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They are all perfectly good reasons to head southwest from Sydney and discover all that Canberra has to offer. The national capital is your ultimate destination on this drive, but it detours to one of the country's great repositories of native plant species, into the lush and lovely Southern Highlands, and stops in a historical haven in the Yass Valley.

Sydney to Canberra

Riverbank of Queanbeyan Cafe

The Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan

Fitzroy Falls

Bradman Museum and International Cricket Hall of Fame

Queen Elizabeth II Park Queanbeyan

Googong Foreshores

Grazing

Bundanoon

Queanbeyan

Gundaroo

Dirty Janes Bowral

Bowral

Melaluca Cafe- Mt Annan Botanical Gardens

Mt Annan

Sydney

Joshua's Fault Wine

Corbett Gardens

The walk to Fairy Bower Falls starts at Gambells Rest Picnic area or Fairy Bower car park, Morton National Park in Bundanoon. The walk offers a huge variety of walks, views of wonderful waterfalls and picnic areas.

Fairy Bower Falls takes you to the top of the escarpment with a ladder leading to the bottom of the falls. A highlight of this area is Tooth's Lookout and Fairy Bower Waterfalls. This is a one-hour loop walk, grading is medium/steep and is a popular walk.

Maps are available from the Southern Highlands Welcome Centre (Information Centre) in Mittagong or the National Parks and Wildlife Service at Fitzroy Falls.

Fairy Bower Falls

The Bundanoon Hotel located in the Southern Highlands was built in 1922 and is set on two hectares of beautifully manicured gardens containing many cold climate species. The Hotel is located a short walking distance from the Bundanoon Station and is a short drive to the Morton National Park which offers spectacular bush walking as well as the opportunity to see the glow worms after dark in Glow Worm Glen.

The Hotel offers different levels of Pub Style accommodation to suit all guests. There are en suite rooms, shower rooms, hand basin rooms and budget rooms. The Hotel has a restaurant/bistro.

The Hotel also boasts a tennis court, swimming pool, full sized billiards table, table tennis table and cosy open fires for those cold winter nights. Racquets and sport equipment are available at the office.

Bikes can be hired from the Bicycle Shop and Cafe conveniently located across the road so guests can enjoy an exciting tour of the town at their own pace before returning to the Hotel for a soothing hot drink in front of the open fire.

Please check with the property directly as opening hours may change during this time.

Bundanoon Hotel

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