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25 Friday Hut Road, Tintenbar

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Stanwell Park from Bald Hill, circa 1934.

From the Archives 1933: Stanwell Park flood tragedy, 8 dead

Described as Illawarra's worst flood disaster, a night of tragedy and heroism saw a family of campers at Stanwell Park swept to their deaths by storm flood waters.

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Tragic opening to summer patrol season as man drowns at Stanwell Park

Tragic opening to summer patrol season as man drowns at Stanwell Park

The 24-year-old man drowned while swimming on the first weekend of the summer surf lifesaving patrol season.

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Cabbage Tree Cottage, NSW.

Cabbage Tree Cottage, Stanwell Park accommodation review: Weekend away

The cottage is a cosy, three-bedroom home atop a steep driveway with lovely bush outlook, plus fenced pool and BBQ facilities.

  • Fiona Carruthers
Jervis Bay.

Wicker ways: top picnic spots

Shake out the picnic rug and raid the fridge - because when the sun is shining, nothing beats a picnic.

Sun Herald Travel 23 Sept. Weekender Kallaroo Stanwell Park.

Kallaroo, Stanwell Park review: Loving life on the edge

A panoramic perch provides Andrew Taylor with priceless views and a surprise visitor at lunch.

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Stanwell Park

Stanwell Park Historic and spectacularly beautiful beach at the edge of the Royal National Park Located 54 km south of Sydney via the Princes Highway, Stanwell Park and Stanwell Tops are the first settlements south of the Royal National Park and, with the advent of the electrification of the Illawarra line, the northernmost suburbs of Greater Wollongong, although few of the locals would be happy to consider themselves part of Wollongong.

Fly by wire ... Curt Warren and Ben Stubbs glide over Stanwell Tops.

Gone with the wind

Ben Stubbs runs off the edge of a cliff and doesn't look back.

Soar point ... Stanwell Park is a great base for hang-gliding.

Pocket your fear and feel the rush

You don't need to be an elite athlete to master these thrilling challenges, writes Lee Atkinson.

Picture perfect ... Kallaroo looks out to the Tasman Sea.

Kallaroo, Stanwell Park review: A taste of the good life

Susan Bredow discovers a coastal escape with all the right ingredients.