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Region in New South Wales, Australia
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Wedged between beach and mountains, the Illawarra is a coastal region in the state of New South Wales. This chain of laidback beach towns, anchored by the city of Wollongong, has lots of outdoor recreation and a quieter pace of life than nearby Sydney.
By train
The Illawarra region is served by train on the South Coast Line (SCO) from Bondi Junction down south via Central (Sydney CBD) and Sutherland Shire and terminates at Kiama; from the south, a separate…
By car
From Sydney, the A1 Prices Highway or the A6 Heathcote Road and the M1 Prices Motorway (formerly NR 1 Southern Freeway) run down south and takes about an hour for the northern sections of the…
By bus
If you're coming from south-western Sydney, you can catch the 887 bus from Campbelltown to Wollongong train station, via Appin and the University of Wollongong.
There are public bus services, but buses only really operate around the Wollongong area with few services outside it, and the few are usually connecting buses to the southern suburbs of Sydney.
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the main population centre of the Illawarra.
contains Australia's first Hindu temple.
small quaint coastal town.
a largely industrial city.
picturesque town on the cliffs with the largest blowhole in the world
like Kiama, but less crowded and no blowhole.
standing between Sydney's southerly sprawl and the Illawarra.
former mining area, now a popular weekend destination from Sydney
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