A Tranquil Working Environment

The bushland setting of our Wollongong campus, with its trees, lawns, ponds and leafy glades, provides a tranquil yet inspiring working environment.

The Wollongong Campus occupies a site of 82.4 hectares, nestled between the escarpment of Mt Keira and the nearby Pacific Ocean. The environment is open, spacious and extensively landscaped, with native vegetation and water gardens being a feature.

Approximately 50,000 trees and shrubs have been planted on campus since 1975. Australian native species predominate including eucalyptus, melaleuca, casuarina, grevilleas, ficus and banksias. The campus is also home to around 80 Illawarra Flame trees, a subtropical rainforest tree native to Eastern Australia. The bright red flowers of this tree, which appear in Spring, feature on the University's Coat of Arms.

The Campus is adjacent to Wollongong's picturesque Botanic Gardens. The Gardens feature a wide range of native plants, as well as plants from temperate climates throughout the world. Major attractions include a formal rose garden and duck pond complete with rotunda and Japanese bridge. The historic Glennifer Brae Manor House, a conference centre and home of the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, is situated within the grounds of the Botanic Gardens.