Shellharbour

Worth seeing in and around Shellharbour

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
   Lake Illawarra

   Lake Illawarra is an open and trained intermediate wave dominated barrier estuary or large coastal lagoon. It is located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, situated about 100 kilometres south of Sydney, Australia.

   8 km · lake in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Illawarra Light Railway Museum

   The Illawarra Light Railway Museum operates a mainline 2 ft narrow gauge light railway, a miniature 7+1⁄4 in gauge railway, and a museum located in Albion Park Rail, New South Wales, Australia.

   7 km · light railway museum in Tongarra Rd, Albion Park Rail New South Wales Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Kiama 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.

   9.8 km · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Killalea Regional Park

   Killalea Regional Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia. It is managed by National Parks and Wildlife Services.

   1.7 km · regional park in NSW · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Kiama 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.

   9.6 km · masonic temple in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Jamberoo Action Park

   Jamberoo Action Park is a seasonal water theme park, which operates between September and April inclusive. Jamberoo Action Park is a water park and is located in Jamberoo, New South Wales.

   8.5 km · Water Action Park in NSW · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Bass Point Reserve

   Bass Point Reserve is a heritage-listed former cedar timber industry, Aboriginal camping, meeting place, pastoral property and basalt mine and now nature conservation and passive recreation area located at Boollwarroo Parade, Shell Cove in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Long Point.

   3 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Kiama 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.

   9.9 km · historic commonwealth heritage site in Kiama NSW · Wikipedia
9. 09
   CBC 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.

   9.9 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Collins 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.

    9.6 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · 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.

What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   HARS Australian Historical Flying Museum

   Illawarra Regional Airport (south of Wollongong on the Princes Highway, or take the train to Albion Park Station).

From Wikivoyage: Shellharbour, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Killalea State Park
2. 02
   Blackbutt Forest Reserve
3. 03
   Warilla Beach

   7 Osborne Parade, Warilla.

4. 04
   Shellharbour North Beach
5. 05
   Shellharbour South Beach
6. 06
   Mystics Beach

   Famous surfing spot with 1.5 km of pristine beach.

From Wikivoyage: Shellharbour, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Before the Albion Park Rail Bypass of the Princes Mwy was built, traffic was essentially forced to use a short non-freeway section of highway in Albion Park between two freeways. This resulted in many fast-food chains such as Maccas, Subway, Oporto and Taco Bell in addition to local eateries to open up on the southbound section, which gave Albion Park an unusual amount of eateries.

1. 01
   Aharn Thai Restaurant

   Stir-fries, noodles, curries and salads in a cosy setting.

2. 02
   Taco Bell

   Shop 3/61 Princes Hwy, Albion Park Rail,.

From Wikivoyage: Shellharbour, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Shellharbour

Airports

Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 76 km · Newcastle (NTL), 218 km

Stations

Shellharbour Airport, 7.8 km · Bombo railway station, 8.5 km · Dunmore railway station, 3.5 km · Kiama railway station, 10 km · Minnamurra railway station, 4.9 km

• Sydney (Mascot) → Shellharbour

  79 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · A$12–15
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• Williamtown → Shellharbour

  216 km · quickest by road, 4h 40m · A$32–43
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• Melbourne → Shellharbour

  640 km · quickest by air, 8h 13m · A$370–530
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shellharbour

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 Shellharbour. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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