Join them on the signature steam-hauled journey from Sydney to Kiama and return.
Settle back in your heritage carriage as the train leaves the Sydney suburbs behind and travels through the Royal National Park. Take in the spectacular views of the coastline along the way to the seaside town of Kiama.
Hauling the Kiama Picnic Train™ will be one of the restored powerful steam locomotives.
After arrival at Kiama, you will have plenty of time to enjoy the many charms of this picturesque coastal town. Take a walk up to the famous Kiama Blowhole, relax at the surf beach or browse the many stores.
Their bottomless weekends include a selected bottomless drinks package for 2 hours and one food option from the options available. Book your 2 hour slot anytime on Saturday or Sunday afternoons.
Visitors can ease into their Sunday afternoon with live music at The Courtyard.
Local South Coast musicians perform in the relaxed alfresco dining space, creating the perfect atmosphere for enjoying wood-fired flatbreads, seasonal dishes, and drinks.
Each week features rotating artists, showcasing talented performers from the region. The Courtyard offers a casual, covered outdoor setting where guests can settle in for a leisurely afternoon.
Walk-ins are welcome, though booking ahead is recommended to secure a table.
Ease into the perfect Sunday afternoon at Yves Social's Sunday Sessions, running every week from 2–5pm. Guests can enjoy a laid-back atmosphere with a rotating lineup of mostly live musicians, bringing acoustic vibes, soulful sounds and feel-good tunes to the afternoon. From time to time, guest DJs will also take to the decks, spinning relaxed sets to keep the energy flowing.
It's the perfect chance to grab a drink, settle in with friends and let the music carry the afternoon. Whether winding down the weekend or kicking it off in style, Sunday Sessions is the place to be.
Come along for a relaxed, creative afternoon at the Joyce Wheatley Centre, Kiama, where kids can explore their creativity, learn new art skills and create something they're proud to take home.
Each week they'll explore a new creative project, with plenty of guidance and encouragement along the way. Kids will also have the opportunity to develop their own supported project as their confidence grows.
Join them for six weeks of beginner friendly acrylic classes. You will focus on colour mixing, using different brushes for different purposes, creating mini works through exercises, then your own supported project on canvas.
If you need support sourcing materials we can help arrange or create a pack including brush set, paint, canvas for AUD50 for you to use and keep on your art journey.
All abilities welcome, tea and coffee included. Beautiful small group.
Unguided Art Pass:
Choose the unguided option that allows you to show up and create with others, work on your own project in your own time. This is great for people who don't want to do a class but want to have time locked in each week to slow down, create, and be around other people.
Tea and coffee included, please bring your own supplies.
You're welcome to ask for advice and support from Liv or others around you when needed.
Local South Coast musicians perform in the relaxed alfresco dining space most Saturdays, creating the perfect atmosphere for enjoying wood-fired flatbreads, seasonal dishes, and drinks.
Each week features rotating artists, showcasing talented performers from the region. The Courtyard offers a casual, covered outdoor setting where guests can settle in for the evening.
Walk-ins are welcome, though booking ahead is recommended to secure a table.
Club Jamberoo is turning Tuesday into the best night of the week.
Bring your A‑game (or just your sense of humour) because Carly is hosting and the questions are as fun as they are challenging. Expect general knowledge, pop culture, and a few curveballs to keep you on your toes.
Play solo or round up your dream team. Win Club Cash and—most importantly—bragging rights until next month.
Grab your friends, grab a table, and make your Tuesday night unforgettable.
See you there!
Set against a stunning coastal backdrop, the Kiama Farmers' Market is a weekly must-visit. The market starts each week with the ringing of the bell - no market trading takes place until the bell has been rung.
This is a true farmers' market, dedicated to supporting local growers, producers, and makers. While you browse, kids can play on the beach or in the park, or you can relax on the grass with an afternoon snack or early dinner.
Each week, a wonderful selection of seasonal produce is sold fresh and direct to you from the local market gardens. Along with fruit and vegetables, you can expect to find a variety of other produce, such as seafood, oysters, local Wagyu beef, honey, eggs, milk straight from the dairy, gelato made from local milk, cider, wine, mushrooms, cakes, and tarts, preserves, sourdough bread, street food, ready-made meals… and so much more!
At what scale does something stop being what you think it is?
Join SevenMarks Gallery for the opening of Hudden Lines, a solo exhibition by Cesar Cueva and a photographic investigation into scale, light and structure.
Hidden Lines begins with a shift in scale.
Working through macro photography and focus stacking, Cueva enters material at a point where familiar objects begin to lose their identity. Fractures become lines, surfaces become planes, and small shifts in light and colour bring otherwise hidden structures into view.
Using the camera as a tool for excavation, Cueva moves between observation and exploration, searching within material rather than simply documenting it. At this scale, the minute begins to suggest the architectural and what appears familiar becomes increasingly difficult to place.
Fire Fridays brings warmth and community to The Courtyard at The Co-Op in Gerringong. Visitors gather around a cosy fire pit area complete with log seating, cushions, and blankets for an evening of alfresco dining.
The experience centres on relaxed gatherings by the fire, where guests enjoy two-for-one flatbreads, signature cocktails, and beer specials. Complimentary marshmallows are roasted over the fire - adding that backyard gathering feel. The fire pit creates an intimate atmosphere perfect for groups or couples seeking a relaxed dining experience on the South Coast.
What makes Fire Fridays unique is the combination of the specially designed outdoor seating with heating elements, the interactive fire pit experience with roasted marshmallows, and quality food paired with craft cocktails. The experience captures that authentic backyard feeling while maintaining the quality dining standards The Courtyard is known for.
Fire Fridays runs on Friday evenings at The Courtyard, steps from the train station in Gerringong.
Visitors can wind down into the weekend with live music at The Courtyard every Friday evening. Local South Coast musicians perform from 6-9pm in the relaxed alfresco dining space, creating the perfect atmosphere for enjoying wood-fired flatbreads, seasonal dishes, and drinks.
Each week features rotating artists, showcasing talented performers from the region. The Courtyard offers a casual, covered outdoor setting where guests can settle in for the evening.
Walk-ins are welcome, though booking ahead is recommended to secure a table.
Visitors can discover the stories behind the people, places and events that have helped shape NSW - where the history happened. A Blue Plaque visit offers more than sightseeing. It creates a direct connection between place and story, turning everyday locations into places of discovery. Each plaque reveals a unique piece of history, encouraging visitors to explore local areas from a new perspective and uncover stories they may never have known.
This blue plaque commemorates Charmian Clift who was a writer that boldly challenged societal norms and explored the complexities of identity, relationships, and the human experience.
Visit the blue plaque at Kiama Library and scan the QR code there to learn more.
A ceramics studio in the heart of the Kiama township, where the award-winning ceramic artist Fran Smith produces an innovative range of studio ceramics from functional ware to sculptural art, quirky to traditional vessels.
Fran offers pottery classes, which can be booked via her website for people of all skill levels, from beginners, intermediate and experienced potters.
Fran completed an academic four-year graphic design course, became head designer for several television studios and completed a two-year advanced diploma in ceramic art. In addition, she has held major exhibitions and writes on the ceramic arts for several publications.
A studio for you. Food for the body and soul - The Studio is a dance, movement and creative space in the heart of Kiama. Fall in love with yourself with our perfect blend of confidence building, energy fueling classes.
Centrally located in the beautiful seaside town, The Studio is just 14 minutes from Shellharbour, 30 minutes from Wollongong and 35 minutes from Nowra.
They offer a comprehensive schedule of instructional and fun classes in ballet, contemporary, jazz, acro, commercial, heels, pilates, yoga, barre and stretch. They're focused on holistically developing the technique and creative expression of their students and artists. They have age tailored classes for toddlers, kids, teenagers and all adults.
As a technique-focused practice, and Kiama's only R.A.D specialised dance studio, The Studio provides creative knowledge and skills to produce well rounded, creatively expressed students and artists. There is nothing better than learning to fly across a room, balance on your shoulders, or simply touch your toes. Their students learn to focus their minds and bodies on developing themselves through correct technique, working together and, most importantly, having fun.
The Studio is also a space for showcasing artists work, a co-working space for local artists, and a space for artists to hold their own small workshops and classes.
Black Beach is a unique Kiama landmark, named after the dark basalt sand and cobblestones that line its shoreline. Visitors can enjoy a refreshing saltwater swim in the beautiful ocean pools, explore the rocky coast, or relax on the open lawns of Black Beach Reserve.
Conveniently located between Kiama Harbour and the town centre, Black Beach is also a lively gathering place, hosting popular markets on the third Sunday of each month. There is a memorial nearby to the SS Bombo, a ship that made its final departure from Kiama on 24 February 1949 and is now a popular dive site.
The arch, originally to commemorate those who served in World War One, was unveiled by Sir George Fuller, Premier of NSW, on April 25 1925.
The arch now stands for all those who have served, with the Kiama/Jamberoo RSL sub-branch working to update the honour rolls on the War Memorial Arch to recognise the region’s servicemen and women who have been involved in more recent conflicts or peace-keeping operations including Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, Somalia, East Timor, Bougainville, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Gordon Grellman Wall of Remembrance, constructed adjacent to Kiama’s War Memorial Arch in Terralong Street, was unveiled by Mayor Brian Petschler on 11 November 2013. Relatives of deceased veterans can request their service to country be recognised on the memorial wall, regardless of where they lived when they enlisted or where they were born.
The wall, named after WWII pilot and former Kiama/Jamberoo RSL sub-branch member Gordon Grellman, is believed to be the only one of its kind in Australia.
Come aboard The Picnic Train - a living museum on rails. This is travel as it used to be - a little slower and a lot more fun!
Their dedicated and talented volunteers are from a wide range of backgrounds and come from far and wide with just one thing in mind - to provide you with a unique and enjoyable day out.
Whether joining in Sydney for the signature Kiama Picnic Train or from Maitland for a spirited run to Dungog, or even further afield, you'll soak up the scenery from 1930s carriages.
Their star attractions are their steam locomotives 5917 and R766 - rare survivors of the golden era of travel when steam ruled the rails.
They look forward to welcoming you aboard. Find out more at their website.
Koh Samui Thai Massage is Kiama's first Thai massage business, proudly serving locals and visitors since 2015. Their experienced Thai therapists provide authentic Thai massage, remedial massage, relaxation treatments, hot stone massage, and wellness therapies in a welcoming and professional environment.
Located in the heart of Kiama and open seven days a week, we are proud to be part of the local community and to have helped clients relax and recharge for over 10 years.
Health Fund Rebates Available.
This charming flower shop offers visitors a delightful shopping experience, featuring fresh flowers, carefully selected gifts, and beautiful homewares. It is the perfect destination for those seeking a unique gift, a special keepsake, or something to brighten their home. With a welcoming atmosphere, quality products, and friendly service, the shop provides tourists with a memorable local experience and a wonderful reason to stop by during their visit.
Bombo Clothing Co is a beautifully curated boutique and lifestyle destination, offering an elevated selection of fashion, footwear, jewellery, accessories, and homewares.
With an extensive and thoughtfully selected collection, the boutique caters to every occasion—from effortless beachside escapes to the most formal of events. Renowned for its expertise in Mother of the Bride and Groom styling, Bombo Clothing Co delivers a refined and personalised approach, ensuring every client feels confident, elegant, and impeccably dressed. Seasonal collections also showcase premium denim, luxurious knitwear, and sophisticated swimwear, designed to complement a modern, coastal lifestyle.
Celebrating 21 years of style, Bombo Clothing Co proudly champions a considered mix of Australian designers and leading international brands, including Once Was, Zoe Kratzmann, Maud Dainty, Moss & Spy, Sacha Drake, Levi's, and One Season. The offering is further elevated by a curated selection of premium leather sandals, heels, and boots, alongside exquisite jewellery to complete each look.
Defined by its warm, inviting atmosphere and attention to detail, Bombo Clothing Co offers a truly indulgent and inspiring shopping experience.
Visitors can discover the stories behind the people, places and events that have helped shape NSW - where the history happened. A Blue Plaque visit offers more than sightseeing. It creates a direct connection between place and story, turning everyday locations into places of discovery. Each plaque reveals a unique piece of history, encouraging visitors to explore local areas from a new perspective and uncover stories they may never have known.
This blue plaque commemorates Orry-Kelly who was a designer to the stars, leading the costume design on over 300 films and winning 3 Oscars, making him the most prolific Australian-born Oscar winner for over 50 years.
Visit the blue plaque at The Sebel Kiama and scan the QR code there to learn more.
Upon your arrival at endota Spa Kiama take a moment to unwind in their relaxation lounge with an organic herbal tea. Replenish your mind, body and soul in one of their four treatment rooms. Their expert therapists specialise in relaxation, remedial, hot stone and pregnancy massage, organic and advanced facials, body wraps and scrubs, pedicures, waxing and spray tans.
Take home some Australian-made organic skincare and browse their lifestyle range to turn your home into a relaxing retreat or speak to one of their therapists to find an advanced homecare solution to your skincare concerns.
Discover personalised, evidence-based wellness at Wellness and Recovery Haus. Their exclusive offerings, including cutting-edge technology and holistic therapies, provide a sanctuary for biohackers, those seeking optimal health, and individuals facing life challenges or recovering from injuries.
Experience transformative treatments tailored to your unique needs. Their commitment to exceptional care and holistic healing ensures your journey to well-being is supported. Their mission remains steadfast - to help you achieve optimal mental and physical health.
