Illawara Travel Guide
Illawara accommodation, Illawara activities and attractions, Illawara maps, transportation to and around Illawara - the ALL NEW Jasons Illawara Destination Travel Guide is your complete visitor guide for Illawara.
The Illawarra region encompasses the beaches, lakes and the coastline from Shoalhaven River to Stanwell Park, and the mountain wilderness, country towns, parks and gardens of the Southern Highlands.
Wollongong is the region's commercial heart, with all the tourist facilities to match its magnificent surf beaches.
Stanwell Park is a popular hang-gliding spot, while the string of refurbished mining villages to the south offers boutique accommodation and sweeping views from the cliffs.
Kiama, once a timber port, is famous for its blowhole, and provides access to Budderoo National Park where an elevated boardwalk takes visitors through the rare remnant Minamurra Rainforest. The Southern Highlands offers English-style rolling green countryside, a pleasantly cool climate and a collection of quaint villages including
Bowral,
Moss Vale,
Berrima and
Mittagong, which are all renowned for their fine early colonial buildings and spring gardens. Within the wild Morton National Park are easy walking trails to
Fitzroy Falls, which drop 80m over the escarpment. In the same area at
Kangaroo Valley is Hampden Bridge, Australia’s oldest surviving medieval-style suspension bridge.