This region of rivers, long sandy beaches, large protected estuaries and sandstone headlands features fascinating coastal ecosystems, rainforests and waterfalls.
Common name
Illawarra Socketwood
Scientific name
Daphnandra johnsonii
Status in NSW
Endangered
Commonwealth status
Endangered
Rainforest tree to 20 metres tall. Leaves opposite, coarsely toothed, roughly oval in shape, 6 to 12 cm long, 1.5 to 6 cm wide, with a raised mid-vein on the upper surface. Small, pale greenish white flowers (rarely with a pink margin), borne in a many-flowered panicle from the leaf base.
Mean temperatures are projected to rise by 1.9 ºC by 2070. The increases are occurring across the region with the greatest increase during summer. Larger increases are also being seen along the coast and the west of the region during summer and spring. All models show there are no declines in mean temperatures across the Illawarra.
Air quality data for NSW is displayed using the Air Quality Index (AQI) scale and is updated hourly.
