Eden sits on Twofold Bay near the far southern end of the New South Wales coast. It is a fishing and timber port, but the reason to stop is older and stranger: for decades local whalers worked with a pod of orcas that drove baleen whales into the bay. That story still gives the town its shape, from the Eden Killer Whale Museum to the headlands where people scan the sea during the spring migration.
The town is small and practical, with most services along Imlay Street and the harbour below. Aslings Beach gives Eden an easy town beach, while Rotary Lookout and the wharf are good places to understand how deep and sheltered Twofold Bay is. In whale season, you do not need much luck to spend half an hour watching the horizon and see a blow.
Eden's best days are split between history and coast. South of town, Beowa National Park protects long, empty shorelines, old whaling places, and the walk from Boyds Tower toward Green Cape Lighthouse. Davidson Whaling Station is quieter than the museum but more haunting, because the cottage and tryworks sit right above the water where the work was done.