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Suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Mangerton

Mangerton is an inner western suburb of the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

The place

Mangerton is an inner western suburb of the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Mangerton

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.

    3.2 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.

    3.3 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.

    3.4 km · church in Wollongong, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Mount Nebo

    Mount Nebo, a tall hill that is part of the Illawarra Range, is located in the foothills of the Illawarra escarpment on the edge of the suburban fringe of the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. At 251 metres above sea level, the hill is reached by the steep O'Brien's Road from the suburb of Figtree.

    2.9 km · mountain in Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    3.4 km · multi-purpose indoor arena in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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.

    4 km · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    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.

    2.4 km · park in Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    2.8 km · cathedral in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    87 Crown Street, Wollongong

    87 Crown Street is a heritage-listed shop in Wollongong, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

    3 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Gleniffer Brae

    Gleniffer Brae is a heritage-listed former residence, school and now conservatorium of music and function centre on Murphys Avenue in the Wollongong suburb of Keiraville, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Geoffrey D. Loveridge and built from 1937 to 1939 by L. Benbow in conjunction with W. W. Todd & Son, W. Wilson & Co.

    2.8 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Mangerton

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 61 km · Newcastle (NTL), 203 km
Stations
Unanderra railway station, 3 km · North Wollongong railway station, 3.2 km · Coniston railway station, New South Wales, 1.7 km · Lysaghts railway station, 2.5 km · Cringila railway station, 3.9 km
  • Sydney (Mascot) → Mangerton
    64 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · A$9–12
  • Williamtown → Mangerton
    201 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · A$30–40
  • Melbourne → Mangerton
    650 km · quickest by air, 7h 31m · A$340–490
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Mangerton

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 Mangerton. 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

    1,033 km
  2. 02
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,048 km
  3. 03
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,246 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,847 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,284 km

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

Around it

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