Thirroul
Thirroul is a northern seaside suburb of the city of Wollongong, Australia.
Thirroul is a northern seaside suburb of the city of Wollongong, Australia. Situated between Austinmer and Bulli, it is approximately 13 kilometres north of Wollongong, and 73 km south of Sydney. It lies between the Pacific Ocean and a section of the Illawarra escarpment known as Lady Fuller Park, adjacent to Bulli Pass Scenic Reserve.
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Worth seeing in and around Thirroul
One place 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.
- 01Bulli Pass
Bulli Pass is a mountain pass with an elevation of 283 metres AHD located northwest of Bulli, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the Illawarra escarpment west of the Illawarra coastal plain.
1.7 km · mountain pass in New South Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to Thirroul
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 48 km · Newcastle (NTL), 189 km
- Stations
- Coledale railway station, 3.8 km · Austinmer railway station, 1.5 km · Bulli railway station, 2 km · Thirroul railway station, 200 m · Woonona railway station, 3.7 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Thirroul50 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · A$7–10
- Williamtown → Thirroul187 km · quickest by road, 4h 2m · A$28–38
- Melbourne → Thirroul662 km · quickest by air, 6h 52m · A$310–440
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Thirroul
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 Thirroul. 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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Thirroul is 57 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.