Originally Posted by Auscal

Sydney to Nowra to Bowral & back to Sydney is way longer than 2.5 hours. IMHO, it's more like (& these times are approximate), Sydney to Wollongong is 1 hr, Wollongong to Nowra, almost an hour, Nowra to Bowral (going through Kangaroo Valley) is about an hour - and it's two winding country passes, so, not a relaxing drive - then Bowral back to Sydney is another hour.