Illawarra Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
region in New South Wales, Australia
About Illawarra
A popular region for Sydneysiders to relax by the sea, the region was known asFive Islandsby the pioneers of the C18th after the group of islands off its coast. Life here is for people who want things more laid back than Sydney. The region can be said to mark the northernmost part of theNSW South Coast. It consists of a grassy coastal plain, narrow in the north and wider in the south, bounded by the Tasman Sea on the east and the mountainous, almost impassable Illawarra escarpment (forming the eastern edge of the Southern Highlands plateau) to the west. In the middle of the region is Lake Illawarra, a shallow lake formed when sediment built up at the entrance to a bay. The district extends from the southern hills of the Royal National Park in the north to the Shoalhaven River in the south,
Illawarra Travel Guide Sections
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