Top of the Lake will be set in New South Wales.
Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania . Top of the Lake is a mystery drama television series created and written by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee , and directed by Campion and Garth Davis . Season 2 will be set four years after the events of Season 1 and will be set in Sydney , as Robin investigates the death of an unidentified Asian girl found at Bondi Beach .