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5 Southern Highlands Tour

This easily accessible area to the south of Sydney is often
said to resemble Great Britain more than Australia. It
is actually a delightful combination of both: Australian
high country and coastal hinterland with many European
qualities. It is a land of sweeping hills and soaring valleys,
dramatic waterfalls and peaceful streams; of quaint
villages, cosy restaurants, antique shops and elegant
places to stay. The tour takes in spectac ular Seven Mile 8 Bowral
Beach and the pretty town of Berry before heading to This highlands town holds a famous
picturesque Kangaroo Valley, sleepy Bundanoon and spring tulip festival every year and is
the antique shops and wineries of Berrima and Bowral. home to cricket’s Bradman Museum.
An exhilarating adjunct to the tour is nearby Minna­
murra Falls with its boardwalk through rainforest. Wombeyan
caves Mittagong
Bowral
7 Berrima
By-passed by the
railway in the 19th
century, the only
Georgian village
in the highlands
remains one Moss Vale
of the most
picturesque. Sutton Forest
Bundanoon Creek
Goulburn Belmore Falls

6 Bundanoon
Romantic guesthouses
and a glow-worm cave
make this town a popular
Kangaroo River
weekend destination.
Tallowa Dam
5 Fitzroy Falls
Part of Morton National
Park, the falls plunge Morton
80 m (262 ft) into the
subtropi cal rainforest National Park
below. The falls lookout River
has access for the Shoalhaven
disabled and walking
trails with stunning views.
0 kilometres 10
0 miles 5

4 Kangaroo Valley
Hampden Bridge, a
Key castellated suspen sion
bridge, crosses the
Tour route
Kangaroo River at this
Scenic route (alternative) small village. The river is an
Other roads idyllic place for canoeing.

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