Southern Highlands Travel
 The Southern
Highlands - is located south west of Sydney in New
South Wales, Australia. The southern highlands is within
commuting distance of Sydney and is popular for weekends
away from Sydney. It is a cooler climate than Sydney.
Goulburn is
a small city in the
Southern Highlands of New South Wales,
Australia approximately 190 km (118 miles) south-west of
Sydney. With a population of approximately 24,000, Goulburn is
one of the largest cities in the region and a rural hub for
surrounding agriculture.
Goulburn was Australia's first inland city to be settled and
is now the location of New South Wales' largest maximum
security prison.
Cities and Major Towns of the Southern Highlands
- Bowral
- Goulburn
- Marulan
- Mittagong
- Moss Vale
- Yerrinbool
- Bundanoon
Things to See at the Southern Highlands
 The Big Merino is possibly
Goulburn's most well-known tourist attraction. Being a
rural hub, the 15 m (49 ft) tall concrete Merino sheep
symbolises the town's importance to the local farming
industry.- Goulburn War Memorial built on Rocky Hill in
1924 in memory of the people who died during World War 1.
Has good view of the town so worth visiting even when the
museum is closed.
- Wombeyan
Caves can be accessed through the nearby town of
Taralga.
- Historic
Waterworks Museum - The Waterworks
which became functional in 1886 was the first
reticulated water supply for the booming city of
Goulburn.
- Goulburn Brewery - it has been suggested that
the buildings were designed by the famous colonial
architect Francis Greenaway as there are some stylistic
similarities with his other work.
- Morton National Park starts at Bungonia about
20km from the town. In its upper reaches the Park is dry,
and carries the Shoalhaven river over the escarpment on its
way to Nowra.
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