Penance Grove Walking Track

If you’re visiting Monga National Park on a day trip, you simply can’t miss Penance Grove. Enter this shady forest glen dappled with sunlight and discover the ancient rainforest from the wheelchair-friendly boardwalk. You’ll see plumwood trees decorated with ferns, mosses...

Belmore Falls

Belmore Falls walking track near Kangaroo Valley offers no shortage of lookouts and sensational southern highland, waterfall and sandstone flora views. The walk starts at the Hindmarsh lookout carpark, with a magnificent view of Kangaroo Valley. Follow the signs around the...

Yanununbeyan State Conservation Area

Yanununbeyan State Conservation Area, near Queanbeyan and Captains Flat, is a great place for horse riding, cycling, walking, picnicking and birdwatching. If you’re after a bit of isolation and a lot of peace and solitude, Yanununbeyan State Conservation Area is just...

Missingham Lookout Track

Once you’ve clapped eyes on this spectacular view, you’ll never forget it. Missingham lookout walking track leads along the western edge of the escarpment and shows off Kangaroo Valley in all its glory, as well as a wide angle view...

Cascades picnic area

After exploring the rainforest on the Cascades walk, the Cascades picnic area near Albion Park is a lovely place for lunch. Surrounded by rainforest and close to a pretty creek, the open grassy area is the perfect spot to spread...

Nellies Glen Picnic Area

History may not have remembered Nellie so well, but one thing's for sure: she knew a good picnic spot when she saw it. Soak up the oxygen laiden air while being soothed by the sounds of nearby waterfalls. Here, you can...

East Rim wildflower walking track

Running from Fitzroy Falls Visitor Centre to Warrawong lookout in the northern section of the park, this self-guided wildflower walk is a nature-lover’s dream. Offering a delightful excursion through diverse native plants and trees, the East Rim and Wildflower walking tracks...

Zipline at Illawarra Fly

Officially the highest zipline in Australia, the Illawarra Fly Zipline Tour is a unique eco-wilderness adventure that takes place in the magnificent Illawarra Rainforest. The Tour involves flying on a series of elevated cable spans and navigating suspension bridges from...

Cascades Walk

The easy and rewarding Cascades walk, near Albion Park, will take you through rainforest and tall eucalypt forest along a creek to the beautiful cascades. This rainforest haven is home to lyrebirds, platypus and goannas, as well as large native...

Manning lookout

Perched on the spectacular cliff-tops in Morton National Park, Manning lookout offers breathtaking scenic views across Kangaroo Valley. It's a great introduction to the dramatic landscape of NSW Southern Highlands, offering great birdwatching and wildflowers. Near Moss Vale, it makes...

Fitzroy Falls

Fitzroy Falls offers a spectacular national park experience. In addition to magnificent waterfalls, it is a great place to experience a lyrebird singing along one of the walking tracks, vistas into the rainforest gullies of Morton National Park from one...

Bowral Lookout

Bowral Lookout has parking and disabled access (with views to the south-west). The Bowral Lookout provides a scenic view overlooking Bowral, the Wingecarribee River Valley and Moss Vale. Mount Gingenbullen, and the Cuckbundoon Ranges (near Goulburn) can be seen in the...

Weir View walking track

When you follow Weir View walking track along the lagoon’s southern bank, it’s hard to believe that this natural environment abundant with birdlife hasn’t been here for eons. In fact, the lagoon only appeared after Bong Bong weir was constructed...

Cecil Hoskins Nature Reserve

Cecil Hoskins Nature Reserve, in the NSW Southern Highlands, is a great place for walking, picnicking, birdwatching and enjoying the tranquillity of this wetland area. A Southern Highlands wetland sounds unlikely, but it does exist. When Bong Bong weir was constructed...

Mount Budawang trail

This is bushwalking at its best for those with a keen sense of adventure. Threading through a diverse range of environments – grassy woodland, wet gullies, montane forest and grassland at the top – you’re exposed to a terrific cross-section...

Jerrawangala Lookout

Hike to Jerrawangala Lookout in Jerrawangala National Park for scenic views out to Gerroa, Ulladulla, Jervis Bay, St Georges Basin and Swan Lake. There are few more uplifting ways to start a day than taking in a sunrise from the peak...

Cecil Hoskins Picnic Area

Cecil Hoskins picnic area, near Moss Vale, is located beside Wingecarribee River in Cecil Hoskins Nature Reserve. It’s an ideal spot for birdwatching, picnicking and having a barbecue. Great things come in small packages and this little picnic area beside Wingecarribee...

Rainforest Walking Track Roberston Nature Reserve

Prepare yourself for a journey back in time as you enjoy a leisurely stroll along on this easy walking track. Stroll along the wheelchair-friendly walking track and surround yourself with the dense rainforest that once covered the landscape around Robertson. Looking...

Illawarra Tourism Route

Take in the beauty of the Southern Highlands, Illawarra and Morton National Park from the comfort of your car on the Illawarra tourism route. After fuelling up with petrol and a cuppa in Bowral take Nowra Road to Fitzroy Falls, travelling...

Mongarlowe River picnic area

If you’re looking for a quiet place to picnic amid nature, you’ll love Mongarlowe River picnic area. Nestled under the shade of eucalypt forest, this sheltered picnic site is an ideal place to begin exploring Monga's rich habitats. Take an easy...