Kiama, is a picturesque township and Local Government Area 120 kilometres south of Sydney on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. The main tourist attraction is the Kiama Blowhole. Kiama is rightly known as the "Tidy town". It features beautiful beaches, numerous caravan parks and numerous quality fish and chip shops.
The town is reached via a newly built freeway by-pass or by the CityRail south coast line. Its geology is interesting, since many mountains such as Saddleback mountain jut into the sea as at Stanwell Park.
Kiama (34°39′S 150°51′E), is a picturesque township and Local Government Area 120 kilometres south of Sydney on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Ranging from the Minnamurra River in the north and Seven Mile Beach in the south, and spreading from the historic township and green pastures of Jamberoo to the west to the beaches of the coast.
Kiama is a well-known and much-favoured coastal resort located 119 km south of Sydney via the Princes Highway.
The railway from Sydney arrived at Bombo in 1887, being extended to Kiama in 1893.
Like many country pubs it once sported a cast-iron lacework verandah about the second storey but these were removed earlier in the century in an attempt to 'modernise' the appearance of the buildings and as a result of the dangers presented by automobiles running off the rudimentary roads and hitting the corner posts.