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Balgownie

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Worth seeing in and around Balgownie

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Wollongong

    Public research university in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

    1.2 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Brokers Nose

    Mountain in Australia

    3.2 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong

    Church in Wollongong, Australia

    3.9 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Illawarra escarpment

    Mountain range in New South Wales, Australia

    3.1 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    North Dalton Park

    Sports ground in Wollongong, Australia

    2.3 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Wollongong Breakwater Lighthouse

    Lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia

    3.7 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St. Michael's Cathedral & Rectory

    Cathedral in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

    3.5 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    87 Crown Street, Wollongong

    Historic site in New South Wales, Australia

    3.8 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Gleniffer Brae

    Historic site in New South Wales, Australia

    1.7 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Old Wollongong Telegraph and Post Office

    Historic site in New South Wales, Australia

    3.8 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Balgownie

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 57 km · Newcastle (NTL), 199 km
Stations
North Wollongong railway station, 2.2 km · Corrimal railway station, 3.1 km · Fairy Meadow railway station, 1.4 km · Towradgi railway station, 2.3 km · Wollongong railway station, 3.7 km
  • Sydney (Mascot) → Balgownie
    59 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · A$9–11
  • Williamtown → Balgownie
    197 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · A$29–39
  • Melbourne → Balgownie
    653 km · quickest by air, 7h 18m · A$330–470
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Balgownie

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Balgownie. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundA good cycle route could take 60 km mostly off-road from Bulli to Kiama, hugging the coast and headlands the whole way, and passing close to all Wollongong has to offer.
  • Go nextIf you are staying in Wollongong, Sydney is a fairly comfortable day trip.

From Wikivoyage: Wollongong, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    1,038 km
  2. 02
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,044 km
  3. 03
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,249 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,849 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,282 km

If you know how people move in Balgownie – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Balgownie

  • Mount Pleasantsuburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia1.1 km
  • Gwynnevillelocality in New South Wales, Australia2.2 km
  • Towradgilocality in New South Wales, Australia2.5 km
  • West Wollongonglocality in New South Wales, Australia3.4 km
  • Keiravillesuburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia1.7 km
  • Fairy Meadowsuburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia1.3 km