Guidebook for Wollongong

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Guidebook for Wollongong

Parks & Nature

Lovely views of Wollongong. Nice walks, picnic areas, easy 10min drive from home.
74 localnici recomandă
Priveliște spre Muntele Keira
Queen Elizabeth Drive
74 localnici recomandă
Lovely views of Wollongong. Nice walks, picnic areas, easy 10min drive from home.
This is only a couple of minutes drive away and is a lovely park to wander around. There are ducks to feed in the pond, a lovely rose garden, a cactus garden, beautiful trees, huge lawns and lovely flower gardens.
67 localnici recomandă
Grădina Botanică Wollongong
40 Murphys Ave
67 localnici recomandă
This is only a couple of minutes drive away and is a lovely park to wander around. There are ducks to feed in the pond, a lovely rose garden, a cactus garden, beautiful trees, huge lawns and lovely flower gardens.
All the beaches around Wollongong are lovely.
36 localnici recomandă
Wollongong North Beach
Cliff Road
36 localnici recomandă
All the beaches around Wollongong are lovely.
A pretty park that is a local secret.
Rhododendron Park
46 Parrish Ave
A pretty park that is a local secret.
It's a beautiful spot for a nature walk.
177 localnici recomandă
Centrul Minnamurra Rainforest
345 Minnamurra Falls Rd
177 localnici recomandă
It's a beautiful spot for a nature walk.
Great blowhole. Lovely to walk along the coast as well.
29 localnici recomandă
Farul Kiama
Blowhole Point Road
29 localnici recomandă
Great blowhole. Lovely to walk along the coast as well.
A great way to experience the canopy of the trees.
139 localnici recomandă
Illawarra Fly Treetop Adventures
182 Knights Hill Rd
139 localnici recomandă
A great way to experience the canopy of the trees.

Arts & Culture

Largest temple grounds in southern hemisphere. It's like being in China or Taiwan. Monks everywhere, terrific food, lovely tea house, beautiful temple.
50 localnici recomandă
Templul Fo Guang Shan Nan Tien
180 Berkeley Rd
50 localnici recomandă
Largest temple grounds in southern hemisphere. It's like being in China or Taiwan. Monks everywhere, terrific food, lovely tea house, beautiful temple.

Food Scene

A great spot to have coffee or brunch before or after a walk on the beach.
58 localnici recomandă
Diggies Cafe
1 Cliff Rd
58 localnici recomandă
A great spot to have coffee or brunch before or after a walk on the beach.
A great place to stuff yourself with food. A huge budget priced buffet with some quality offerings like delicious steamed fish and prawns. This place is always brimming with locals and tourists. A good family place to eat when everyone wants something different.
Julianna's Buffet Restaurant
61 Church St
A great place to stuff yourself with food. A huge budget priced buffet with some quality offerings like delicious steamed fish and prawns. This place is always brimming with locals and tourists. A good family place to eat when everyone wants something different.
A classy buffet in the stylish setting of the 4 or 5 star Novotel Hotel. Go here for a ladies lunch.
Windjammers Restaurant
2-14 Cliff Rd
A classy buffet in the stylish setting of the 4 or 5 star Novotel Hotel. Go here for a ladies lunch.
This Indian restaurant is always good. Great food, service and prices are reasonable for the atmosphere and top location near the beach.
11 localnici recomandă
Mango Tree Cafe & Restaurant
22 Cliff Rd
11 localnici recomandă
This Indian restaurant is always good. Great food, service and prices are reasonable for the atmosphere and top location near the beach.
This is a great budget place to buy groceries. It has a distinct continental feel with a great deli and the best bread in Wollongong. It's truly multicultural. The fruit and veg is really good value.
15 localnici recomandă
Leisure Coast Fruit Market & Deli
75 Princes Hwy
15 localnici recomandă
This is a great budget place to buy groceries. It has a distinct continental feel with a great deli and the best bread in Wollongong. It's truly multicultural. The fruit and veg is really good value.
"At Coledale Market you stroll around ready to receive. And receive you usually do, if you can stop talking to the other customers long enough to rifle through the stalls of pre loved clothes, books, earrings, crockery, paintings, beautiful handmade knits and soaps. If you can withstand the scent of curry and coffee, fresh bread & cakes, you can get some serious shopping done. This is the kind of market I love-- one which celebrates the handmade, home-cooked and recycled.” - Kerry O’Connor Coledale School Markets run on the 4th Sunday of every month from 9 AM to 3 PM, on the grounds of the Coledale Public School
Coledale Public School
699 Lawrence Hargrave Dr
"At Coledale Market you stroll around ready to receive. And receive you usually do, if you can stop talking to the other customers long enough to rifle through the stalls of pre loved clothes, books, earrings, crockery, paintings, beautiful handmade knits and soaps. If you can withstand the scent of curry and coffee, fresh bread & cakes, you can get some serious shopping done. This is the kind of market I love-- one which celebrates the handmade, home-cooked and recycled.” - Kerry O’Connor Coledale School Markets run on the 4th Sunday of every month from 9 AM to 3 PM, on the grounds of the Coledale Public School
Fresh fish, overlooking the sea, great prices, delicious food. Fun to go for a walk afterwards.
16 localnici recomandă
Bombora Seafood Restaurant
2 Endeavour Dr
16 localnici recomandă
Fresh fish, overlooking the sea, great prices, delicious food. Fun to go for a walk afterwards.

Drinks & Nightlife

A really stylish bar which is totally cool architecturally. Great music, great food and a great vibe.
39 localnici recomandă
Humber
226 Crown St
39 localnici recomandă
A really stylish bar which is totally cool architecturally. Great music, great food and a great vibe.
This is the latest cool restaurant hipster bar in Wollongong. Trendy industrial chic.
46 localnici recomandă
Kneading Ruby
5 Crown Ln
46 localnici recomandă
This is the latest cool restaurant hipster bar in Wollongong. Trendy industrial chic.

Essentials

This is a really handy little supermarket only a minute's drive away from the house. There are some lovely little cafes and a bakery around it and a post office.
Friendly Grocer
207-211 Gipps Road
This is a really handy little supermarket only a minute's drive away from the house. There are some lovely little cafes and a bakery around it and a post office.
This is our nearest shopping centre. It's convenient, easy to park and has loads of shops.
14 localnici recomandă
Figtree Grove Shopping Centre
19 Princes Hwy
14 localnici recomandă
This is our nearest shopping centre. It's convenient, easy to park and has loads of shops.

Getting Around

this station is the main one in Wollongong and it is easy to catch a taxi from here.
Station St opp Wollongong Station
this station is the main one in Wollongong and it is easy to catch a taxi from here.
This one is easier to drive to and park at than Wollongong station and most trains stop there because it is the university station.
14 localnici recomandă
North Wollongong Station
14 localnici recomandă
This one is easier to drive to and park at than Wollongong station and most trains stop there because it is the university station.

Shopping

There is a new snazzy shopping centre just off Crown Lane, not in the spot indicated by the map. If you drive down crown st you can't miss it. Parking is in Market St. Sydneysiders may find it boring, but it's the latest hip and cool place for young people in Wollongong, with trendy cafes, restaurants as well as popular chain shops. There is a market in the mall from 9 - 3 every Friday. It's a great spot for local food, craft and art. There are farmers and local producers here. It's fun to chat to the locals.
20 localnici recomandă
Crown Street Mall
200 Crown St
20 localnici recomandă
There is a new snazzy shopping centre just off Crown Lane, not in the spot indicated by the map. If you drive down crown st you can't miss it. Parking is in Market St. Sydneysiders may find it boring, but it's the latest hip and cool place for young people in Wollongong, with trendy cafes, restaurants as well as popular chain shops. There is a market in the mall from 9 - 3 every Friday. It's a great spot for local food, craft and art. There are farmers and local producers here. It's fun to chat to the locals.