Stanwell Tops

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 has:

• 1 Helensburgh
• 2 Wollongong - the main city in the region
• 3 Dapto
• 4 Shellharbour
• 5 Kiama

Other destinations

• 1 Royal National Park - standing between Sydney's southerly sprawl and the Illawarra.
• Stanwell Park

Understand

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

See

• Stanwell Tops
• Sublime point lookout