Sublime Point Track & Forest Walk, Northern Illawarra, NSW

This walk from the pretty suburb of Austinmer to Coal Cliff first climbs steeply up the Illawarra Escarpment to Sublime Point, where there are excellent views down the coast towards Wollongong (although a bit hazy on the day we did it). There’s a restaurant/cafe here in case you’re already hungry and/or thirsty. You then take the Forest Walk north, with more coastal views along the way. There’s attractive forest scenery throughout, including rainforest and open forest.

Track Notes

Sublime Point Track & Forest Walk, Northern Illawarra — Climb up the escarpment from Austinmer on the Sublime Point Track, then north-east along the top of the escarpment to get views over Stanwell Park. Drop down off the escarpment to return to the start by train (from Coalcliff (dotted line & arrow) or Stanwell Park.

Climb up the escarpment from Austinmer on the Sublime Point Track, then north-east along the top of the escarpment on the Forest Walk.

The track drops down the escarpment near Coalcliff. The end of the Forest Walk connects with the Wodi Wodi Track, and you can continue on to Stanwell Park (which would be quite a long walk). Take a train from either Coal Cliff (my dotted line and arrow) or Stanwell Park back to Austinmer, or do a car shuffle. And of course you can do the walk in the reverse direction.