Wollongong - Illawarra Area

WOLLONGONG - NEW SOUTH WALES - 2500
	Population: 292,000 Height above sea level: 6m Latitude: -34.2550 Longitude: 150.5400 Location: 85km south of Sydney Highway: Princes Hwy (1) Nearest Major Town: Wollongong Nearest Airport: Wollongong Touring Area: Southern Highlands - Illawarra

Wollongong takes its name from the aboriginal word for 'Sound of the Sea' it is home to a large fishing fleet and has a picturesque harbour and a lighthouse with sandy beaches.
it is Australia's seventh largest city and the commercial centre of the south coast. Bounded by Mt Keira and Mt Kembla and the escarpment to the west, it spreads along the coast with the Port Kembla steelworks to the south.
In the 1920's author D.H. Lawrence stayed in Thirroul, just north of the city and a little further north is the extensive Royal National Park which buffers Sydney from the south coast.
There is plenty to see and do in the Illawarra region and day trips from Wollongong to the pretty towns of the southern highlands, the Morton National Park, Fitzroy Falls and the Bradman Oval and Museum are easy.

PLACES OF INTEREST:

Articles Fine Art Gallery Lawrence Hargrave Dve, Stanwell Park

Makers Market Wollongong City Plaza.

Wollongong City Gallery Cnr. Kembla & Burelli Sts.

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INFORMATION CENTRE:
Wollongong Vistors Centre
93 Crown St., Wollongong. NSW 2500
Ph: 02 4228 0300
Open Mon. - Fri. 9am to 5pm. sat 9am - 4pm., Sundays & public hols. 10am - 4pm.

HOW TO GET THERE:
By road, rail or coach from Sydney.
Through Robertson along the Illawarra Hwy from the Southern Highlands.