Escape Southern Highlands

13/04/2022

Happy Easter to you all and to those visiting the Southern Highlands this weekend, have a wonderful time! It’s a fabulous time of the year with the spectacular sunsets and trees showing their autumnal colours. Thankfully the rain has cleared for the next week so get out and about and enjoy all we have to offer…
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16/02/2022

Tonight’s amazing moon show! 🌙🌙🌙

10/11/2021

10/09/2021

Another beautiful weekend morning to be out and about eyeing all things fabulous in the Southern Highlands even if the days seem to be dragging on now. Disappointing for us all not being able to open up again today, but our turn will come and hopefully that will be the last of lockdowns. Have a sun-shiny weekend! 🌳

05/09/2021

Another village, another weekend walk and what a super sunny day for being out and about on Father’s Day…..although a little chilly in the wind so rug up! Spring flowers are all starting to make their stunning appearance around the Highlands, such a pretty sight. Enjoy your day! 🌳

31/08/2021

Well, good morning Spring! Just what everyone needs to brighten the mood…. baby animals being born, trees full of perfumed blossom, sun-shiny days and the smell of freshly mown grass! Bliss…. 🌳

31/08/2021

Fromage. Fromaggio. Chizu. Questo. Cheese. We love it. So what’s the universal appeal? “Its deliciousness of course,” says Hugh Nicholas, cheesemonger at Cheese etc, Bowral. “It’s also an incredibly versatile food with endless variations – of region, milk origin, style, aroma. And for all that, it’s also somehow incredibly honest and simple and earthy, tied to the land and the farmers and producers.” Read all about cheese, and some of our local cheese producers and providores in our new issue. Out now. Image ⁠
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24/08/2021

Thinking of when we can move around freely again, even to just enjoy the simple things in life we take for granted…. In the mean time, one of our favourite things to do here at Escape is to get up early on the weekend mornings and head out to a different town or village in the Southern Highlands for a morning walk. So much to discover and see doing this that you may normally miss when driving through. Gates and front entrances are a favourite and we have captured a few to share. Happy walking! 🌳

10/08/2021

Escape Southern Highlands is out and available from your nearest newsagent and also Harris Farm Markets. As you know it is now in Highlife Magazine which is always packed full of interesting stories, people and happenings around the Highlands! Don’t miss out, pick up your copy soon....⁠
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27/07/2021

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS ESCAPE is a free annual tourism and lifestyle publication produced thanks to a collaboration between Destination Southern Highlands and Highlife Publishing. 116 pages of people, places and pastimes to get to know, explore and experience in our uniquely beautiful and bucolic backyard. Pick up your copy from the Destination Southern Highlands Visitors Welcome Centre, 62-70 Main Street, Mittagong. Out now. Photo by , cover shot at Red Cow Farm, Sutton Forest 🌳

21/07/2021

The Plane trees in Leighton Gardens, Moss Vale, have come alive with the help of some very creative and vibrant crocheted wraps. Known as Yarn bombing, our very talented women from the Moss Vale Evening CWA and members of the wider community have spent many hours producing these for the installation. What a treat they are visually! 🌳

06/07/2021

Frosty and beautiful all rolled into one this morning in the Southern Highlands… 🌳

02/07/2021

Ever wanted to try life drawing? In the new issue of ESH in Highlife magazine, we take a masterclass in life drawing with former Archibald finalist artist Noel Thurgate at the fabulous Bowral District & Art Society and come away with a new appreciation for the models who take their clothes off, and the artists who have the talent to draw them. 🌳

28/06/2021

Looking for a Highlands accommodation option to help you hold court? Iona Park near Moss Vale is one grand pad to rest your head. With beds for 22, this palatial home is owned by a former Australian sporting great who obviously likes to entertain on scale. Find out who, and how you can book in for a week or weekend, in the new issue of Escape Southern Highlands in Highlife Magazine. Out now. 🌳

17/06/2021

Did you know the national standard on free-range egg stocking density is 10,000 hens or fewer per hectare? To put that into context, that’s four chooks on a bed double or one per every square metre. Not really free range then huh? To ensure the eggs you eat are laid by happy, healthy hens, free to move around at will and scratch in the grass, go local. Growers
such as Taluca Park, Exeter; Mussett Holdings, Colo Vale; Jamberoo Mountain Eggs,
Robertson and Dunollie Rare and Heritage Poultry, Sutton Forest keep open range and
pastured raised hens. And these ones are the real deal. Read where to find yours in the new issue of ESH in Highlife out now. 🌳

08/06/2021

The ‘big chill’ is on its way… maybe a little snow will be sprinkling it’s magic over the Southern Highlands! 🌳

07/06/2021

What’s your favourite pie? With so many scrumptious pies on offer for the month of June in the Southern Highlands during Pie Time, I think we have all found more than one to call our fave... nothing better to warm up with on a cold winter’s day! 🌳