New Brighton, New South Wales
New Brighton, New South Wales, is a small town located north-west of Ocean Shores. It includes a soccer field home to the Shores United Soccer Club and is very close to the Ocean Shores Public School located in North Ocean Shores. At the 2016 census, New Brighton had a population of 356 people. Geography. New Brighton is located in the short north of Ocean Shores, New South Wales. It lies within vast bushland and sits between the sandy stretch of the Pacific coast and the banks of Marshalls Creek. History. Originally inhabited by the  Aboriginal Bundjalung people, the town of what is today New Brighton was originally called North Beach. On 6 May 1849, during its encounter with a fierce cyclone, the schooner "Swift", led by Captain Robb, en route from Brisbane to Sydney, was capsized and drifted to a beach north of present-day New Brighton. In the 1960s, New Brighton appeared on a postcard as advertisement for a tourist destination. Today it is a small coastal town whose luxury houses are in short distance to a stretch of scenic gold sand beach where surfing is a popular recreation. In the 2010s, New  Brighton was declared 95 percent free of fossils. Attractions. New Brighton is a small beachside town with fewer holiday houses and sits close to a scenic coastal stretch of wide sandy beaches with clear turquoise waters. A large section of the beach is dog friendly.