Wollongong is located on the coast of N.S.W. 80km south of Sydney and 238km north of Canberra. At its heart is the highly industrialised Port Kembla. This is a heavy industrial steel-making town, and is the seventh largest town in Australia. At the same time these urban/industrial areas are surrounded by beautiful country side, both coastal and mountain.
The approach from the north is either through the Great Dividing Range or through the Royal National Park by way of Audley. The route takes in some beautiful coastline. Bald Hill lookout, where there is a memorial for Lawrence Hargrave (the man on the twenty dollar note) is now a popular spot to hang-glide. The approach from the south takes in rolling coastal plains and equally impressive ocean views.
The city itself offers a pretty little harbour and a historic lighthouse (dating from 1872), good surfing beaches, foreshore parks and Lake Illawarra which is good for prawning, fishing and sailing.
The surrounding countryside has any number of easily accessible places for seeing natural bushland or wildlife. Indeed it is boasted that you can walk from any beach to the fringes of a national park within fifteen minutes.
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