Towradgi
Towradgi is a small beach-side suburb north of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Towradgi is a small beach-side suburb north of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Towradgi is derived from the Dharawal word Kow-radgi, meaning "guardian of the sacred stones". On an early map it was called Towroger.
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Worth seeing in and around Towradgi
6 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.
- 01University 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 - 02Brokers Nose
Brokers Point or Brokers Nose or Corrimal Peak or Brokers Peak, is a point on the Illawarra Range, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
2.8 km · mountain in Australia · Wikipedia - 03Illawarra escarpment
The Illawarra escarpment, or officially the Illawarra Range, is the fold-created cliffs and plateau-eroded outcrop mountain range west of the Illawarra coastal plain south of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The range encloses the Illawarra region which stretches from Stanwell Park in the north to Kiama, Gerringong and the Shoalhaven River in the south.
2.9 km · mountain range in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 04North Dalton Park
North Dalton Park is located on Pioneer Rd, Towradgi, in the northern suburbs of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The ground has a grandstand on the western side, where 430 plastic bucket seats were installed over the concrete steps in early 2017.
1 km · Sports ground in Wollongong, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Gleniffer 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.
3.8 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Wollongong Botanic Garden
The Wollongong Botanic Garden is located in the Wollongong suburb of Keiraville at the foot of Mount Keira in New South Wales, Australia. It is the local botanical gardens of the Illawarra and was established in 1964.
3.6 km · boranic garden in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Towradgi
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 55 km · Newcastle (NTL), 197 km
- Stations
- North Wollongong railway station, 3.3 km · Bellambi railway station, 2.4 km · Corrimal railway station, 1 km · Towradgi railway station, 200 m · Woonona railway station, 4 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Towradgi58 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · A$8–11
- Williamtown → Towradgi195 km · quickest by road, 4h 11m · A$29–39
- Melbourne → Towradgi656 km · quickest by air, 7h 14m · A$320–470
- 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 Towradgi
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 Towradgi. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Wollongong, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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