Southern
Highlands
Holiday Destinations
New South Wales NSW
BERRIMA
Founded
in
the
1830s
this
beautifully
preserved
Georgian
Village
has
many
sandstone
buildings
preserved
from
that
period.
The
Surveyor
General
Inn
posts
claim
to
being
the
oldest
licensed
premises
in
Australia.
Other
buildings
of
historical
interest
include
The
Holy
Trinity
Anglican
Church
consecrated
in
1849,
and
a
magnificent house
built
by
a
former
postmaster
in
the
1870s
which
was
later
to
become
Magistrate's
House.
BOWRAL
A
leafy
little
town
surrounded
by
hills
with
a
number
of
old
buildings
along
its
main
street
was
a
the
fashionable
place
for
Sydney's
wealthier
families
to
spend
their
weekends
late
last
century.
The
town
is
well
known
for
its
Tulip
Festival
in
Corbett
Gardens
where
special
displays
are grown
each
year.
The
town
site
was
sold
to
Explorer
and
Surveyor
General
John
Oxley
in
1815
but
he
could
not
pay
for
it
so
years
later
it
was
given
to
his
sons
in
recognition
of
their
fathers
work.
Their
family
home,
Wingecarribee,
was
shipped,
prefabricated
from
England
140
years
ago
and
is probably
the
only
house
of
its
type
in
the
country
today.
GOULBURN
200KM
south-west
of
Sydney,
Goulburn
is
Australia's
second
oldest
inland
town
and
the
centre
of
a
flourishing
farming
and
pastoral
industry.
The
Old
Hume
Hwy
passes
straight
through
the
middle
of
the
town
but
since
1993
Goulburn
has
been
bypassed
by
a
new
divided
highway.
The
last
town
in
the
British
empire
to
be
decreed
a
city
in
1863.
There
a
two
cathedrals
in
the
town-
St
Saviours
Anglican
Cathedral
with
a
magnificent
organ
of
2252
pipes
and
splendid
wood
carving,
and
SS
Peter
and
Paul
Cathedral
which
is
built
from
sandstone
and
porphyry. The
Big
Merino
a
15m
high
merino
sheep
is
a
tourist
attraction
west
of
the
city.
YASS
Yass
is
62
kllometres
(50
minutes
drive)
north
west
of
the
ACT
and
280
kilometres
(3
hours
drive)
south
west
of
Sydney
on
the
Hume
Highway.
The
Shire
services
a
total
population
of
8,800
people
with
4,500
living
in
the
attractive
township
of
Yass
on
the
Yass
River.
The
first
discovery
of
the
district
by
Europeans
occurred
in
1821
when
Hamilton
Hume
lead
a
small
party
to
the
Yass
Plains,
which
the
Aborigines
called
"Yharr",
said
to
mean
running
water.
Historically,
superfine
wool
from
Yass
has
attracted
world
record
prices,
thereby
establishing
the
area
as
the
Fine
Wool
Centre
of
the
World
--
a
reputation
of
which
Yass
is
very
proud.
The
Yass
soil
and
Favourable
climate
has
been
responsible
for
producing
some
top
quality
cool
climate
wines
with
a
Ravour
comparable
to
that
of
the
wines
from
the
famous
region
of
Bordeaux
in
france.
Burrinjuck
Dam
in
the
Yass
Shire
is
the
summer
playground
to
many
avid
waterskiers.
Year
round
the
vast
Dam
and
its
foreshores
and
tributaries
entertain
campers,
hikers,
fishing
and
sight-seeing
enthusiasts
and
picnickers.
In
fact,
a
quarter
of
a
million
visitors
a
year
come
to
experience
the
splendour
of Burrinjuck.
GUNDAGAI
Situated
on
the
banks
of
the
Murrumbidgee
River
and
nestling
at
the
foot
of
Mount
Parnassus
in
the
beautiful
Murrumbidgee
Valley,
the
famous
town
of
Gundagai
is
steeped
in
history
and
wonderful
heritage
attractions.
Long
a
favorite
stopping
place
for
travellers
along
the
Hume
Highway,
historic
Gundagai
is
a fascinating
place
to
visit
and
learn
about
many
of
the
uniquely
Australian
events,
characters
and
buildings
which
have
etched
a
special
place
in
the
folklore
of
this
country.
It
was
in
1824
that
the
overland
explorers
Hamilton
Hume
and
William
Hovell,
and
then
the
rivermen
Charles
Sturt
and
Thomas
Mitchell,
opened
up
the
trail
for
land-seekers
and
pioneers.
Five
Mile
Creek,
a
few
kilometres
north
of
Gundagai,
became
a
popular
camping
spot
for
teamsters
and
their
lumbering,
supply-laden
bullock
wagons.
Today
it's
the
site
of
that
famous
Australian
icon,
the
Dog
on
the
Tuckerbox,
along
with
'Snake
Gully'
where
four
legendary
folk
characters,
Dad
and
Dave,
Mum and
Mabel,
are
enshrined
in
copper.
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