It's known as the ultimate bellwether - the seat that for the last 44 years has been won by the party that takes out the whole election.
But the pulse from voters on the street suggests Eden-Monaro is still anyone's game.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited the marginal NSW seat on Monday as the election campaign rolled into its third week.
Accompanied by NSW Premier Mike Baird, he pledged $11 million towards the expansion of the Port of Eden and the redevelopment of Merimbula airport.
He also stopped to meet locals along the way, including a cuddle with 15-week-old puppy Brando.
"You're the famous Brando of Eden," said proud owner Chrissy Millo.
Ms Millo says her vote could swing either way - it depends on who delivers for the development of Eden.
The small business owner says she gave Mr Turnbull a "little jab" about the NBN not coming to her neighbourhood until 2020.
"I really think it's important we have some future plans here, not just everything being promised," she told AAP.
Merimbula local Helen Bielmann says Mr Turnbull definitely has her vote.
"He just looks classier," she told AAP.
"Honestly, I don't even understand half the policies, I just like the way he presents himself."
Not everyone was a fan though, with Mr Turnbull confronted by a couple of unhappy voters.
Local nurse Diane Lang, a self-confessed Labor voter, questioned the prime minister over his government's decision to slash $1.2 billion from aged care in the May budget.
"I'd like to know one of the reasons why you've reduced the funding for complex care needs of people in aged care," she asked.
He assured her aged care spending was rising each year but offered her a meeting with Health Minister Sussan Ley when she was next in town.
Between the aged care cuts and the government's Medicare indexation freeze, Mr Turnbull had failed to win her over.
"Neither of them are good but I know that the Labor party will probably provide better care for Medicare and better social services," she told AAP.
Another unhappy voter held a silent protest against government subsidies for wood chipping in the region, holding a sign above the prime minister's head as he met with locals.
"I thought I probably wouldn't have lasted long if I'd started yelling," Harriet Swift told AAP, adding she typically votes for the Greens.
Eden-Monaro is held by Liberal Peter Hendy who won the seat by a wafer-thin 0.6 per cent at the 2013 election, although a recent redistribution would give the coalition a more favourable margin.
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