Black Head, New South Wales

Black Head
Girriwa (Worimi)
New South Wales
Black Head Beach
Black Head
Coordinates32°4′18″S 152°32′47″E / 32.07167°S 152.54639°E / -32.07167; 152.54639
Postcode(s)2430
LGA(s)MidCoast Council
State electorate(s)Myall Lakes
Federal division(s)Lyne

Black Head, also known as Gearywah (Worimi: Girriwa), is a locality in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is between the towns of Taree and Forster, and is 79 kilometres (49 mi) south of Port Macquarie.

Black Head Beach has won awards, and it is patrolled during the summer. The Black Head Surf Lifesaving Club overlooks the beach.

There are cafés and a supermarket. Away from the beach there are coastal landforms, including the headland of Black Head, and rare tracts of littoral rainforest.