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Thirroul, NSW

Thirroul, New South Wales: Travel guide and things to do

Thirroul is a small town, now a northern suburb of Greater Wollongong, where D.H. Lawrence stayed and wrote 'Kangaroo'.

Wollongong, NSW, lighthouse, dusk

Wollongong, New South Wales: Travel guide and things to do

Wollongong is a major steel city south of Sydney. It's the third largest city in New South Wales.

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Twenty reasons to visit Wollongong

You don't need beer goggles to be seduced by the views from the beer garden at the Scarborough Hotel

  • by Andrew Taylor
Coastal fare ... Novotel Northbeach.

Novotel Wollongong Northbeach, review: Second-city blues

Undeterred by the Illawarra's curiously modest self-promotion, Bruce Elder enjoys a city stay by the ocean.

Gallery of delights ... Wollongong City Gallery.

Beauty with a steely soul

Explorers tried to land at Wollongong and failed. Bruce Elder takes an easier approach and is surprised by what he finds.

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Sky high ... riding in the open-air cockpit of the Lilly Warra with pilot Chris Clark.

Flight of the Lilly Warra

Lance Richardson dons helmet and goggles for a thrilling ride in a 1943 biplane.

To-do list ... climb aboard for a chopper flight.

48 hours in Illawarra

From extreme relaxation to extreme sport, Craig Tansley experiences a full range of response in one action-packed weekend.

Chifley Wollongong review: Let the good times stroll

All the beach-break ingredients on his doorstep has Simon Tsang joining the Illawarra fan club.

Plane and simple

Ben Stubbs finds his maiden flight as a pilot is not as hard as it looks.

Take your head space on safari

Erin O'Dwyer is a glass half-empty kind of girl until she signs up for some psychological tourism.