Kiama
Kiama is a coastal town 120 kilometres south of Sydney in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
Kiama is a coastal town 120 kilometres south of Sydney in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. One of the main tourist attractions is the Kiama Blowhole. Kiama features several popular surfing beaches and caravan parks, and numerous alfresco cafes and restaurants. Its proximity to the south of Sydney makes it an attractive destination for many day-trippers and weekenders. Kiama also has historically been a farming and agricultural centre. Even to today it maintains a country and agricultural community with a weekly farmers markets held on Wednesday afternoons.
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Worth seeing in and around Kiama
9 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.
- 01Saddleback Mountain
Saddleback Mountain is a mountain near Kiama in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The mountain rises to about 600 metres above sea level on the Illawarra escarpment and has views of Noorinan Mountain, 662 metres above sea level, and Barren Grounds Plateau to the west and south to Coolangatta Mountain and Pigeon House Mountain to Ulladulla, and north over Lake Illawarra, the Illawarra escarpment and to the Cronulla Sandhills and Kurnell Oil Refinery on a clear day.
5.9 km · mountain in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Kiama Masonic Temple
Kiama Masonic Temple is a heritage-listed masonic temple and former temperance hall at 46 Collins Street, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1876 to 1878 with alterations in 1908-09.
200 m · masonic temple in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Kiama Light
Kiama Light, also known as Kiama Harbour Light, is an active lighthouse in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. The lighthouse is located close to the Kiama Blowhole on Blowhole Point, south of Kiama Harbour.
800 m · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Kiama Post Office
Kiama Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 24 Terralong Street, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Colonial Architect's Office under James Barnet.
200 m · historic commonwealth heritage site in Kiama NSW · Wikipedia - 05CBC Bank Building, Kiama
CBC Bank is a heritage-listed former bank building at 16–20 Manning Street, Kiama, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Mansfield Bros and built by White and Coghill in 1880.
300 m · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Collins Street wooden terraces, Kiama
The Collins Street wooden terraces are two sets of heritage-listed residences at 24–40 and 42–44 Collins Street, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. They were built in the 1870s and 1880s.
200 m · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Culwalla Homestead
Culwalla Homestead is a heritage-listed former dairy farm and now residence located 2 km east of Jamberoo Main Road, Jamberoo, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1858 by James Marks.
5 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Kiama Reservoirs
The Kiama Reservoirs are heritage-listed reservoirs at Irvine Street, Kiama, Municipality of Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. They are owned by Sydney Water.
1 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Scots Presbyterian Church, Kiama
The Scots Presbyterian Church is a heritage-listed Presbyterian church at Shoalhaven Street, Kiama, Municipality of Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Rowe and built from 1860 to 1863 by builders Moon & Simmons and carpenters Walker Bros.
100 m · church building in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kiama
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 86 km · Newcastle (NTL), 227 km
- Stations
- Bombo railway station, 1.4 km · Kiama railway station, 200 m · Minnamurra railway station, 5 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Kiama88 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · A$13–18
- Williamtown → Kiama226 km · quickest by road, 4h 50m · A$34–46
- Melbourne → Kiama633 km · quickest by air, 8h 39m · A$390–560
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kiama
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 Kiama. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe route from Dunmore station down to Kiama is all off-road or quiet road.
- Go nextWollongong and Sydney are both a day trip from Kiama.
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Next door to Kiama
- Minnamurrasuburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia5.4 km
- Dunmorelocality in New South Wales, Australia5.9 km
- Kiama Heightslocality in New South Wales, Australia3.8 km
- Bombotown in New South Wales, Australia2.5 km