 1900s
Looking towards the Bombo Cemetery with Evans Place recently constructed, circa 1980s
Aerial view of Evans Place and Spring Creek,c.1980s.
Entrance to Dido Street (above Spring Creek), possibly the 1970s.