Cowries Beach

Cowries Beach is in City of Shellharbour, New South Wales. Cowries Beach is situated nearby to the swimming pool Beverley Whitfield Ocean Pool, as well as near the park Shellharbour Reserve.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bass Point Reserve and Stockland Shellharbour.

Bass Point Reserve

Park

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Bass Point Reserve is a heritage-listed former cedar timber industry, Aboriginal camping, meeting place, pastoral property and basalt mine and now nature conservation and passive recreation area located at Boollwarroo Parade, Shell Cove in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. Bass Point Reserve is situated 3 km southeast of Cowries Beach.

Stockland Shellharbour

Shopping center

Stockland Shellharbour is a large indoor/outdoor shopping centre in the Shellharbour City Centre of the Illawarra region. Stockland Shellharbour is situated 3½ km northwest of Cowries Beach.

Shellharbour Hospital

Hospital

Shellharbour Hospital is a major district hospital located in the Shellharbour area of New South Wales. It is part of the Southern network of the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service, and receives students from the University of New South Wales and University of Wollongong. Shellharbour Hospital is situated 3½ km northwest of Cowries Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shellharbour and Shellharbour City Centre.

Shellharbour

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Shellharbour is a coastal city of 76,271 in between Wollongong and the Shoalhaven, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales halfway between Wollongong and Kiama.

Shellharbour City Centre

Town

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Shellharbour City Centre is the central business district of the City of Shellharbour, located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. Its name reflects its status as the commercial and administrative centre for the City of Shellharbour local government area, and is home to the Council Administration Centre, Stockland Shellharbour shopping centre, cinemas and other retail shops. Shellharbour City Centre is situated 3½ km northwest of Cowries Beach.

Windang

Suburb

Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Windang is a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, on the southern tip of the peninsula guarding the ocean entrance to Lake Illawarra. Windang is popular for its fishing, prawning, boating, surfing, windsurfing and yachting. Windang is situated 6 km north of Cowries Beach.

Cowries Beach

Type: Tourist attraction
Category: tourism
Location: City of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-34.57887° or 34° 34′ 44″ south

Longitude

150.87224° or 150° 52′ 20″ east

Open location code

4RQGCVCC+FV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7581666085

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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