Flinders is a southern suburb of

Shellharbour Shellharbour (also known as Shellharbour Village) is a suburb located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It also gives its name to the local government area, City of Shellharbour, and its central business district, Shellhar ...

, located in the

Illawarra The Illawarra is a coastal region in the Australian state of New South Wales, nestled between the mountains and the sea. It is situated immediately south of Sydney and north of the South Coast region. It encompasses the two cities of Wollongo ...

region of

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, Australia. Flinders is located approximately 111 kilometres south-southwest of New South Wales' capital city of Sydney. Flinders is close to a number of beaches and to and over 60 hectares of green open spaces including bush reserves, waterways and landscaped parks. Flinders adjoins neighbouring suburbs of

Shell Cove Shell Cove is a seaside suburb in the Shellharbour area located just south of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Shell Cove adjoins Bass Point and Killalea State Park and includes a variety of facilities and amenities such as: parks and b ...

, Blackbutt and the suburb of Shell Heights. The area is served by the

Shellharbour Junction railway station Shellharbour Junction railway station is a railway station located at Dunmore, New South Wales, Australia, on the Illawarra railway line. The station is served by NSW TrainLink South Coast Line trains traveling south to Kiama and north to Wo ...

which replaced the previous

Dunmore railway station Dunmore railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station that was located on the South Coast railway line in Dunmore, City of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. The station served the southern Wollongong suburb of Dunmore and ...

on 22 November 2014 . It was initially intended to call the new station FlindersCityRail Update N.13 - Illawarra and South Coast edition.
CityRail. Premier Illawarra operates one bus route to and from Flinders, namely route 52 to

.Flinders to Shellharbour Junction railway station
Premier Illawarra

References

{{Wollongong suburbs City of Shellharbour Suburbs of Wollongong