Explore Lake Illawarra
The district Lake Illawarra of in Shellharbour (New South Wales) with it's 3,122 inhabitants Lake Illawarra is located in Australia about 110 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 65 °F
Morning Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Evening Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Night Temperature | 16°C / 60 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 2% |
Air Humidity | 70% |
Air Pressure | 1025 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 5th of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 6th of May 2024
17°C (63 °F)
16°C (62 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
15°C (60 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Lake Illawarra Bed and Breakfast
Lakeview Hotel Motel
Comfort Inn Fairways
Videos from this area
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Yellowfin Bream Fishing with a Unexpected Species
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City Hub artists impression
Take a look at the artist's impression of the City Hub design so far.These 3D generated flyovers are an artists impression of the current design and may not reflect the final building form.
Artists impression of Civic Square in the City Hub
Take a look at some artist's impressions of how the City Hub civic square that is currently being designed. The design is not yet final, so the details in these images are necessarily what...
Shellharbour City Hub concept design - The Escarpment
The City Hub project includes a civic auditorium, Council Chambers, meeting rooms, civic square, museum and City Library. One of three design concepts put forward by the architects for the...
Shellharbour Flooding 21/03/11 Water pouring in from Blackbutt.
Water coming from Blackbutt Reserve - too much rain for the storm drains to cope with.
Hexacopter, RCT Brushless gimbal, Hero3BE, Arducopter 3.0.1
Maiden flight after a full rebuild of my scratch built 800mm M2M Hexacopter. Tested stabilize mode, loiter mode and RTL (return to launch) with auto land. Sorry for the image quality, I didn't...
Sea Kayaking Fun at Windang 11 Jan 2014
Don't watch this if you are in the Northern Hemisphere. I have heard it is a little chilly there at the moment and this video will not make you feel any warmer. I had about 1 hour around Windang...
Lake Illawarra Fishing: Windang
Hope you liked a few different species. Hope you enjoyed. Thanks guys.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Lake Illawarra
Lake Illawarra is a large coastal lagoon located in the city of Wollongong about 100 km south of Sydney, New South Wales. The lake receives runoff from the Illawarra escarpment through Macquarie Rivulet and Mullet Creek, and has a narrow tidal entrance to the sea at Windang. It is shallow with an average depth of two to three metres. The reason is shallow is because of infilling by sand which has been eroded from the surrounding catchments.
Shellharbour, New South Wales
Shellharbour is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It also gives its name to the local government area, City of Shellharbour. The suburb is centred on the small recreational harbour named Shell Harbour. It has two main beaches, Shellharbour Beach, which runs to Barrack Point and Shellharbour South Beach, which runs toward Bass Point. Shellharbour is undergoing extensive development with many new retail outlets and units being constructed.
Windang, New South Wales
Windang is a suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales on the southern tip of the peninsula guarding the ocean entrance to Lake Illawarra. Windang is popular for its fishing, prawning, boating, windsurfing and yachting. Windang is about 103 km south of Sydney, approximately 20 minutes drive south of the Wollongong CBD and about seven minutes from Shellharbour city. Windang has a carnival which comes every year near Lake Illawarra.
Oak Flats railway station
Oak Flats is a station on the Cityrail South Coast line in New South Wales. It serves the suburb of Oak Flats. It is located on the single track section of the South Coast line between Unanderra and Bomaderry and has a single side platform.
Lake Illawarra, New South Wales
Lake Illawarra is a southern suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia located on the southern side of the Lake Illawarra entrance.
Warilla, New South Wales
Warilla is a seaside suburb of the City of Shellharbour, Australia which sits within the Wollongong urban area. It is one of the more established areas and is nestled between other suburbs of Mount Warrigal in the west, Barrack Heights and Barrack Point in the south and Lake Illawarra in the north.
Warilla High School
Warilla High School is a New South Wales Department of Education and Training (DET) owned school located in the Illawarra local government area City of Shellharbour. The school is located in the suburb of Barrack Heights and there were suggestions of renaming the school to reflect the change in primary feeder schools. In early to late 2009 Warilla High underwent a major reconstruction with the funding of 6 new Science Labs.
City of Shellharbour
The City of Shellharbour is a local government area in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The City is located about 100 kilometres south of Sydney and covers the southern suburbs of the Wollongong urban area centred around Shellharbour, and in 2009 had an estimated population of 66,905. The area is bordered by the City of Wollongong to the north, with the boundary being the Lake Illawarra entrance (and the suburb of Lake Illawarra) and Macquarie Rivulet.
Oak Flats, New South Wales
Oak Flats is a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia situated on the south western shores of Lake Illawarra and within the South Coast region of New South Wales. It is a residential area of 6,400 people (2006 census) Oak Flats is one of the 324 suburbs that sits within the Wollongong Statistical District which covers the local authority areas of Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama. Oak Flats is locally governed by the Shellhabour City Council which governs 22 suburbs within the area.
Stockland Shellharbour
Stockland Shellharbour (formerly known as Shellharbour Square Shopping Centre) is one of the largest shopping centres in the Illawarra area, located on Lake Entrance Road at Shellharbour City Centre, approximately 20 km south of Wollongong. It is owned and managed by Stockland, a property developer. The shopping centre contains over 120 specialty stores.
Sepia novaehollandiae
Sepia novaehollandiae is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Indo-Pacific. Its natural range stretches from Shellharbour, New South Wales to North West Shelf in Western Australia . It lives at depths of between 15 and 348 m. S. novaehollandiae grows to a mantle length of 77 mm. The type specimen was collected off Kangaroo Island, South Australia . It is deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.
Macquarie Rivulet
Macquarie Rivulet is a river in New South Wales which is 23 kilometres long. It rises near Robertson, New South Wales and drains the eastern edge of the Southern Highlands plateau and part of the Illawarra escarpment. It flows through Albion Park Rail, then goes into Lake Illawarra and indirectly into the Pacific Ocean. The towns of Tullimbar and Albion Park Rail, New South Wales are near the river.
Barrack Heights, New South Wales
Barrack Heights is a southern suburb of the Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia in the local government area of Shellharbour. Many institutions are located in Barrack Heights, including Shellharbour Public Hospital, Shellharbour Private Hospital, Warilla Bowling Club, Warilla Sports Club and Warilla High School. Barrack Heights is surrounded by the suburbs of Barrack Point, Blackbutt, Mount Warrigal, Oak Flats, Shellharbour, Shellharbour City Centre and Warilla.
Shellharbour Hospital
Shellharbour Hospital is a major district hospital located in the Shellharbour area of New South Wales. It is part of the Southern network of the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service, and receives students from the University of New South Wales and University of Wollongong.
Mount Warrigal, New South Wales
Mount Warrigal is a large suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The population, according to the 2006 Australian Census, was 5,181. The suburb is in the Shellharbour City LGA.
Lake Illawarra High School
Lake Illawarra High School is a high school offering a wide selection of courses. Located on Reddall Parade, which follows the shores of Lake Illawarra, the school is bordered by the suburbs of Mount Warrigal, Warilla and Lake Illawarra. It is in close proximity to Windang and Warilla beaches, Stockland Shellharbour and Warilla Grove shopping centres, Shellharbour TAFE College and Shellharbour Hospital. The school offers a broad curriculum.
Balarang, New South Wales
Balarang is a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, located on the southern shore of Lake Illawarra. It is officially designated an urban place, and forms the eastern end of the suburb of Oak Flats. The name said to mean "place of swamp oak".
Primbee, New South Wales
Primbee is a small suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the northern spit separating Lake Illawarra and the Pacific Ocean. Primbee is close to Windang and Warrawong in the Illawarra.
Corpus Christi Catholic High School, Wollongong
Corpus Christi Catholic High School (CCCHS) is a Catholic co-educational school located in Oak Flats, Australia. Founded in 2006, the school is operated by the Wollongong Catholic Education Office in its service of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wollongong. The school is registered by the NSW Board of Studies as an accredited years 7 to 12 high school.
Shellharbour Anglican College
Shellharbour Anglican College (or SAC as it's commonly referred to) is an Anglican school operated by the Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation. It opened in 2004 and accommodates from kindergarten to year 12 in 2009. The college operates in new, mostly permanent buildings in a semi-rural setting off Shellharbour Road, Dunmore. The school is located on the outskirts of Shellharbour City, New South Wales, Australia.
Shellharbour City Centre, New South Wales
Shellharbour City Centre is a small southern suburb of Wollongong, located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. Its name reflects its status as the commercial and administrative centre for the City of Shellharbour local government area, and is home to the Council Administration Centre (Lamerton House), Stockland Shellharbour shopping centre, cinemas and other retail shops. The suburb was planned and developed to be the commercial heart of the local government area.
Blackbutt, New South Wales
Blackbutt is a southern suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The eastern half of the suburb is occupied by the Blackbutt Forest Reserve.
Shell Cove, New South Wales
Shell Cove is a southern seaside suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It includes Bass Point, the Killalea State Park and the Shellharbour Links Golf Course.
Flinders, New South Wales
Flinders is a southern suburb of Wollongong, located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
Killalea
Killalea State Park is a state park in New South Wales Australia.