Last weekend my wife and I traveled down to Wollongong to attend the
opening Night of the Wollongong University Faculty of Creative Arts Graduating
Students Art Exhibition. Our daughter Emma had 7 of her art works on display.
Once again we chose to stay at the Surf Leisure Resort Wollongong,
where we have stayed on previous occasions over the past 4 years when we have
visited Emma. We have found it to be comfortable, luxurious, affordable and
conveniently located. 
The Surf Leisure Resort is handy to the University, the Central
Wollongong Mall and shops, and to nearby supermarkets. It is right on a beach,
and a short stroll along the sand to 2 patrolled beaches. Most of our short
visits to Wollongong
have been in the cooler months, but we still have enjoyed walking along the
beach and dipping or toes in the water. Our children have even tried catching
the perfect wave when they have been attempting to master the skills of surf
board riding.
For our visit we chose a motel room, as we found them to be more
than adequate for our purposes. The Surf Leisure Resort actually has a wide choice
of 9 styles of tastefully decorated accommodation available, all having TV,
DVD, and Austar channels. DVDS are available for hire from the Resort Shop. The
accommodation types to choose from are:
- Open Plan Motel Style Budget Unit
- Open Plan Motel Style Standard Unit
- Open Plan Motel Style Air Conditioned Unit
- 1 Bedroom Standard Unit
- 1 Bedroom Air Conditioned Unit
- 2 Air Conditioned Bedroom Unit
- 1 Bedroom Fully Air Conditioned Terrace Apartment
- 2 Bedroom Bungalow
- The top of the range is the 2 Bedroom Terrace Apartment
which sleeps up to 6 Adults. There are 2 king singles or one king double in
both bedrooms with a queen sofa bed in lounge room. There is a Dining Room, a fully
equipped kitchen with dishwasher and microwave, washing machine and dryer, 2
toilets, 1 bathroom, LCD TV in each bedroom and Plasma in the lounge room, DVD
player and sound system. At the rear is a private patio with BBQ. All linen is supplied,
as is in all the other types of accommodation options.
On one visit in the future we must splurge and book the Terrace
Apartment – it sounds great to relax in with all the mod cons.
There is a fantastic choice of on-site indoor and outdoor
activities at the Surf Leisure Resort. At various times we have enjoyed chasing
golf balls around the mini-golf course and dashed around the tennis courts
trying to return the yellow ball back over the net. After all the energetic activity
our favourite spot was the large 25m indoor heated pool. We saw others swimming
laps, but we preferred just to laze around in the warm water. Next it was off
to one of the 2 heated spa pools and steam room. I’m not sure if they were
invigorating or relaxing, but they were very enjoyable!
If our children were younger they would have enjoyed playing
on the playground equipment. Bicycles can be hired at the Resort, as Wollongong’s main 26km
bike track runs along side it.
The good thing about the Surf Leisure Resort is that it is
on a large 30 acre tract of land, so the many accommodation units are well
spaced out with large grassed areas between them. The internal roads are wide
with good parking right in front of each of the accommodation units. There are outdoor
BBQ’s, tables and seating scattered throughout the resort for use.
Many churches, clubs, societies and business choose to have
camps, retreats and conferences at the Surf Leisure Resort. There are 4 large
professionally equipped conference rooms.
Channel 7's Sydney Weekender TV program recently visited the
Surf Leisure Resort for a few days to experience what the Resort has to offer.
The story will air early December on Sydney Weekender.
Contact Details of the Surf Leisure Resort Wollongong
Address 201
Pioneer Rd, Fairy Meadow NSW 2519, Australia
Phone (02) 4283 6999
Web site http://www.wslr.com.au
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wollongong-Surf-Leisure-Resort/100179836692844
Email enquiries@wslr.com.au
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