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Shellharbour
Suburb of City of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia

Shellharbour

Shellharbour is a suburb located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.

Plan a trip to Shellharbour→From Sydney (Mascot)

It also gives its name to the local government area, City of Shellharbour, and its central business district, Shellharbour City Centre.

Get in

Getting to Shellharbour

The Kiama branch of the South Coast Line (SCO) has hourly services from Wollongong, Helensburgh and Sydney. While the alignment is slow and windy, the trains that make it to Shellharbour do end up following an express route north of Wollongong.

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    Albion Park Station is outside
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    Oak Flats Station

    They run with around a 2 hour frequency to town, and quite frequently to Shellharbour Square.

See

Worth seeing

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    HARS Australian Historical Flying Museum

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

Do

Things to do

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    Killalea State Park
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    Blackbutt Forest Reserve
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    Warilla Beach

    7 Osborne Parade, Warilla.

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    Shellharbour North Beach
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    Shellharbour South Beach
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    Mystics Beach

    Famous surfing spot with 1.5 km of pristine beach.

Eat

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.

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    Aharn Thai Restaurant

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

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    Taco Bell

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

How locals move

Getting around Shellharbour the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Kiama, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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