skippy

We live in the last estate on the right heading towards the Pass.

I agree with you Freckleface. We have lived in the Illawarra area for 43 years now, the first 5 years at Warilla, then we bought a house at Albion Park where we still live, the farmers field is just across the road from us, so it's really like living in the English countryside, we are 10 minutes from Shellharbour Beach, 15 mins from Kiama, and 20 minutes from the Gong, not to mention about 90 mins to the centre of Sydney by car these days, it used to take an hour, but I drive to Sutherland and catch a train into the city if we go there nowadays. My wife used to drive to work at Caringbah and drive there and back everyday for 20 years, so living anywhere in the Illawarra, and working in the Gong is the norm for most people here, the beaches are some, if not the best in Oz, Port Kembla beach got the award for the best and cleanest beach in oz for the second time this year. Wollongong city centre is like a large building site at the moment with the new shopping centre and Mall under construction, I only go to Wollongong Harbour to have lunch etc, and let the dog have a swim near the boat haulout ramp. I find that there are more places to see in and around the Illawarra than any other part of Oz, that has been verified by visitors that have come to this region after going around oz in motorhomes, the biggest problem at the moment is work and housing, but that is not a problem for me, and I honestly wouldn't live anywhere else.

Look at the thread called "Whats the Illawarra like" it's now on the first page of the NSW threads, there are plenty of pics and info on there.

Look on page 6 of the NSW forum, [The Illawarra, whats it like], there are quite a few pics of the area, but you will have to look through quite a few pages to see them.

The southern side of Port takes some beating, million dollar homes, voted best and cleanest beach in NSW for the 3rd time, and the best swimming pool in the Illawarra.

We lived in this block before coming to Oz, they were demolished a couple of years after we left. http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j134/skippy_63/Ourblock.jpg

Good on yer Larrson, Australia is not for everyone, this is where we have lived for the last 40 years, a lot different to the coronation st existance we had in Sheffield, Yorkshire. http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j134/skippy_63/100_1012.jpg http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j134/skippy_63/100_1005.jpg

Went back for 3 weeks in 92 after 22 years away, and couldn't get back here quick enough, now been away for 42 years and never want to return again.

Look at "Whats The Illawarra Like" on page 3, there is someone already working at Shellharbour hospital on there.

41 years here now and still loving it, the first 5 were the hardest, Like Bob, I went back in 92 and wanted to come back to Oz after 3 days, funny how I hadn't really thought of Oz as being home until then, and I don't want to leave these shores again.