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4 unusual facts about Wollongong to Thirroul Bike Track


North Wollongong, New South Wales

North Beach is a popular surfing and swimming destination and is the beginning of the Heartcare Foundation section of the Wollongong to Thirroul Bike Track which runs adjacent to the coast to Thirroul to the north.

West of North Beach is a small strip of park along the cliff that runs between Cliff Road and the bike track.

Wollongong to Thirroul Bike Track

Here there are several plaques including one commemorating the shipwreck and one commemorating the landing of George Bass and Matthew Flinders in their 1796 expedition along the coast.

It goes to Waniora Point, where a plaque commemorates Captain James Cooks first landing attempt, and then along the coast to Sandon/Bulli Point, site of migratory bird refuge at Tramway Creek.



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