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The district Tarrawanna of Wollongong in Wollongong (New South Wales) is a district in Australia about 118 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital city.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 63 °F
Morning Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
Evening Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Night Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 65% |
Air Pressure | 1030 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (8 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 38% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Thursday, 2nd of May 2024
18°C (64 °F)
15°C (60 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Friday, 3rd of May 2024
18°C (64 °F)
14°C (58 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Saturday, 4th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
SAGE HOTEL WOLLONGONG F.K.A CHIFLEY
Novotel Wollongong Northbeach
BELMORE ALL SUITE HOTEL
QUEST WOLLONGONG
Adina Wollongong
BEST WESTERN CITY SANDS
Beach Park Motel
Normandie Motel and Function Centre
Flinders Motel
Boat Harbour Motel
Videos from this area
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Flying two Bixler 2s in Wollongong Australia
My son and I flying Bixler 2 model RC planes in Fairy Meadow, Wollongong Australia. This was my 4th or 5th flight, and first loop. My son can do all kinds of stunts, inside and outside loops,...
Fairy Meadow Skate Park Demo/Teaser - Old School Skate Session 2013
Cranking out some old school moves on my single kick Lance Mountain Powell Peralta, One early May morning at Fairy Meadow skate park, N.S.W, Australia. Gopro Hero2. Filmed, edited and Rider-...
Spring into Corrimal 2012 - Parade, Crowning the King of Corrimal, Fun Rides
Parade, Crowning the King of Corrimal and some entertainment including Fun Rides. Filmed on a CANON EOS550D.
Spring into Corrimal 2011. World champion unicyclist performs.
Spring into Corrimal 2011 street performer / World champion Jamey Mossengren juggles fiery torches while riding a tall unicycle four meters in the air bringing the crowed to a stand still.
Corrimal High School & Bellambi Public: Cook Island Dance Group
Performance for Corrimal High School's 60 year anniversary, 2011.
Corrimal High School TV Advertisement
This short TV advertisement shows why Corrimal High is such a fantastic school and the place to be! It showcases VET and Agriculture in particular as well as the offering HSC courses. Students...
Jump Fun Up Corri - Corrimal Mansions
A few friends having some fun on the jumps up the back of our small town Corrimal.
Daemon Foetal Harvest - Riddled With Parasites
Taken from our show on the 19/7/14 @ Corrimal Hotel along side King Parrot and Carbon Black. If you like what you hear throw us a like on our Facebook page!! Every bit of support means alot....
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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.
University of Wollongong
The University of Wollongong also simply known as UOW is a public university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney. As of 2012, the university had a total of 30,516 students enrolled, including 11,440 international students from more than 140 countries. The University of Wollongong marked the University's 60th Founding Anniversary in 2011.
Fairy Meadow, New South Wales
Fairy Meadow is a suburb in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Located in the Illawarra region, it is a mainly low density residential area, except for a strip of small commercial properties located along the Princes Highway.
Towradgi, New South Wales
Towradgi is a small beach-side suburb approximately 5 km north of Wollongong. Towradgi is a corruption of the aboriginal word "Kow-radgi" meaning "guardian of the sacred stones". On an early map it was called Towroger. Towradgi is served by Towradgi station, opened in 1948. Electric double deck trains serve Towradgi. It is bordered to the north by Corrimal, the west by Fernhill & Tarrawanna and to the south by Fairy Meadow. The Pacific Ocean can be found to the east.
Balgownie, New South Wales
Balgownie is a small suburb of Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia. Balgownie lies to the north-west of the Wollongong CBD. It stretches from the lower slopes of Mount Keira along the Illawarra escarpment to the base of the Broker's Nose promontory. To the east, Balgownie is bordered by the light industrial and commercial suburb of Fairy Meadow. The main street, Balgownie Road, connects the suburb to the nearby Princes Highway.
Puckeys Estate Reserve
Puckey's Estate Reserve is a coastal nature reserve in Wollongong, Australia. It is mainly she-oak forest, but also has sand dune and wetland areas, including areas along Para Creek. It is located in the suburb of Fairy Meadow and is bounded by Fairy Meadow Beach to the east, Squires Way to the west, Elliotts Road to the north and Fairy Lagoon to the south. Puckey's Estate was traditionally used by the Wadi Wadi people, the Aboriginal tribe in Wollongong.
Mount Pleasant, New South Wales
Mount Pleasant is a suburb in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the northern flank of Mount Keira extending across to the Illawarra escarpment. It is home to the Rhododendron Park, found on Parrish Avenue.
Wollongong 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 opened in September 1970. http://www. hoskins. id. au/nextgen/showphoto. php?personID=2293I&tree=hoskinsfamily&ordernum=1 The garden is co-located with the historic Gleniffer Brae house, used for functions and the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music.
Keira High School
Keira High School in Wollongong, New South Wales has existed as an institution under several names since 1917. Originally a collection of boys' technical schools on several sites throughout Wollongong, the school was amalgamated in 1954 at its current site in Lysaght Street North Wollongong. The school then became known as Keira Boys High School and remained as such until 1984.
North Wollongong railway station
North Wollongong is a railway station on the South Coast Line of the CityRail outer suburban network, serving the suburb of North Wollongong. The station consists of two side platforms. It receives, on average, two services per hour on weekdays (with more services during peak hours) and one per hour on weekends. The station is unofficially also identified on its platforms as the University of Wollongong station, due to the proximity of the university to the station.
Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts is a specialist co-educational, government secondary school located in Fairy Meadow, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, run by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. It was founded in 1916. The school enrolls both local area students and students who gain entry through auditions. The school estimates that over a third of the student body has gained entry through auditions.
Corrimal railway station
Corrimal is a CityRail railway station on the South Coast railway line. It serves the residential suburb of Corrimal which is a suburb of Wollongong. The station has two side platforms, connected by a footway at a level crossing. The station is served by about one train per hour for most of the time (usually a Thirroul-Port Kembla local service), with additional trains at weekday peak hours. The station has street access to both platforms, via a level crossing.
Towradgi railway station
Towradgi is a CityRail railway station on the South Coast railway line. It serves the residential suburb of Towradgi which is a suburb of Wollongong. The station has two side platforms, connected by a footway along a road overpass. The station is served by about one train per hour for most of the time (usually a Thirroul-Port Kembla local service), with additional trains at weekday peak hours.
Fairy Meadow railway station
Fairy Meadow is a CityRail railway station on the South Coast railway line. It serves the residential Wollongong suburb of Fairy Meadow. The station has two side platforms, connected by a pedestrian overbridge and level crossing. The station is served by about one train per hour for most of the time (usually a Thirroul-Port Kembla local service), with additional trains at weekday peak hours.
Keiraville, New South Wales
Keiraville is an inner suburb of the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia in the Illawarra region. It is situated in the foothills of Mount Keira, approximately three kilometres northwest of Wollongong.
Corrimal, New South Wales
Corrimal is a northern suburb of the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Corrimal's CBD is situated on the Princes Highway, and several streets adjacent to it. The main shopping centres are Stockland Corrimal and Corrimal Park Mall next to the park on the highway. Outside this centre is an old locomotive that Corrimal is known for, the welcome signs featuring it. It ran on the Bulli Colliery Line (no longer existent) to Bellambi Haven from 1909 to 1967.
Mount Ousley, New South Wales
Mount Ousley is a residential suburb situated on the foothills of Mount Keira about four kilometres northwest from the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is also the name of the road which crosses the nearby Illawarra Escarpment and is adjacent to the University of Wollongong. Mount Ousley has a public school, Mount Ousley Public School. It also has an independent Montessori school Elonera Montessori School (EMS), that offers education from Preschool to Year 10.
North Dalton Park
North Dalton Oval 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 plastic bucket seats were installed over the concrete steps in late 2007. The remainder of the ground is surrounded by a small hill which gives the ground an overall capacity of around 6,000. The scoreboard is at the northern end of the ground.
Queen of Nations (clipper ship)
Queen Of Nations was an 827-ton wooden clipper ship. She was built in Aberdeen in 1861, and sailed out of Auckland, New Zealand, on the Sydney to Liverpool route. Queen of Nations wrecked in May 1881 on Corrimal Beach, New South Wales, Australia.
Tarrawanna, New South Wales
Tarrawanna is a northern suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, extending westward from the Princes Highway over the Illawarra Escarpment.
Corrimal High School
Corrimal High School is a comprehensive high school located in East Corrimal in Wollongong, New South Wales. The school has been operating since 1951. The subjects include English, Mathematics, Science, Geography, History, PDHPE, Industrial Arts, Visual Arts, Music, Agriculture, Food Technology and Sport Science.
Brokers Nose
Brokers Nose or Mount Corrimal is the name of an outcrop of the Illawarra Escarpment west of Corrimal, New South Wales. Its summit is 440 metres above sea level and there is a television transmission tower atop it. There is a track leading to the top but both track and summit are not open to the public; the summit is protected as part of the Illawarra Escarpment State Recreation Area. The name is vague in its origins and there are three possible explanations for it.
East Corrimal, New South Wales
East Corrimal is a northern seaside suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Predominantly residential, the suburb includes Corrimal High School and Corrimal East Public School, as well as Corrimal Beach and tourist park at the eastern end. A park was opened in 1959 to the west of the high school and north of the primary school, named Phil Adams Park, which features tall trees, paths and several seats.
International House, University of Wollongong
International House is the oldest residential college of the University of Wollongong and is an affiliate of the 16 International Houses Worldwide. It provides accommodation to approximately 218 students who are attending the University of Wollongong. It is situated at the corner of Porter and Hindmarsh Avenue in North Wollongong, near the North Wollongong railway station.
Russell Vale, New South Wales
Russell Vale is a small suburb of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It straddles the Princes Highway. The suburb is suggested to have been named after the son of Francis Peter MacCabe, Russell, who died in an accident; although "Russell" it is more likely to be named after the MacCabe property, Russell, the namesake of Francis McCabe's mother.
SMART Infrastructure Facility
The SMART Infrastructure Facility is the national centre for infrastructure solutions in Australia, located at the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. SMART stands for ‘Simulation, Modelling, Analysis, Research and Teaching’.