Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk - Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia

Just one hours drive from Sydney, Wollongong is New South Wales third largest city and has had a rebirth in recent years as a weekend escape. Known for the water sports on offer around Wollongong there are the many surf beaches and also Lake Illawarra which offers fishing, sailing, water skiing and canoeing.

In the Wollongong area, you can ride a bike around one of the purpose bike trails, enjoy a locally brewed beer at Wollongong's Five Islands Brewery, visit the Nan Tien Temple which is the largest Buddhist temple in the Southern Hemisphere. There's also the Symbio Wildlife Gardens with its collection of native animals plus meerkats and red pandas, New South Wales only beach sky dive centre is at Wollongong and there is the Illawarra Light Railway Museum at Albion Park.

All photos above taken by Dee Kramer Photography in and around Wollongong NSW.