Woronora, New South Wales

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Woronora is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 27km south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire.

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Sydney suburbs near Woronora (Sutherland Shire)
Bangor	Bonnet Bay	Jannali
Bangor	Woronora	Sutherland
Woronora Heights	Woronora Heights	Sutherland

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[edit] Location

The Woronora Plateau, is a geographical region adjacent to the Sydney Plain. Slightly higher in altitude, it is capped with Hawkesbury Sandstone. It is often hotter in summer and colder in winter than Sydney. The Woronora River flows through the deeply dissected plateau to the Georges River from near the sources of the Port Hacking, within the Sutherland Shire.

The Woronora Reservoir is one of the sources of Sydney's water supply. Controversy has attended the management of the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor, which has been suspected of discharging nuclear wastes into the river downstream of the dam.

There is a fire trail between Woronora and Woronora Heights which has remained closed due to protests from those who live in Woronora and parts of Woronora Heights. These residents feel that if the fire trail was opened to general transport, it would create an influx of vehicles from Engadine using Woronora as a 'shortcut' to Menai and Sutherland, and would pollute the area. They also feel it would congest and change the character of the small suburb. In 2006, the NSW State Government intervened and zoned the fire trail such that it would not be able to be used for public or general transport. Up until this decision, many houses through the area displayed placards protesting against members of the local Sutherland Shire Council that were pushing to have the road opened to public transport, and others that sought to see the road opened to general traffic.

A feature of Woronora is that it snakes south, along both sides of the Woronora River. Some houses in the Woronora area are not accessible by road; they can only be reached by boat. Many think that this adds to the charm of the suburb which has curiously escaped the development that its surrounding suburbs have experienced. They feel that this has contributed to the sense of community in the Woronora.