![NATURAL BLONDE MOMENT: Millie the blonde wombat was captured on Instagram at Symbio Wildlife Park during Destination Wollongong's first Instaweek. Picture: Lauren Bath NATURAL BLONDE MOMENT: Millie the blonde wombat was captured on Instagram at Symbio Wildlife Park during Destination Wollongong's first Instaweek. Picture: Lauren Bath](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/tSTP9QYGHQpn75NApSSxni/7690ebf7-859d-4b38-adc0-c072ec256b5a.jpg/r0_766_7035_4612_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Images taken by Instagram influencers invited to the region by Destination Wollongong are being seen by hundreds of thousands of people.
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![FLAGSTAFF POINT: Aerial surveillance was one of the many ways Instagram influencers captured Wollongong during the city's first Instaweek. Picture: Garry Norris
FLAGSTAFF POINT: Aerial surveillance was one of the many ways Instagram influencers captured Wollongong during the city's first Instaweek. Picture: Garry Norris](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/tSTP9QYGHQpn75NApSSxni/52047be9-8620-4126-9939-70d0c59cdcc5.jpg/r88_0_3659_3698_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The Instagrammers shared 89 posts over the week with each post tagging @visitwollongong and using the hashtag #visitwollongong.
Posts shared by influencers during Instaweek reached 1.3 million people and received 356,579 “Likes” and 4,565 comments.
![MOSS ON THE ROCKS: A blue and green Illawarra Instamoment captured by a visiting Instagram influencer during Wollongong's first Instaweek. Picture: Garry Norris MOSS ON THE ROCKS: A blue and green Illawarra Instamoment captured by a visiting Instagram influencer during Wollongong's first Instaweek. Picture: Garry Norris](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/tSTP9QYGHQpn75NApSSxni/f94cddea-3f34-49aa-b980-fe954bb80451.jpg/r0_0_4172_4320_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Many of the images were picked up by major Instagram accounts.
When @australia shared @jewelszee’s rainbow over the lighthouse’s it generated 51,345 likes and 416 comments.
Australia has the world’s most award winning destination Instagram account.
‘’To be featured on here is a significant coup for Wollongong and the campaign,’’ Destination Wollongong’s Tabitha Galvin said.
‘’The Tourism Australia team who manage the @australia Instagram account regularly monitor the posts of the influencers.’’