The Southern Highlands · New South Wales · Early access
Life, a little higher.
Cool-climate country an hour and a half from Sydney — of village main streets, long lunches, misty mornings and gardens that change with every season. Here’s how it might feel to live here.
Why the Highlands
Four seasons, fifteen villages, one easy drive from the city
Sitting around 600 to 700 metres above sea level, the Southern Highlands has real seasons — blazing autumn leaves, crisp winter fires, spring tulips and long green summers. Each village has its own character, from Bowral’s busy boulevards to Bundanoon’s bush tracks and Berrima’s Georgian sandstone.
Start here
The four villages most people weigh up first
Central Highlands
Bowral
Leafy, polished and lively — the Highlands’ social heart.
Central Highlands
Moss Vale
An unpretentious country town with real-world value.
North Highlands
Mittagong
The gateway town — closest to Sydney, with bush on every side.
South Highlands
Bundanoon
A bush village on the edge of Morton National Park.
The lie of the land
Five corners of the Highlands
Central
The heart of the Highlands — Bowral’s boulevards, Moss Vale’s country-town ease.
North
Gateway villages closest to Sydney, with Mittagong’s main street at the centre.
East
Rainforest, rich red soil and the escarpment edge above the coast.
Explore the map
Every café, cellar door and waterfall, in one place
Filter by village, restaurants, pubs, wineries, nature or everyday amenities, and tap any marker for details and directions.
Open the mapFood, wine & weekends
A taste of a Highlands weekend
Property lifestyle guide
Where would $1.5m–$2.5m take you?
Compare indicative prices for a quality home with a pool — or a spa — across every village, and see which ones let you walk to dinner.
Open the property guide- Adjustable budget, bedrooms and bathrooms
- Pool preferred, spa acceptable
- Character or contemporary homes
- Estimates kept clearly separate from verified sales