Wandering NSW boy reunited with family

A young child found wandering along a highway south of Wollongong alone in his pyjamas has been reunited with his family.

The boy was found by a member of the public walking on the Princes Highway in the Illawarra region just before 7am on Thursday.

A member of the child's family arrived at the Lake Illawarra Police Station shortly after 9am according to police, after an appeal for public assistance to help locate the boy's family.