Booking yourself onto a wine tour is a great way to be chauffeured about the Highlands so you can get on with some serious sampling. Escape Southern Highlands climbed aboard to learn about your local industry and enjoy some merry making. If you are off on
Harriet Goodall is a sculptural weaver whose material hunting ground is the eyrie property she lives on near Robertson. Trained and inspired by the late Virginia Kaiser, one of Australia’s pre-eminent basket makers, Harriet transforms objects she finds from the land into her creative bread
Geoff Goodfellow is a much loved local, born and raised in the Highlands. A Moss Vale resident who worked for many years at the Wingecarribee Shire Council, Geoff also wrote a regular column, Across the River, for the local newspaper from 2008 to 2019. He
This architecturally excellent house has a fascinating story to tell. ALEX SPEED shares its history, discovered while staying there in absolute luxury. Walk into the splendid Drawing Room at Bibury, and once you’ve picked your mouth up off the floor and taken in the finery, you
Vivian Tham and Ram Castillo married at Bendooley Estate in August, a special month because it was when the couple began dating and also became engaged. Seven years in the making, their enchanting winter wedding was everything they had dreamt of, and more. AtDusk photographer
Melissa Wiya is the Aboriginal Development Officer at Wingecarribee Shire Council. She is a proud Arakwal Bundjalung woman of Byron Bay on her mother’s side, and her father is from Papua New Guinea. As the Southern Highlands prepares to celebrate NAIDOC week, Melissa talks to
It was love at first sight when these novice winery owners saw Joadja Estate. And after a crash course on the job with the previous owners, the flirtation has become a full blown obsession with the vineyard. Beyond its natural beauty, the Southern Highlands is known
With the best of both worlds, there are full on farming activities and self contained seclusion on offer at this beautifully presented Exeter gem. It seems fitting that the welcoming party for Exeter Farm Stay is of the animal variety. Angelique the alpaca hovers by a
Serendipitous timing and old fashion smarts helped local maker Cassandra Angelini create her Bougies de Luxe candles and homewares range. Escape Southern Highlands attended a Bougies de Luxe workshop to discover why it’s all about a candle’s ‘warm throw’ and how an iconic beauty brand
In a tunnel under a hill between Bowral and Mittagong lies a fascinating but not so well kept secret. We visited mushroom grower Dr Noel Arrold’s underground world of delicious decomposition… WHEN Dr Noel Arrold lets slip he has dined with Xi Jinping, Communist Party leader
