Werri Beach
Werri Beach is a town in the Illawarra, south of Kiama and immediately north of Gerringong in New South Wales, Australia.
Werri Beach is a town in the Illawarra, south of Kiama and immediately north of Gerringong in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the coast of the Tasman Sea to the east of the Princes Highway. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 510.
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Worth seeing in and around Werri Beach
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.
- 01Saddleback Mountain
Saddleback Mountain is a mountain near Kiama in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The mountain rises to about 600 metres above sea level on the Illawarra escarpment and has views of Noorinan Mountain, 662 metres above sea level, and Barren Grounds Plateau to the west and south to Coolangatta Mountain and Pigeon House Mountain to Ulladulla, and north over Lake Illawarra, the Illawarra escarpment and to the Cronulla Sandhills and Kurnell Oil Refinery on a clear day.
4.5 km · mountain in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Gerringong Whale Watching Platform
A small viewing deck for spotting whales between May and November.
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Things to do
The town has two beaches, 1 Gerringong Beach and
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Where to eat
- 01Gerringong Bowling & Recreation Club
Pacific Ave,.
- 02Gerringong Thai Restaurant
Shop 11, 121-123 Fern St,.
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Getting to Werri Beach
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 93 km · Newcastle (NTL), 234 km
- Stations
- Gerringong railway station, 2.2 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Werri Beach96 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · A$15–19
- Williamtown → Werri Beach233 km · quickest by road, 4h 59m · A$35–47
- Melbourne → Werri Beach627 km · quickest by air, 9h · A$410–580
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Werri Beach
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 Werri Beach. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe route from Dunmore station down to Kiama is all off-road or quiet road.
- Go nextWollongong and Sydney are both a day trip from Kiama.
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Next door to Werri Beach
- Gerringongtown in New South Wales, Australia2.1 km
- Gerroalocality in New South Wales, Australia6 km
- Kiama Heightslocality in New South Wales, Australia3 km
- Rose Valleylocality in the Illawarra region of New South Wales2.3 km
- Toolijooatown in New South Wales, Australia6 km