Illawarra

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The Illawarra is a coastal region in the state of New South Wales, Australia, immediately to the south of Sydney.

Cities

Stretching from the south of Sydney, down to the Shoalhaven River, the Illawarra consists of the three cities of:

• Wollongong
• Shellharbour
• Kiama

Other destinations

• Royal National Park, stopping Sydney's southerly sprawl from absorbing the Illawarra.

Understand

The region was known as Five Islands by the pioneers of the C18th and C19th after the group of islands off its coast.

Get out

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