Long lunches, cool-climate wine and a fire at the pub

Mittagong vineyard and pot-still distillery with tastings, wood-fired pizza and lawn seating.

Escarpment lookouts over Belmore Falls and Kangaroo Valley, reached by a short Morton NP walk.

Berrima estate combining a cellar door, Book Barn restaurant, bookshop, cottages and a day spa.

Large new, second-hand and rare bookshop in the barn at Bendooley Estate, open seven days.

Colonial-era sandstone courthouse in Berrima with a courtroom sound-and-light show and history displays.

Monthly Sunday community market in the Berrima Public School grounds, raising funds for the school.

European bistro with a French accent inside the restored 1920s Berida Hotel, plus a gin bar.

Cricket museum and Hall of Fame beside Bradman Oval, where Don Bradman played as a boy.

Mock Tudor village pub dating from 1922, with a seasonal bistro, beer garden and guest rooms.

Large Bowral vineyard with a cellar door, bookable tastings and an on-site restaurant.

Hume Highway vineyard near Sutton Forest with a seven-day cellar door and tasting boards.

Formal council garden in central Bowral and the long-time home of the spring Tulip Time festival.

Large vintage and antiques emporium with dozens of independent sellers and an on-site café.

Hatted fine diner in an 1830s sandstone building, cooking seasonal produce over fire.

Village café, store and post office in a c.1900 building, with a garden courtyard.

NPWS visitor centre beside an 80 m waterfall, with a boardwalk to lookouts and rim walking tracks.

Contemporary crêperie for sweet crêpes and savoury galettes, from breakfast through dinner.

Sandstone overhang in Morton NP where glow worms shine after dark; short walk from Bundanoon.

Family-run patisserie of about 30 years, known for award-winning pies, cakes and pastries.

1834 National Trust house in Berrima with cool-climate gardens and a large hedge maze; open weekends.

Leafy European-style bistro beside Dirty Janes for brunch, lunch and wine on the Green Lane patio.

Weekend whisky and gin distillery at the historic Joadja shale-mining town, with free tours and tastings.

Chef-owned French brasserie on the Penders corner serving classic regional French dishes.

Central Mittagong lakeside park with a 600 m loop path, playground and the trailhead to Forty Foot Falls.

Lebanese restaurant in the Grand Arcade built on family recipes and generous share plates.

French-leaning café-bistro on the main street, open for breakfast and lunch daily and dinner late in the week.

Main-street pub with a family bistro, wood-fired pizzas, a courtyard and regular live music.

Moss Vale's landmark pink-painted pub beside the railway station, with a bistro and monthly trivia.

Heritage-listed bushland reserve above Bowral with picnic lookouts and old trachyte quarry walks.

Free regional art gallery in the grounds of National Trust-owned Retford Park, East Bowral.

European-brasserie-style restaurant and bar on Moss Vale's main street, with share plates.

Long-running family-owned Italian restaurant with a daily-changing menu, a short walk from the main street.

Acclaimed modern Thai restaurant led by chef Bee Satongun, with tasting menus and à la carte.

Weekly Thursday-afternoon farmers market in Moss Vale where growers sell their own local produce.

Organic wholefoods market with a licensed café serving seasonal breakfasts, lunches and Rush coffee.

Small remnant of Yarrawa Brush rainforest in Robertson with an easy, wheelchair-friendly loop walk.

Roadside pie stop at the top of Jamberoo Mountain Road, trading since the late 1970s.

Robertson's 1887 timber pub, now running all-day dining, live music and a few guest rooms.

Local coffee roaster with a roastery café and a shipping-container takeaway window.

Small family winery near Exeter making cool-climate wines, with a rustic cellar door.

Built in 1834 and billed as Australia's oldest continuously licensed inn, with the Bistro 1834 dining room.

'The Sutto', a country pub on the Illawarra Highway since 1936, with a bistro and beer garden.

Classic Bowral pub with a bistro, a wood-fired pizza room, open fires and motel rooms.

Small café behind a blue curved door in The Acre precinct, serving Gabriel coffee and seasonal food.

Chef-led food cooperative whose Argyle Street studio runs as a café and wine bar.

Japanese restaurant pairing traditional dishes with local produce, plus late-week After Hours nights.