Top Things to do in Southern Highlands
Top 10 Budget-friendly Things to do in Southern Highlands, New South Wales
Discover the best top things to do in Southern Highlands, Australia including The Grape Escape, Highlands Food & Wine Tours, Eden Brewery, Joadja Vineyard, Southern Highlands Welcome Centre, Bradman Museum & International Cricket Hall of Fame, Red Cow Farm - Open Garden, Leighton Gardens, Berrima District Museum, Sunnataram Forest Monastery.
Restaurants in Southern Highlands
1. The Grape Escape
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 236 reviews
Let The Grape Escape take you on a bespoke wine tour and more, experience our beautiful Southern Highlands for yourself and all it has to offer, join us at some of the fantastic cellar doors and vineyards, take advantage of the many special events throughout the year like Tulip Time, Food & Wine Festival, Jazz in the vines, and many many more! Hope to see you on one of our tours soon! Cheers, Scott and Mira
2. Highlands Food & Wine Tours
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 101 reviews
Welcome to Highlands Food & Wine Tours. We are here to give you a great wine tasting experience in one of Australia's greatest food and wine districts. The NSW Southern Highlands boasts some of Australia's best wine makers who have won accolades for their wine making both throughout Australia and around the world. There are also many food producers who produce premium food products. We have a list of weekend tours on our website and are also available for weekday tours.
3. Eden Brewery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 51 reviews
Reviewed By jebskulker
Such a nice relaxing place to taste some delicious beers. It's not too far from Mittagong town, or Bowral for that matter, with plenty of parking available, but you can walk it from the train station. The staff are so friendly and helpful on arrival, and they suggest ordering a paddle of taster beers to get a feel for their range. They do have around 10 or so beers on offer in schooner and middy sized glasses as well, and even a few takeaway beers if needed. They will also sell refillable containers if you want to take some home straight from the beer tap. There's a lovely range of beers here for all tastes, from light fruity beers to darker beers to a pilsner to a hoppy IPA, there's something for everyone. They also offer some homemade pies from the Gumnut Patisserie across the road, although you can just as easily walk over and buy any pies or pastries of your choice and bring them inside to eat.
4. Joadja Vineyard
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 84 reviews
Reviewed By samuelsB4928GA
Great service, lovely atmosphere and delicious wines! A must for anybody who wants a relaxing tasting
5. Southern Highlands Welcome Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 171 reviews
Make the Southern Highlands your next short break destination, and you will find a treasure trove of destinational attractions, like award winning restaurants and wineries, magnificent gardens,rare antiques, authentic heritage and amazing natural wonders.The Southern Highlands Welcome Centre is a great place to begin your journey. FREE Maps, Fact Sheets, Brochures, WIFI are just the start of your experience.
Reviewed By Ellenga - Sydney, Australia
Friendly and very helpful staff who explained the best places to see and supplied us with maps & marked the maps to show places of interest and how to fund these places.
6. Bradman Museum & International Cricket Hall of Fame
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 490 reviews
Found in the picturesque Southern Highlands town of Bowral where the famous Sir Donald Bradman grew up, the Bradman Museum is a state-of-the-art high-tech Museum that encapsulates cricket's history from its earliest origins through the Bradman era and World Series Cricket to the modern day and the introduction of T20. The Bradman Foundation, a non-profit charitable trust, was established in 1987 with the full support of Sir Donald Bradman AC to promote cricket as a valuable cultural and sporting force within the community. The Foundation prides itself on being the heritage custodians of Australian cricket. It preserves the heritage of the game while delivering Sir Donald Bradman’s commitment to the future of the game through development at youth level and within the wider community. The Foundation also often hosts exhibition matches and special events on the historic and picturesque Bradman Oval. A special focus by the Foundation is the development of youth through cricket.
Reviewed By andrewbS7381PJ
The museum is loaded with memorabilia and designed to entertain all ages. All topped off by the delicious food served fresh in the Bradman Cafe`.
7. Red Cow Farm - Open Garden
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 144 reviews
Reviewed By 885candicek
It really was like walking through a story book. Well worth the visit and the entry fee. Would visit again.
8. Leighton Gardens
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 23 reviews
Reviewed By markbI422AJ - Moss Vale, Australia
A great park for a picnic, or just a laze. Moss Vale has a beautiful main street. It would be great if this area could be used for the Farmers Market!
9. Berrima District Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 66 reviews
The Berrima District Museum is an outstanding, award winning, country museum that tells fascinating stories about people, places and objects of the Southern Highlands.
Reviewed By BiteSizeTraveller - Sydney, Australia
Don’t be fooled by the exterior of the building that houses the Berrima District Museum, the museum itself is well worth the money and extremely interesting to visit. My family and I recently visited over Christmas and spent a good hour or so wandering round the museum and reading all the signs of information. There is so much to see and read that you could easily spend half a day here. I was fascinated to read about the history, especially of the WWII German internees That were held prisoner here and admire the collection of items from days gone by. There was also another temporary art exhibition inside with works by Rembrandt which was wonderful to see with digital works and audio to listen to the stories. It is very clean inside and cool during the summer which was a welcome relief to the heat outside. I would definitely visit again when I’m next in the area.
10. Sunnataram Forest Monastery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 30 reviews
A Buddhist monastery in Thai forest meditation. A place for Buddhist study and meditation retreat. Strict dress code and respectful behavior must be observed during the visit. Please look at the website for strict guideline for religious visitors. Not a tourist place for toilet breaks, picnic, tour buses, loud noise. No free lunch. Making appointment to enter the property is essential.
