Karingal Picnic Area

Karingal Picnic Area is a picnic site in City of Wollongong, New South Wales. Karingal Picnic Area is situated near the archaeological site Site of Lilyvale Railway station (closed 1983), as well as near New Lilyvale Tunnel.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Lilyvale railway tunnels and Helensburgh railway station.

Lilyvale railway tunnels

Lilyvale railway tunnels are heritage-listed railway tunnels on the Illawarra railway line at Lilyvale, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Lilyvale railway tunnels is situated 590 metres west of Karingal Picnic Area.

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 2 km northwest of Karingal Picnic Area.

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 1¼ km west of Karingal Picnic Area.

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 3 km south of Karingal Picnic Area.

Burning Palms

Hamlet

Burning Palms is an unbounded neighbourhood within the locality of Lilyvale and a beach in the Royal National Park, Wollongong, south of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Burning Palms is situated 3½ km east of Karingal Picnic Area.

Karingal Picnic Area

Type: Picnic site
Category: tourism
Location: City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-34.18858° or 34° 11′ 19″ south

Longitude

151.00961° or 151° 0′ 35″ east

Open location code

4RQHR265+HR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4875018516

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=picnic_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Karingal Picnic Area and Site of Lilyvale Railway station (closed 1983).

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Red Cedar Flat and Garrawarra Ridge.

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