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Discover our local museums where you can learn the story of planes, trains and automobiles at the HARS Aviation Museum, the Illawarra Light Railway Museum and the Australian Motorlife Museum. Visit the Tongarra Museum that provides the history on Shellharbour including amazing artefacts and learn some surprising snippets about early Shellharbour.

With some great locations for photographs in the local area the local photographers have captured its natural beauty and have a wonderful collection of framed and unframed images for you to take home a memento of your Shellharbour holiday.

Illawarra Light Railway Museum

Location: 48a Tongarra Road, Albion Park Rail NSW 2527, Australia

Families will enjoy a visit to the Illawarra Light Railway Museum and taking that trip back in time to the good old days of railways. The kids will love taking a ride on a miniature train, being in the open air and whizzing along the track. They can also take a seat in the r... Read more

Lake Illawarra Art Trail

Location: Reddall Reserve, Lake Illawarra NSW 2528, Australia

Walk or cycle the three kilometre Lake Illawarra Art Trail to explore local history, Aboriginal heritage, flora and fauna. The artworks along this trail were created by local artists using natural and fabricated objects and various techniques such as woodcarving, painting, m... Read more

Warren Keelan Seascapes & Ocean Art Gallery

Location: 84C Kembla Street, Wollongong

Warren Keelan is a professional seascape and ocean art photographer that showcases his work at at his gallery based in Wollongong, in the Illawarra South Coast region of NSW. Read more

Shellharbour City Museum

Location: 76 Cygnet Avenue, Shellharbour City Centre NSW 2529, Australia

Shellharbour City Museum (formerly Tongarra Museum) has relocated to a new home in the Shellharbour Civic Centre, located on the beautiful south coast of New South Wales. We aim to share stories, past and present of the people, places and events that make our great city ... Read more

Bass Point Indigenous Cultural Walk

Location: Bass Point Reserve, Shellharbour NSW 2529, Australia

Take in the beautiful coastal views and read a series of interpretative signs that provide information about indigenous occupation of Bass Point and Shellharbour City. The Walk tells a story of the way indigenous people connected with the land, movement patterns, diet, resou... Read more

HARS Aviation Museum - Historical Aircraft Restoration Society Inc

Location: Corner Airport Road and Boomerang Road, Albion Park Rail NSW 2527, Australia

Historical Aircraft Restoration Society is a 2018 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award Winner for top 25 museums in the South Pacific and top 10 museums in Australia. Step back in time and immerse yourself in the history of aviation by taking a guided tour of the HAR... Read more

The Imaginarium (formerly SVES)

Location: Cnr Addison & Wentworth Streets, Shellharbour NSW Australia

The Imaginarium, formerly known as Shellharbour Village Exhibition Space (SVES) is a place for celebrating the creators that reside in us all. Located in the heart of Shellharbour Village, The Imaginarium is available to hire for an array of creative possibilities includi... Read more

Kramer Photography Gallery

Location: 3157 Illawarra Highway, Tongarra, Albion Park NSW 2527

Dee Kramer is a multi award-winning photographer based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales. His mission is to capture the beauty of God's creation and make it available for all to appreciate. Over two decades Dee has amassed an extensive image collection including the... Read more

The Australian Motorlife Museum

Location: Integral Energy Recreation Park, 94 Darkes Road, Kembla Grange NSW 2526

With 4000 sq. m of display space and the second biggest museum of its kind in Australia, we have an assortment of historic motor vehicles, motor bikes, petrol pumps, bicycles, gramophones, radios, sewing machines, lawnmowers, weighing scales, badges, irons, tools, numerous s... Read more