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Our Kiama visitor guide for 2027 is a 24-page flip-book of the places, walks, food and events worth planning around, with walking times from Kiama Ridge Waters. Turn the pages here, or print it or save it as a PDF for the trip.
Kiama Ridge Waters
Kiama Visitor Guide 2027
Beaches, walks, food and the year ahead, a short walk from your door.
Inside this guide
Plan your days in Kiama
- Welcome to Kiama Ridge Waters3
- Walk to the beach and town4
- Ten places to see5
- Kiama Blowhole6
- Kiama Coast Walk7
- Easts Beach8
- Kiama Lighthouse9
- Cathedral Rocks10
- Minnamurra Rainforest11
- Saddleback Mountain12
- Kiama Harbour13
- Seven Mile Beach14
- Jamberoo Action Park15
- Eat and drink16
- With the kids17
- Whale season18
- Markets19
- Kiama in 202720
- Day trips21
- Getting here22
- Good to know23
Welcome
Your home base at Kiama Ridge Waters
Make yourself at home in one of five three-bedroom apartments at 2 Surfleet Place, Kiama, a 15-minute walk from Easts Beach. Each sleeps six, with two bathrooms, a full kitchen, a laundry and parking for two cars.
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On foot from your door
Walk to the beach and town
- Easts Beach15 min
- Bonaira Native Gardens16 min
- Kendalls Beach16 min
- Little Blowhole Reserve20 min
- Kiama train station27 min
- Kiama town centre27 min
Measured walking times along the streets from 2 Surfleet Place.
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Ten places to see around Kiama
- Kiama Blowhole6
- Kiama Coast Walk7
- Easts Beach8
- Kiama Lighthouse9
- Cathedral Rocks10
- Minnamurra Rainforest11
- Saddleback Mountain12
- Kiama Harbour13
- Seven Mile Beach14
- Jamberoo Action Park15
Place 1 of 10
Kiama Blowhole
The Kiama Blowhole is on Blowhole Point Road, next to Kiama Lighthouse, and is free to visit 24 hours a day. It sprays highest when the wind and swell come from the south-east, with plumes recorded at over 30 metres.
Kiama Ridge Waters is about a 35-minute walk (2.
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Place 2 of 10
Kiama Coast Walk
The Kiama Coast Walk (also called the Kiama Coastal Walk) runs about 20 km from the Minnamurra River to Werri Beach in Gerringong. Walking it end to end takes 6 to 7 hours, so most people do one of its three sections: North (8.
Easts Beach, on the Mid section of the Coast Walk, is a 15-minute walk from Kiama Ridge Waters, and Loves Bay, where the South section starts, is about 30 minutes on foot.
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Place 3 of 10
Easts Beach
Easts Beach is the southernmost of Kiama's beaches: about 350 m of east-facing sand between two headlands, sheltered from much of the wind and swell, with Munna Munnora Creek at the south end for small children. Council lifeguards patrol it over the Christmas school holidays, and it is a 15-minute walk (1.
Easts Beach is a 15-minute walk (1.
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Place 4 of 10
Kiama Lighthouse
Kiama Lighthouse stands on Blowhole Point, beside the Kiama Blowhole, and has guided ships into Kiama Harbour since 1 January 1887. It is still an active light.
Kiama Ridge Waters is about a 35-minute walk (2.
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Place 5 of 10
Cathedral Rocks
Cathedral Rocks in Kiama are basalt sea stacks at the southern end of Jones Beach, Kiama Downs, about 3 km north of Kiama town. Entry is free.
Cathedral Rocks are about 9 minutes by car (7.
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Place 6 of 10
Minnamurra Rainforest
Minnamurra Rainforest is a remnant of subtropical rainforest in Budderoo National Park, about 25 minutes' drive (18 km) from Kiama Ridge Waters. From the Rainforest Centre at 345 Minnamurra Falls Road, Jamberoo, walk the 1.
Minnamurra Rainforest is about 25 minutes' drive from Kiama Ridge Waters, and Easts Beach is a 15-minute walk from the apartments.
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Place 7 of 10
Saddleback Mountain
Saddleback Mountain is a free lookout more than 600 metres above sea level, on Jack Cleary Memorial Drive off Saddleback Mountain Road, about 6 km south-west of Kiama. It is a 9-minute drive (6.
Saddleback Mountain Lookout is a 9-minute drive (6.
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Place 8 of 10
Kiama Harbour
Kiama Harbour is the town's small working harbour, a stone-walled basin called Robertson Basin that opened in 1876 in the lee of Blowhole Point. It is free to visit, with parking and toilets.
Kiama Harbour is about a 33-minute walk (2.
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Place 9 of 10
Seven Mile Beach
Seven Mile Beach in NSW runs just over 12 km from Gerroa to Shoalhaven Heads, inside Seven Mile Beach National Park. It is a long, flat surf beach backed by dunes and forest, with free picnic areas, two sand track walks and gentle beginner waves at the Gerroa end.
The Gerroa end of Seven Mile Beach is about 14 minutes by car from Kiama Ridge Waters, close enough for a morning swim and lunch back at the apartment.
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Place 10 of 10
Jamberoo Action Park
Jamberoo Action Park is a seasonal water park at 1215 Jamberoo Road, about a 19-minute drive from Kiama Ridge Waters. The 2026-27 season runs from 26 September 2026 to 26 April 2027, 10am to 5pm on open days.
Jamberoo Action Park is about a 19-minute drive from Kiama Ridge Waters, where three-bedroom apartments sleep six.
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Eat and drink
Restaurants
Most restaurants in Kiama sit on Manning, Terralong and Collins streets and around the harbour, about a 27-minute walk from Kiama Ridge Waters. For dinner, book Silica on Surf Beach, Little Betty's, Cin Cin or Olive & Vine, and check opening days first: many venues close on Monday or Tuesday.
Kiama town centre and its restaurants are about a 27-minute walk or a 3-minute drive from Kiama Ridge Waters, and every apartment has a full kitchen for nights in.
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With the kids
With kids
The easiest things to do in Kiama with kids are watching the Blowhole erupt, paddling in the Blowhole Point ocean pool's wading area, swimming at calm Kendalls Beach, playing at the new Hindmarsh Park playground, walking the Minnamurra Rainforest boardwalk and spending a day at Jamberoo Action Park when it's open.
Kiama Ridge Waters is a 15-minute walk from Easts Beach and about a 5-minute drive from the Blowhole, with room for the whole family in each three-bedroom apartment.
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Whale season
Whale watching
Whale watching in Kiama runs from about May to November. Humpbacks head north from late May to July and come back south with their calves from September to November.
Blowhole Point and Kiama Harbour, the closest whale lookouts, are about a 35-minute walk or 5 minutes by car from Kiama Ridge Waters.
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Markets
Markets
Kiama markets run every week. The Kiama Farmers' Market is on every Wednesday afternoon at Coronation Park, next to Surf Beach, and the Kiama Seaside Markets fill Black Beach from 9am to 3pm on the third Sunday of each month.
Kiama Ridge Waters is about a 23-minute walk from the Kiama Farmers' Market at Coronation Park and a 30-minute walk from the Seaside Markets at Black Beach.
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Kiama in 2027
Kiama 2027 planner
Things to do in Kiama in 2027 start with the Kiama Show on 22 and 23 January and the 40th Kiama Jazz and Blues Festival on 5 to 7 March. Whales pass from May to November, and NSW school holidays fall in April, July and late September.
Kiama Ridge Waters is about a 27-minute walk (2.
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Day trips
Day trips
The easiest day trips from Kiama are Berry (about 15 minutes' drive), Illawarra Fly Treetop Walk (32 minutes), Kangaroo Valley (36 minutes) and Wollongong (about 35 minutes). Go further for Fitzroy Falls and Bowral in the Southern Highlands (about an hour), Jervis Bay's Huskisson and Hyams Beach (50 to 60 minutes), or the Sea Cliff Bridge.
Berry is about 15 minutes, Illawarra Fly about 32 minutes and Jervis Bay under an hour by car from Kiama Ridge Waters.
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Getting here
Sydney to Kiama
Sydney to Kiama is about 134 km from the CBD. Driving takes about 1 hour 45 minutes without traffic on the M1 Princes Motorway, or longer on the coastal Grand Pacific Drive.
Kiama Ridge Waters is about 1 hour 45 minutes (134 km) by car from the Sydney CBD, and about 3 minutes by car or a 27-minute walk from Kiama station.
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Useful numbers and house rules
- Emergency (police, fire, ambulance)000
- Nearest emergency departmentShellharbour Hospital
- Your booking (MadeComfy)1300 752 154
- Check-in / check-out3pm / 10am
No parties or events, and quiet time from 10 pm to 8 am. Read the house rules and the NSW code of conduct for guests.
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See you in Kiama
Book your stay
Choose from five apartments for six, a 15-minute walk from Easts Beach.
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