Scotts Head

History

The area's original inhabitants are the Gumbaynggirr people. The town, which had a population of 986 at the is named after the area's first white settler, William Scott. The town has a shopping complex called Scotts Head Central, a bakery, a butchery, a bottle shop, a local fish monger and coffee shop, and a real estate agent. It also has a caravan park with cabins that line the main beach. For recreation, there is a surf-lifesaving club and a bowling club. Scotts Head is the site of a small public school which is attended by around 110 students. In 2010, the town opened the first and only English-Indonesian bilingual school in the country.

Most-observed species

• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  2,437
• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  1,803
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  1,695
• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  1,655
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,651
• Masked Lapwing

  Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  1,450
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,364
• Little Wattlebird

  Anthochaera chrysoptera (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  1,349