Tunnel Portal

Tunnel Portal is an archaeological site in City of Wollongong, New South Wales. Tunnel Portal is situated nearby to Helensburgh railway station, as well as near Helensburg Glow Worms.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Helensburgh railway station and Helensburgh Glow Worm Tunnel.

Helensburgh railway station

Railway station

Photo: Abesty, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Helensburgh railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the South Coast railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Helensburgh. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Helensburgh railway station is situated 240 metres east of Tunnel Portal.

Helensburgh Glow Worm Tunnel

Tunnel

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

The Metropolitan Tunnel, also known as Helensburgh Glow Worm Tunnel, is a disused rail tunnel in Helensburgh, New South Wales. It is a popular tourist attraction due to its glow worm population. Helensburgh Glow Worm Tunnel is situated 500 metres south of Tunnel Portal.

Metropolitan Colliery

Quarry

The Metropolitan Colliery is a coal mine located near Helensburgh, New South Wales owned by Peabody Energy. It was opened by in 1887 by the Cumberland Coal & Iron Mining Company. Metropolitan Colliery is situated 1 km south of Tunnel Portal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Helensburgh and Otford.

Helensburgh

Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Helensburgh is a small town, located 45 kilometres south of Sydney and 35 kilometres north of Wollongong and north and above the Illawarra escarpment and region.

Otford

Suburb

Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Otford is a village in the Otford Valley located 55 km south of the Sydney and 30 km north of the Wollongong CBD in New South Wales, Australia. Otford is within the local government area of the City of Wollongong. Otford is situated 3½ km south of Tunnel Portal.

Stanwell Tops

Suburb

Stanwell Tops is an exurban locality between the cities of Sydney and Wollongong on the New South Wales, Australia coastline. It lies northwest of Stanwell Park and southwest of Otford. Stanwell Tops is situated 5 km south of Tunnel Portal.

Tunnel Portal

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-34.17762° or 34° 10′ 39″ south

Longitude

150.99229° or 150° 59′ 32″ east

Open location code

4RQGRXCR+XW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 249065950

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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