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Gwynneville

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Worth seeing in and around Gwynneville

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

    The University of Wollongong is an Australian public research university located in the suburb of Keiraville, within the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney. As of 2023, the university had an enrolment of more than 33,000 students, an alumni base of more than 176,000 [LC1] and over 2,400 staff members including 16 distinguished professors.

    1.4 km · public research university in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Wollongong Showground

    Wollongong Showground is a stadium located in the Wollongong city centre. It is primarily used for rugby league as a home ground of the St.

    1.8 km · multi-sports stadium · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong

    Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral, located in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Wollongong, presently the Most Reverend Brian Mascord. The cathedral is the oldest church of any denomination in the Illawarra region.

    1.7 km · church in Wollongong, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    WIN Entertainment Centre

    Wollongong Entertainment Centre is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The WEC opened on 5 September 1998 with a concert by Bob Dylan and Patti Smith; 4,935 people attended the event.

    1.8 km · multi-purpose indoor arena in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    MacCabe Park

    MacCabe Park is a park located in Wollongong, Australia. It is commonly misspelt McCabe Park, though the sign has since been changed to its correct name.

    1.8 km · park in Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    North Dalton Park

    North Dalton Park is located on Pioneer Rd, Towradgi, in the northern suburbs of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The ground has a grandstand on the western side, where 430 plastic bucket seats were installed over the concrete steps in early 2017.

    3.2 km · Sports ground in Wollongong, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Wollongong Breakwater Lighthouse

    Wollongong Breakwater Lighthouse, also known as Wollongong Harbour Lighthouse, is a historic lighthouse situated on the southern breakwater of the heritage-listed Wollongong Harbour, in Wollongong, New South Wales in Australia. Wollongong is the only place in the east of Australia to have two lighthouses located in close proximity of each other, the other being Wollongong Head Lighthouse.

    1.8 km · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Drummond Battery

    Drummond Battery, also known as Fort Drummond, is a heritage-listed former coastal artillery fortification and now television station and mushroom farm at 1 Television Avenue, Mt Drummond, Mount Saint Thomas, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It was built between 1942 and 1943 by the NSW Public Works Department and NSW Department of Main Roads.

    2.8 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Wollongong Central

    Wollongong Central is a large shopping centre in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

    1.1 km · shopping centre in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St. Michael's Cathedral & Rectory

    St Michael's Cathedral is a heritage-listed Anglican cathedral at Church Street, Wollongong, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is the principal Anglican church in the city of Wollongong and the mother-church of the Bishop of Wollongong.

    1 km · cathedral in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Gwynneville

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 59 km · Newcastle (NTL), 200 km
Stations
North Wollongong railway station, 600 m · Coniston railway station, New South Wales, 2.3 km · Wollongong railway station, 1.2 km · Towradgi railway station, 3.8 km · Fairy Meadow railway station, 2.6 km
  • Sydney (Mascot) → Gwynneville
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · A$9–12
  • Williamtown → Gwynneville
    199 km · quickest by road, 4h 13m · A$30–39
  • Melbourne → Gwynneville
    652 km · quickest by air, 7h 24m · A$330–480
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gwynneville

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 Gwynneville. 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

    1,036 km
  2. 02
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,046 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

    1,847 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,285 km

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

Around it

Next door to Gwynneville

  • Wollongongcity in New South Wales, Australia1.9 km
  • Mount Pleasantsuburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia3 km
  • West Wollongonglocality in New South Wales, Australia2 km
  • Towradgilocality in New South Wales, Australia3.9 km
  • Keiravillesuburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia1.7 km
  • Mount Keiralocality in New South Wales, Australia3.1 km