Wollongong
Heading south, Wollongong starts where Sydney finishes. It is the third largest city in New South Wales behind Sydney and Newcastle and is thinly wedged on a coastal plain between an escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, in the Illawarra region. Wikivoyage
Population 261,896 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Illawarra Historical Society Inc & Illawarra Museum Museum · 320 m
- The Old Court House Museum · 330 m
- Remembrance Garden Memorial · 410 m
- Ted Tobin OAM Observation Deck Attraction · 540 m
- Sporulation Gallery · 570 m
- Wollongong Art Gallery Gallery · 590 m
- Breakwater Lookout Viewpoint · 600 m
- Vietnam War Memorial Monument · 610 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Eating nearby
All 22 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Station St opp Wollongong Station 1.3 km
- Wollongong 1.3 km
- North Wollongong 1.4 km
- Coniston 2.3 km
- Fairy Meadow 3.0 km
- Towradgi 4.2 km
More train stations: Lysaghts 4.3 km, Corrimal 5.1 km, Cringila 5.4 km, Port Kembla North 5.8 km
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