AUSTRALIA DOWN UNDER

AUSTRALIA DOWN UNDER ONLINE VIDEO COLLECTION

This a collection of over 65 FREE videos dealing with the Illawarra, south coast New South Wales, Australia.

The videos are a diverse collection showing everything from the beautiful natural scenery of the area with it's forest, waterfalls, wildlife, nature in general.

There are also short story action films, spooky, supernatural, music videos to short documentaries dealing with controversial proposed developments that local residents object to.

You can even find videos with touches of sci-fi and special effects.

Plenty of videos to show the world this slice of AUSTRALIA DOWN UNDER.

Also check out the photos that are being gradually added to this Hub site.

AUSTRALIA DOWN UNDER - IMAGES OF THE NORTHERN ILLAWARRA

SEA CLIFF BRIDGE from BALD HILL, STANWELL PARK

STANWELL PARK in the early part of the 20th Century.

STANWELL PARK 1960

STANWELL PARK looking north to BALD HILL, world famous hang gliding place. Site of Australia's famous aeronautical experimentalist, Lawrence Hargrave.

STANWELL PARK RAILWAY VIADUCT. At 215ft high, this is the highest railway viaduct in Australia. It was built in the late 19th century and is made out of sandstone.

KELLYS FALLS, a beautiful spot in Stanwell Tops.

THE MINERAL POOL has Hargrave Creek run through it and over making Hargrave Falls. The creek continues to the northern lagoon at Stanwell Park. The Mineral Pool is now in the private hands of a developer and there is no longer access by the public.

WAGON WHEELS - HISTORIC HOMESTEAD. This lovely place built in 1895 has now been lovingly restored and is situated on 30 acres at Stanwell Tops.

The NORTHERN ILLAWARRA and ROYAL NATIONAL PARK COASTLINE. The RNP is the 2nd oldest declared park after YELLOWSTONE PARK in the USA. This view would not have changed much since Captain James Cook sailed up the Eastern Coast of Australia in 1770.

Here is a distance view to the north of the SYDNEY SKYLINE. Taken from Mt Mitchell, Illawarra Esarpment at Stanwell Park. The Royal National Park is in between.

The ILLAWARRA ESCARPMENT is basically made of Hawksbury Sandstone, so in some cases the weather has interesting effects causing natural rock sculptures. This is the THUMB AND FINGERS ROCK on Mt Mitchell, above Stanwell Park.

Here is another weather affected ROCK SCULPTURE on the ILLAWARRA ESCARPMENT. This sits above the coastal village of Coalcliff.

COALCLIFF village. Nestled on the northern Illawarra coast, just south of Stanwell Park and at the base of the Illawarra Escarpment. A large coal mine is located here in the back part of the valley where coal was first discovered in Australia.

SEA CLIFF BRIDGE from an unusual angle atop of the ILLAWARRA ESCARPMENT. The bridge was built between Coalcliff and Clifton because the main road, Lawrence Hargrave Drive was in constant danger of being hit by rocks and large boulders from the cliffs

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