| Southern Highlands (124 km south west of Sydney) Trip duration: One day or longer. On the road
Just 1.5 hours south west of Sydney, via the Hume Highway is the Southern Highlands. It is an easy day trip from Sydney or you can spend several days in the Highlands exploring. Return to Sydney via the Hume Highway or drive to the coast (via the IIIawarra Highway) and return to Sydney past the south coast beaches of the Illawarra region. Must see The Southern Highlands region is full of surprises with colourful gardens, antiques, Australian history, rolling green hillsides, plunging waterfalls and marvellous bushwalks. Enjoy the variety of places to stay, fabulous food and superb country hospitality of this lush, rural area. CAMPBELLTOWN Campbelltown is now a satellite town of Sydney and also a dormitory suburb. Home of the legend Fisher’s ghost, the ghost of a murdered convict is alleged to have pointed to the place where his body was subsequently found and as a result the murderer was brought to justice.  Mittagong is the gateway to the Southern Highlands. The area has many gracious old buildings. Visit Victoria House for Australia’s largest needlework display. Interesting Mt Gibraltar, once volcanic, has picnic facilities, walking tracks and spectacular views.
Berrima is the best remaining example of a small 1830s Australian village. Visit the convict built goal and courthouse or some of the many galleries, antique and craft shops. Stop for a drink and cook your own steak at the old Surveyor General Inn. Moss Vale is an industrial town just south of Bowral. Throsby Park House, built between 1834 and 1837, is a fine old home built by the area’s first settlers. Moss Vale is a good place to explore Morton National Park, one of the largest national parks in NSW, with many bushwalks to spectacular lookouts and waterfalls, particularly Fitzroy Falls.
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Western Australia | Northern Territory Hire a bike in Bundanoon and visit Glow Worm Glen. Wombeyan Caves in Morton National Park, is one of the largest parks in NSW. Much of it’s 154 000 ha is virgin bushland with 55km of river frontage. The Fitzroy Falls are within 100m of the carpark and cascade 82m to the valley below. Two walking tracks run each side of the escarpment and provide stunning views from a series of lookouts.  Bowral, stroll through Corbett Gardens and Milton Park Gardens that are the showpiece of the annual Tulip Time Festival held in September. Visit the Bradman Museum and Oval and learn about Australia’s cricketing history. Mount Gibraltar Reserve gives one of the best panoramic views of the Highlands.
You can return via the coast taking the Illawarra Highway: Robertson, the link between the Southern Highlands and the coast, sits at the top of the Macquarie Pass and offers s pectacular views of the coast. It is the centre of the largest potato growing district in NSW. Shellharbour is an attractive holiday resort on the coast. Visit Blackbutt Reserve and Killalea Recreation Park. Nearby is Bass Point Headland and Marine Reserve 3km south with picnic areas and views. Bass Point is also a great location to go scuba diving and snorkelling. Lake IIIawarra, has fine beaches for fishing and surfing on Windang Peninsula. Boats are available for hire. Wollongong, is the third largest city in NSW. Clustered around Port Kembla Harbour it is the highly automated steel mill operated by BHP. The surrounding area has some of the South Coast’s most spectacular scenery. Visit the IIIawara Historical Society Museum, in Market St. It includes a handicraft room and furnished Victorian parlour. For further information, contact: Southern Highlands Visitors Information Centre
Hume Highway
MITTAGONG NSW 2575
Phone: (048) 71 2888
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