Explore 4 Best Day Trips from Wollongong This Weekend

Wollongong's day-trip geography takes advantage of the Illawarra escarpment, the Royal National Park to the north, and the rich agricultural and heritage landscapes to the south, with Kangaroo Valley (60 minutes south-west), Berry and the Shoalhaven (90 minutes south), Nowra and Jervis Bay (2 hours south), and the Southern Highlands (90 minutes inland via Moss Vale) all accessible as excellent day trips from the Illawarra.

Kangaroo Valley (60 minutes south-west) — Kangaroo Valley is Wollongong's most beloved day trip, with the Hampden Bridge (Australia's oldest suspension bridge, 1898), the Kangaroo Valley Pub (one of NSW's most historic country pubs), the Pioneer Farm Museum, the Fitzroy Falls waterfall (Morton National Park), and the kayaking on the Kangaroo River providing an excellent combination of heritage, nature, and food in a spectacular valley landscape. The drive from Nowra to Kangaroo Valley along the Kangaroo Valley Road is one of NSW's finest scenic drives.

Berry and the Shoalhaven (90 minutes south) — Berry is one of NSW's finest heritage towns and Wollongong's most popular southern day trip, with the Victorian heritage streetscape of Queen Street, the Berry Wood-Fired Bakery (one of NSW's finest), the Silos Estate winery, and the Berry-Gerringong rural landscape providing an excellent food and heritage day-trip experience. The Seven Mile Beach National Park and the Gerroa headland add coastal options to the Berry day trip.

Royal National Park and Bundeena (45 minutes north) — the Royal National Park's southern access via Waterfall (train accessible) and the Bundeena ferry village on Port Hacking provide Wollongong's finest northern day trip, with the coastal walk from Bundeena to Marley Beach, the Wattamolla Beach in the Royal, and the Audley Causeway picnic area creating an excellent wilderness coastal day trip accessible without a car via the Cronulla ferry to Bundeena.

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