Port Kembla
Port Kembla is a suburb of Wollongong 10 km south of the CBD and part of the Illawarra region of New South Wales.
Port Kembla is a suburb of Wollongong 10 km south of the CBD and part of the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The suburb comprises a seaport, industrial complex, a small harbour foreshore nature reserve, and a small commercial sector. It is situated on the tip of Red Point: its first European sighting was by Captain James Cook in 1770. The name "Kembla" is an Aboriginal word meaning "plenty [of] wild fowl".
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Worth seeing in and around Port Kembla
2 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.
- 01Hill 60, Port Kembla
Hill 60 is a heritage-listed Aboriginal site at Military Road, Port Kembla, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It is also the location of the World War II installation the Illowra Battery.
2 km · aboriginal heritage site in New South Wales · Wikipedia - 02Westfield Warrawong
Warrawong Plaza, formerly Westfield Warrawong, is a major shopping centre located in Warrawong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. With a retail floor area of 57,582 m2, it is currently the third largest shopping centre in the Illawarra region.
1.5 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Port Kembla
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 64 km · Newcastle (NTL), 206 km
- Stations
- Lysaghts railway station, 3.2 km · Port Kembla railway station, 200 m · Cringila railway station, 2.2 km · Port Kembla North railway station, 1.2 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Port Kembla67 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · A$10–13
- Williamtown → Port Kembla205 km · quickest by road, 4h 24m · A$31–41
- Melbourne → Port Kembla649 km · quickest by air, 7h 40m · A$350–500
- 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 Port Kembla
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 Port Kembla. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Port Kembla
- Cringilalocality in New South Wales, Australia2.6 km
- Lake Heightssuburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia3.2 km
- Warrawonglocality in New South Wales, Australia2 km