Illawarra Highway
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Illawarra Highway connects Wollongong to NSW Southern Highlands. It links Princes Highway and Hume Highway and signed as National Route 48.
It is named after the geographical area it crosses, the Illawarra region. Typical scenery is beautiful and it crosses the spectacular Macquarie Pass, with many hairpin bends and many steep gradients, totally unsuitable for big trucks and other articulated vehicles. Trucks are instead advised to use the Mt Kiera Rd (State Route 88), also known as Picton Road. The pass has one of the southernmost stands of Australia's sub tropical rainforest.
The main towns en route are Robertson and Moss Vale. Spectacular National Parks surrounds them. They are both quaint country towns with 19th century buildings still intact.