STAY, PLAY, EAT, DRINK & EXPLORE
Accommodation / Iona Park
Escape SH checks into a monumental Highlands pad that sleeps up to two cricket sides, or five Davis Cup teams, and finds it does what it says, game, set and match.
Question. Does it follow that people with big sporting achievements go on to buy big
The Potting Shed at Bunya House
A fairy tale find, hard work and good taste transformed Bunya House, Bowral and its adjunct, The Potting Shed, into an elegant place to stay.
Camilla Creswick has always had a thing for historic houses. Fortunate, she says, given other 2011 arrivals to the Southern Highlands
Accommodation / Edmond Tiny House
Escape Southern Highlands checks into a unique Highlands getaway and meets a surprise guest.
The popularity of Black Angus cattle in Australia is a relatively new phenomenon. Renowned for its prime beef, this ubiquitous breed reportedly cemented its reputation thanks to a concerted campaign by industry
ACCOMMODATION/FAMILY FIRST
Top of the bucket list for many families visiting the Highlands is to spend time on a farm, and just in time too! A recent survey by Primary Industries Education Foundation found one third of Aussie kids struggle to identify fruit and vegetables, and are
Train of dreams
Travel back in time to an era of elegant glamour … then step outside for hiking or mountain biking.
Writer Agatha Christie was an ardent champion of the delights of early 20th century train travel. Her continental train trips and the works they inspired helped add
Stay Accommodation/Cliff House on Platypus Gorge
Escape Southern Highlands stays at a secluded riverside retreat and tries to meet its elusive residents
Ornithorynchus anatinus is a curious creature. This iconic Australian monotreme with its duck bill, beaver tail and webbed feet so confounded the first Europeans to examine a specimen they judged
A Watershed Moment
Escape Southern Highlands stays at a designer shed and discovers magic at the bottom of the garden.
I’m all for that old adage try before you buy but it sort of defeats the purpose when staying somewhere new for the first time.
Which is why I am
Udder bliss at Wildes Meadow
At the top of the wish list for many visitors to the Highlands is to experience life on a farm. Particularly children, and understandably so. A recent survey found one third of Australian kids struggled to identify fruit and vegetables, and where produce came from.
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Accommodation / Iona Park
Escape SH checks into a monumental Highlands pad that sleeps up to two cricket sides, or five Davis Cup teams, and finds it does what it says, game, set and match. Question. Does it follow that people with big sporting achievements go on to buy big
The Potting Shed at Bunya House
A fairy tale find, hard work and good taste transformed Bunya House, Bowral and its adjunct, The Potting Shed, into an elegant place to stay. Camilla Creswick has always had a thing for historic houses. Fortunate, she says, given other 2011 arrivals to the Southern Highlands
Accommodation / Edmond Tiny House
Escape Southern Highlands checks into a unique Highlands getaway and meets a surprise guest. The popularity of Black Angus cattle in Australia is a relatively new phenomenon. Renowned for its prime beef, this ubiquitous breed reportedly cemented its reputation thanks to a concerted campaign by industry
ACCOMMODATION/FAMILY FIRST
Top of the bucket list for many families visiting the Highlands is to spend time on a farm, and just in time too! A recent survey by Primary Industries Education Foundation found one third of Aussie kids struggle to identify fruit and vegetables, and are
Train of dreams
Travel back in time to an era of elegant glamour … then step outside for hiking or mountain biking. Writer Agatha Christie was an ardent champion of the delights of early 20th century train travel. Her continental train trips and the works they inspired helped add
Stay Accommodation/Cliff House on Platypus Gorge
Escape Southern Highlands stays at a secluded riverside retreat and tries to meet its elusive residents Ornithorynchus anatinus is a curious creature. This iconic Australian monotreme with its duck bill, beaver tail and webbed feet so confounded the first Europeans to examine a specimen they judged
A Watershed Moment
Escape Southern Highlands stays at a designer shed and discovers magic at the bottom of the garden. I’m all for that old adage try before you buy but it sort of defeats the purpose when staying somewhere new for the first time. Which is why I am
Udder bliss at Wildes Meadow
At the top of the wish list for many visitors to the Highlands is to experience life on a farm. Particularly children, and understandably so. A recent survey found one third of Australian kids struggled to identify fruit and vegetables, and where produce came from.
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