Explore Berkeley
The district Berkeley of in Wollongong (New South Wales) with it's 7,413 inhabitants Berkeley is located in Australia about 112 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 58 °F
Morning Temperature | 14°C / 58 °F |
Evening Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Night Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 22% |
Air Humidity | 87% |
Air Pressure | 1029 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Saturday, 4th of May 2024
17°C (62 °F)
15°C (58 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 5th of May 2024
15°C (58 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 6th of May 2024
17°C (62 °F)
15°C (60 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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Novotel Wollongong Northbeach
Comfort Inn Fairways
Lake Illawarra Bed and Breakfast
Flinders Motel
Lakeview Hotel Motel
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Round 2 final
Round 2 final of elite watercooled at the Australian Mini Moto Championships at Wollongong City Raceway on 28/6/2009.
Finding the Flow - by Doug Prosser (a digital story from the Lake Illawarra MAP Project)
SYNOPSIS: Dougs passion for the Lake has taken him on a journey spanning many years and countless volunteer hours. SCRIPT: Someone once said Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
Growing Up in a Fishing Family by Leo Massey (a digital story from the Lake Illawarra MAP Project)
MENTOR WRITER: Rie Natalenko SYNOPSIS: To Leo, growing up in a fishing family was to have a magic childhood, and the things he learnt have stayed with him all through his life, even though...
The Survivor - by Kevin Gillis (a digital story from the Lake Illawarra MAP Project)
MENTOR WRITER: Victoria McIntyre SYNOPSIS: Kevins grandfather loved fishing and was an exceptionally good swimmer, but Kevin never saw his grandfather go onto the Lake. One day while Kevin.
Yellowfin Bream Fishing with a Unexpected Species
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Kart Drifting @ Fox Karting Centre Wollongong
Kart Drifting now available for anyone to try @ Fox Karting Centre Wollongong. Give us a call on (02) 4260 8958 for more information.
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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.
Nan Tien Temple
Nan Tien Temple is a Buddhist temple complex located in the industrial suburb of Berkeley, on the southern outskirts of the Australian city of Wollongong, approximately 80 km south of Sydney. Nan Tien is a Chinese term which means "southern paradise". Nan Tien is one of the branch temples of the Taiwanese Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order, founded in 1967 by Hsing Yun, which has over 120 branches worldwide. The temple is one of the largest Buddhist temples in the southern hemisphere.
Unanderra, New South Wales
Unanderra is a suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 10 km south-west of the Wollongong CBD. It is bordered to the west by Farmborough, Cordeaux Heights and Farmborough Heights in the Mount Kembla foothills, the north by Figtree, the east by Berkeley and Flagstaff Hill, site of the Nan Tien Temple, and the south by Kembla Grange. Unanderra is both a residential suburb, mostly to the west of the Princes Highway and industrial, to the east.
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.
Kembla Grange Racecourse railway station
Kembla Grange Racecourse (also known as Kembla Grange) is a CityRail railway station in Kembla Grange on the South Coast railway line. It serves the adjacent horse racing course. The station is on a single line section of the South Coast line, and has one side platform. The station is served only on weekends, and only by demand (an 'a' station). Until 2005 a limited number of trains previously serviced Kembla Grange on Monday to Fridays. The station is not near any housing.
Unanderra railway station
Unanderra railway station is located on the South Coast (Illawarra) railway line in the Wollongong suburb of Unanderra, New South Wales, Australia. It is served by 'intercity' trains of CityRail's South Coast line. Opened in 1887, the station consists of an island platform with access via an overbridge across the rail tracks. The station marks the end of the double track section of the South Coast line, and the junction with the Unanderra-Moss Vale railway line is located to the south.
Lysaghts railway station
Lysaghts is a CityRail railway station on the Port Kembla branch of the South Coast railway line in Australia. It is a workers only station serving BlueScope Steel Springhill Works to the west and the Flat Products Area of Port Kembla Steelworks to the east. Access from the station to these properties is restricted to employees only by security gates. The station has two side platforms, connected by an overhead footbridge.
Cringila railway station
Cringila is a CityRail railway station on the Port Kembla branch of the South Coast railway line. It serves the Wollongong suburb of Cringila. The station has an island platform. The northern access from the platform provides access to BlueScope Steel Port Kembla Steelworks via a secured gate. The southern access is from Five Island Road. It is served by approximately one train per hour, usually a local service to Thirroul, but with extra direct trains to and from Sydney in the peak hours.
Port Kembla North railway station
Port Kembla North is a CityRail railway station on the Port Kembla branch of the South Coast railway line. It serves the industrial area of the suburb of Port Kembla to the south-east of Wollongong. The northern access is connected to the BlueScope Steel Steelworks close to the coke ovens. The station has a single platform on a single line. It is served by approximately one train per hour, usually a local service to Thirroul, but with extra direct trains to and from Sydney in the peak hours.
Warrawong, New South Wales
Warrawong is a suburb of Wollongong, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the northeast corner of Lake Illawarra. Warrawong is home to Westfield Warrawong, one of three major regional shopping centres. Other facilities include the Port Kembla Hospital, Hoyts cinemas and the Gala cinemas.
Kanahooka High School
Kanahooka High School is a comprehensive public high school located in the suburb of Kanahooka, 15 kilometres southwest of the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Opening in 1974, the school's catchment area covers the southwestern part of the City of Wollongong and, as at Semester 2, 2007, the school has an enrolment of 616 students between Year 7 and Year 12.
Cringila, New South Wales
Cringila is a densely populated southern suburb in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, about 4 km along Springhill Road. The suburb is bounded by Berkeley, Unanderra, Lake Heights and Warrawong. The suburb is planned on a north-south residential/commercial strip and the east west streets that adjoin it, making a rectangular pattern. From the hilltops fine views of Lake Illawarra to the south and Port Kembla steelworks and industries to the north are had.
Cordeaux Heights, New South Wales
Cordeaux Heights is a suburb in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the eastern foothills of Mount Kembla as is its southern neighbour Farmborough Heights. Its northern boundary of housing is along Cordeaux Road which goes to Mount Kembla Village. Cordeaux Heights has a few shops.
Figtree, New South Wales
Figtree is an inner western suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is southwest of West Wollongong and connected to Wollongong by the Princes Highway and The Avenue. At the junction of the highway and The Avenue is Westfield Figtree, a two storey indoor shopping centre with a Woolworths, Coles and Kmart. The shopping centre was opened in 1965. The second story is used by a couple of businesses and a second storey to its carpark facilities.
Westfield Warrawong
Westfield Warrawong is a major shopping centre located in Warrawong, a suburb of Wollongong. With a retail floor area of 57,582 m, it is currently the largest shopping centre in the Illawarra region.
Westfield Figtree
Westfield Figtree is a major shopping centre, located in Figtree, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Farmborough Heights, New South Wales
Farmborough Heights is a southern, medium-high wealth suburb in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated to the west of Unanderra in the foothills of Mount Kembla. The suburb mainly consists of separate residential dwellings, but also has a general store and a take away. The take away and many other stores were demolished in 2010 to make room for more housing. Farmborough Heights is situated on two ridges, both are the lesser slopes of Mount Kembla.
John Crehan Park
John Crehan Park is a multi-use stadium in the southern part of Wollongong, Australia. The stadium is on Merret Avenue, Cringila. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home of New South Wales Premier League side Wollongong FC and Illawarra Premier League side Cringila Lions. It was once the temporary home ground of the Rockdale Ilinden Football Club as their regular home ground was disrupted by near-by construction.
Kemblawarra, New South Wales
Kemblawarra is a residential, commercial and light industrial area of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is officially designated an urban place, and comprises the southern part of Port Kembla.
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.
Figtree High School
Figtree High School is a comprehensive public high school located on Gibsons Road in Figtree, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Berkeley, New South Wales
Berkeley is a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales. The suburb is located in Wollongong's southern suburbs, on the northern shore of Lake Illawarra. Historically a farming community situated between the hills and Lake Illawarra, Berkeley became one of the Illawarra's solutions to a public housing shortage in the early years. Subsequently several public housing developments commenced and most of these are still in existence today in certain parts of the suburb.
Kanahooka, New South Wales
Kanahooka is a southern suburb in Wollongong City Council. It has a couple of shops and a playground. Thirroul road has Kanahooka High School which is close to Dapto.
Koonawarra, New South Wales
Koonawarra is a southern suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the western shore of Lake Illawarra. Koonawarra, or Exmouth, as it was then called, was one of the first five land grants located in the Illawarra. It was a grant of 1300 acres made to Richard Brooks in 1817. The grant faced Lake Illawarra and extended from Brook's Creek to Mullet Creek. Koonawarra was the aboriginal name for the area.
Lake Heights, New South Wales
Lake Heights is a coastal suburb east of Berkeley in the Wollongong LGA.