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Driving around the Region
Check out the neighbourhood
We love it when people come to visit and we want them to stay forever, but we really like our neighbourhood too, so we’d like you to check it out while you’re here, because there are a lot of interesting things to see and do.
Shellharbour is located along the Grand Paci c Drive... a scenic 140km coastal drive that commences at the entrance of the Royal Na onal Park and meanders south across the famous sea cli bridge, through Wollongong and the coastal villages of Shellharbour and Kiama before ending at Shoalhaven. Follow the signs to assist in your scenic adventures.
Doing a lap of the neighbourhood along Tourist Drive 8 ( Illawarra Highway) will take you west of here, through the ruggedly beau ful
( So Australian isn’t it? But true. ) Macquarie Pass and on to Robertson in the Southern Highlands. This place is known for its’ famous pie shop and an ques. It’s also where the lm Babe was made.
A short drive from here gets you to the spectacular Fitzroy Falls, a brilliant 230 metre high natural fountain of white water. A li le further down the road and you’ll nd yourself in the picture-postcard village of Kangaroo Valley surrounded by ruggedly beau ful ( So Australian isn’t it? But true. Again. ) mountains and bushland. It’s got a great pub with views of the valley and mountains, and a pie shop to rival the one in Robertson. And nothing beats stopping for a great pie on a country drive.
Just out of the village is the historic Hampden Bridge with its imposing stone turrets, the oldest ( and obviously built to last ) suspension bridge in the state. Driving across it gives you a sense of the past and fantas c views of the river below.
Heading south along the valley you come out at Bomaderry where you can cross the river into Nowra or head north through cute-as- a-bu on Berry and onto Kiama where you can get a spray from the famous Blow Hole. You’re then just a short drive back here, where you can enjoy another great meal and have another good night’s sleep.
Tomorrow is another day and another adventure.
Killalea State Park
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