Hill 60

Hill 60 is a coastal headland reserve at Port Kembla in Wollongong, New South Wales, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Lake Illawarra. It is notable for the heritage-listed Illowra Battery, a World War II coastal defence installation built to protect Port Kembla's steelworks and harbour. The site combines historic gun emplacements and tunnels with panoramic viewpoints, walking tracks and significant Aboriginal cultural landscape, making it a popular public lookout and heritage destination.

Visitors can expect an open coastal headland with grassed reserve, walking tracks and sealed access road leading to lookouts. The main features are the concrete gun emplacements, tunnels and observation posts of the Illowra Battery with interpretive signage. The headland offers 270-degree views over Port Kembla harbour, Five Islands, Port Kembla Beach and Lake Illawarra. The area is exposed and windy, used for sightseeing, photography, picnicking, shore fishing and watching hang gliders launch.

Hill 60 is the site of the Illowra Battery, constructed in 1942 as part of the Kembla Fortress coastal defence system during World War II to protect Port Kembla's steelworks, harbour and industrial complex. The battery included two 6-inch Mark XI guns, observation posts, tunnels and support buildings, manned by the Australian Army. It was heritage-listed for its role in Australia's wartime coastal defence network and remains one of the most intact WWII battery sites in New South Wales.

The headland is part of a significant Aboriginal cultural landscape for the Dharawal people, traditionally known as Illowra. It holds cultural and spiritual values and is recognized for its long association with Aboriginal use and connection to Country. The reserve is also valued by the local community as a memorial landscape and public lookout.