Illawarra Rhododendron Gardens

Illawarra Rhododendron Gardens is a nature reserve in City of Wollongong, New South Wales. Illawarra Rhododendron Gardens is situated nearby to the suburb Mount Pleasant, as well as near Mount Keira.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wollongong Botanic Gardens and Mount Nebo.

Wollongong Botanic Gardens

Garden

Photo: Lilcrabbygal, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Wollongong Botanic Garden is located in the Wollongong suburb of Keiraville at the foot of Mount Keira in New South Wales, Australia. It is the local botanical gardens of the Illawarra and was established in 1964.

Mount Nebo

Peak

Mount Nebo, a tall hill that is part of the Illawarra Range, is located in the foothills of the Illawarra escarpment on the edge of the suburban fringe of the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

North Wollongong railway station

Railway station

Photo: Abesty, CC BY-SA 3.0.

North Wollongong railway station is located on the South Coast railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the Northern Wollongong suburb of North Wollongong, opening on 19 July 1915. It is the primary station for the University of Wollongong.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wollongong and Figtree.

Wollongong

Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Heading south, Wollongong starts where Sydney finishes. It is the third largest city in New South Wales behind Sydney and Newcastle and is thinly wedged on a coastal plain between an escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, in the Illawarra region.

Figtree

Suburb

Figtree is an inner western suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is south-west of West Wollongong and connected to Wollongong by the Princes Highway There is a small commercial district near this junction and another connected area of mainly food stores further north on the highway near the freeway entrance.

Fairy Meadow

Suburb

Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY 3.0.

Fairy Meadow is a suburb in the City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Located in the Illawarra region and only 4 km from the city centre, it is a mainly low-density residential area, with a large strip of commercial and industrial properties along and off the Princes Highway.

Illawarra Rhododendron Gardens

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-34.3964° or 34° 23′ 47″ south

Longitude

150.8593° or 150° 51′ 34″ east

Open location code

4RQGJV35+CP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 391853035

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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