Delve into Minnamurra
The district Minnamurra of in Kiama (New South Wales) with it's 543 habitants Minnamurra is a district located in Australia about 107 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 21°C / 70 °F
Morning Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
Evening Temperature | 20°C / 68 °F |
Night Temperature | 20°C / 68 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 3% |
Air Humidity | 79% |
Air Pressure | 1022 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 80% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
24°C (76 °F)
20°C (68 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
26°C (78 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
19°C (65 °F)
16°C (62 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Terralong Terrace Apartments
The Sebel Kiama Harbourside
Kiama Shores Motel
Lakeview Hotel Motel
Videos from this area
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NSW Rail: Dunmore (Shellharbour) OSCar DVA
The digital voice announcement of "Dunmore (Shellharbour)" on an OSCar.
Post Christmas Road Trip 2014
Mini road trip down the coast of new South Wales to surf The Farm and hang out. Caught clear blue skies but not much in the way of swell.
Mike Vandal vs Dementor Shellharbour 2008
Mike Vandal vs Dementor w/Brett Brady from Shellharbour 2008 Video is low res unfortunately.
Surfin Birds - Hawks at The Farm | Wollongong NRE Hawks
After a long couple of weeks the Hawks hit the water for a team surf session at The Farm (Killalea Beach, Shellharbour)
DL50+DL49 Dunmore 25th Jan 2001
DL50+DL49 depart the Boral Quarry at Dunmore NSW heading for Sydney on 25th Jan 2001. This location is now almost totally unrecognisable, the railway has been electrified, the Princes Hwy is...
Sea Kayaking Minnamurra Magic V (13 July 2013)
Minnamurra in ideal conditions, we had some fun. Minnamurra to Maloneys Return.
Sea Kayaking Killalea and Minnamurra
A little surf session at Killalea (AKA The Farm). Perfect day. Just south of Sydney NSW.
Sea Kayaking Minnamurra to Bass Point Return 28 Dec 2013
After a couple of weeks of slow trips I finally had some fun at Minnamurra. See my Endo after about 7 minutes.
Minecraft: Millénaire - My village
link: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/227822-15-01-millenaire-npc-village-055-village-map-better-free-space-finder/
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Kiama, New South Wales
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Kiama Blowhole
The Kiama Blowhole is a blowhole in the town of Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. It is the town's major tourist attraction. Under certain sea conditions, the blowhole can spray water up to 25 metres (82 ft) in the air, in quantities that thoroughly drench any bystanders. There is actually a second, less famous blowhole in Kiama, commonly referred to as the "Little Blowhole" by locals.
Shellharbour, New South Wales
Shellharbour is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It also gives its name to the local government area, City of Shellharbour. The suburb is centred on the small recreational harbour named Shell Harbour. It has two main beaches, Shellharbour Beach, which runs to Barrack Point and Shellharbour South Beach, which runs toward Bass Point. Shellharbour is undergoing extensive development with many new retail outlets and units being constructed.
Minnamurra railway station
Minnamurra is a station on the CityRail South Coast line. Located between the Kiama Golf Club and the Minnamurra Public School, it serves the suburbs of Minnamurra and Kiama Downs. The station was opened on 23 December 1891, but was moved to its present site in 1943, opening on 10 October of that year. In 2001, the Illawarra line was electrified between Dapto and Kiama.
Kiama railway station
Kiama is an intermediate terminal station on the CityRail South Coast line. It serves the town of Kiama. The station opened on 2 June 1893. In 2001 electric train services were extended from Dapto to Kiama, and Kiama remains the limit of electrification. A connecting diesel train operates between Kiama and Bomaderry (Nowra). Kiama has an island platform connected by a lift to street level near an overbridge. It therefore has Easy Access for wheelchairs.
Dunmore railway station
Dunmore (Shellharbour) is a CityRail railway station on the South Coast railway line. It serves the suburb of Dunmore as well as being an indirect rail link to the suburb of Shellharbour. When the station was built, opening on 9 November 1887, Shellharbour was a long way from the railway line, but has since grown and now borders the line.
Bombo railway station
Bombo is a CityRail railway station on the South Coast railway line. The station has 1 side platform, but has a platformless crossing loop and an extra siding, both of which are often used for passing freight trains. The station serves the adjacent beach, Bombo Beach, and the suburb of North Kiama. There is a quarry next to the station. Bombo station probably deserves the distinction of being the closest to the ocean in Australia, being virtually on the beach.
Gainsborough, New South Wales
Gainsborough, New South Wales, Australia is a residential estate forming part of the suburb of Kiama Downs in the Municipality of Kiama. This is a relatively new urban area bordering Kiama Downs and Jamberoo. A new section of the Princes Highway was opened to the west of Gainsborough in late 2005. The name Gainsborough is derived from the original estate name of the development which was based on painters names, you can find many artists names in the suburban streets of Gainsborough.
Bass Point (Australia)
Bass Point is a headland in Australia on the New South Wales south coast. The point was named by Matthew Flinders in around 1800, after his friend and fellow explorer George Bass. The waters just off the point are considered a critical habitat for the endangered grey nurse shark, so fishing there is restricted. Bass Point is also home to renowned big wave surfing spot "Redsands", which breaks off a headland at the entrance to Bass Point Reserve.
City of Shellharbour
The City of Shellharbour is a local government area in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The City is located about 100 kilometres south of Sydney and covers the southern suburbs of the Wollongong urban area centred around Shellharbour, and in 2009 had an estimated population of 66,905. The area is bordered by the City of Wollongong to the north, with the boundary being the Lake Illawarra entrance (and the suburb of Lake Illawarra) and Macquarie Rivulet.
Kiama High School
Kiama High School (also KHS) is a New South Wales Government co-educational secondary school located in the town of Kiama, New South Wales, Australia.
Bombo, New South Wales
. Bombo is a suburb of the Municipality of Kiama, in the Illawarra Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located just 2 kilometres from Kiama. Bombo is the gateway between Kiama and its northern suburbs, Kiama Downs and Minnamurra. A newly built section of the Princes Highway runs through Bombo, past Bombo Beach and Bombo railway station. Its main waterway is Spring Creek.
Municipality of Kiama
The Municipality of Kiama is a local government area in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is situated south of Shellharbour and the City of Wollongong and is located adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, the Princes Highway and the South Coast railway line. The Municipality of Kiama includes Kiama and the localities of Bombo, Gerringong, Gerroa, Minnamurra and Jamberoo. In 1954, the Kiama Municipal Council absorbed the Gerringong Municipal District.
Minnamurra, New South Wales
Minnamurra is a suburb in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Municipality of Kiama. It has a station (opened 1891) on CityRail South Coast line. The Minnamurra River flows into the ocean at Minnamurra. There is a sandy beach and a sand spit at the river mouth. The name Minnamurra means plenty of fish in the local Aboriginal dialect.
Sepia novaehollandiae
Sepia novaehollandiae is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Indo-Pacific. Its natural range stretches from Shellharbour, New South Wales to North West Shelf in Western Australia . It lives at depths of between 15 and 348 m. S. novaehollandiae grows to a mantle length of 77 mm. The type specimen was collected off Kangaroo Island, South Australia . It is deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.
Kiama Downs, New South Wales
Kiama Downs is a coastal suburb of the town Kiama in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. Renowned for its picturesque beach and beautiful seaside views, it is situated about 3 km north of Kiama and is bordered by the Minnamurra River to the northwest and Boyds Beach to the east. The western part of the suburb, west of Riverside Drive, is informally known as Gainsborough. Kiama Downs does not contain a school or a railway station.
Boyds Beach
Boyds Beach, commonly known as Jones Beach, forms the eastern border of Kiama Downs on the South Coast of New South Wales. It is a popular tourist spot and many surfing competitions are held there each year.
Minnamurra River
The Minnamurra River is a river in the Jamberoo and Kiama areas of the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. Its drainage area (catchment) contains much of the Jamberoo Valley surrounded by Stockyard Mountain to the north, Jamberoo Mountain to the west and Noorinan and Saddleback Mountain to the south. Its mouth lies immediately north of the Kiama suburb of Minnamurra at Minnamurra Point. The entrance is characterised by a small island just offshore from the mouth.
Hawkesbury Packet
The Hawkesbury Packet was a sloop constructed for Solomon Wiseman that helped him 'rise' from being just a convict to a wealthy colonial landholder in Australia. Constructed in 1811, the Hawkesbury Packet was a 21 ton coastal trader. Prior to its final wrecking in 1817 it was blown ashore in 1816. On 24 May 1816 it sailed from Sydney to Newcastle but was hit by a gale and was forced into Port Stephens on 20 June 1816.
Shellharbour Anglican College
Shellharbour Anglican College (or SAC as it's commonly referred to) is an Anglican school operated by the Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation. It opened in 2004 and accommodates from kindergarten to year 12 in 2009. The college operates in new, mostly permanent buildings in a semi-rural setting off Shellharbour Road, Dunmore. The school is located on the outskirts of Shellharbour City, New South Wales, Australia.
Blackbutt, New South Wales
Blackbutt is a southern suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The eastern half of the suburb is occupied by the Blackbutt Forest Reserve.
Shell Cove, New South Wales
Shell Cove is a southern seaside suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It includes Bass Point, the Killalea State Park and the Shellharbour Links Golf Course.
Kiama Showground
The Kiama Showground is a sports and entertainment complex of the South Coast-Illawarra region in the coastal town of Kiama. The complex includes two ovals, the Showring and Chittick Oval. The showground is the host site of the Kiama Show which has operated for more than a hundred years. The show is held in late January each year and run by one of the five oldest Agricultural Show Societies in Australia. The showground's pavilion is the only community hall in Kiama.
Flinders, New South Wales
Flinders is a southern suburb of Wollongong, located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
Killalea
Killalea State Park is a state park in New South Wales Australia.