30-521: Southern Highlands may refer to: Southern Highlands (New South Wales) , Australia, a small geographical and wine region located between Sydney and Canberra Southern Highlands Province , Papua New Guinea Southern Highlands , a community in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, United States Southern Highlands, Appalachian Mountains , southeast United States Southern Highlands, Tanzania , Africa,
60-602: A sclerophyll temperate forest community that stretch from the northern fringes of the Blue Mountains to the Southern Highlands in New South Wales , Australia. Featuring both wet and dry sclerophyll forests, as well as small rainforest pockets, the community features tall (30m+) and open eucalypt forests and woodlands that lie on igneous rock ( Blue Mountains Basalts ). Rainforests of
90-649: A nine-hole golf course, two tennis courts, croquet, lawn bowls, billiards, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, and an onsite mechanic who looked after guest's cars during their stay. The hotel won the "Most luxurious hotel in the Commonwealth" award in 1925, and was the first hotel in Australia to have phone lines to every room. The Highlands in the last decade has become a small yet significantly growing wine and cellar door region in New South Wales. It
120-623: A region of rich biodiversity in south-western Tanzania The Southern Highlands of Mars , part of Mars' planetary-scale hemispheric dichotomy [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southern_Highlands&oldid=1241379261 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
150-538: A reputation of being an upscale area due to its upscale-style accommodation which include reputable resorts such as Craigieburn, Briars, Berida Manor House and Peppers Manor House . Each of these places are historical and have a historic significance to the local area. Home of the Big Potato and Fountaindale Grand Manor "AKA" Ranelagh House. Fountaindale Grand Manor, originally built in 1924 and opened as Hotel Robertson, has had an interesting history. The Hotel boasted
180-682: A scattered remnant, also occurs in the ecoregion but in small percentage, such as in areas like the Yengo National Park , the Mount Gibraltar Reserve, Robertson , Moss Vale , Bundanoon and Wingello , which also lie on fertile soils derived from basalts . Other small basalt forest patches in the region include: There are three categories of rainforest found in the Greater Blue Mountains: The wet sclerophyll forests only inhabit 6% of
210-604: Is a canopy walkway located south-east of Robertson in the area known as Knights Hill . The facility is a 500m long and 25m high walk facility that opened in mid-2008. The project is similar to the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk in Victoria, Australia . The project consists of a 1500m walk. Moreover, 500m of the 1500m walk is 25m high among the Blackwoods and many other trees of the temperate rainforest of
240-528: Is also home to the Sir Donald Bradman or Bradman Museum. The Bradman Museum is a tribute museum to Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman who grew up in and spent his early life in Bowral until his fame. The museum contains artifacts of Bradman's life and also serves as a museum of cricket and contains historical cricket memorabilia. The museum is located adjacent to Bradman Oval where
270-509: Is also spread into Wolgan, Morton National Park , Meryla State Forest, Wollemi , and the basalt tops of Mount Irvine , Mount Wilson , Mount Tomah , Mount Banks and Mount Hay , with probable disjunct outliers north towards Mount Cameron and Mount Monundilla. Between 30 and 50% of the vegetation's original occurrence is estimated to remain. The Wet Sclerophyll Basalt Forests of the Sydney Basin Bioregion , existing as
300-477: Is believed that temperate climate, high annual rainfall as well as quality basalt soil makes it a perfect place for viticulture . There are many reputable wineries and vineyards that are located in the Highlands such as Joadja Estate, Bendooley Estate, Centennial Winery, St Maur Wines, Southern Highland Wines, and Eling Forest Winery. Some of these wineries have won awards nationally as well as internationally for
330-466: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Southern Highlands (New South Wales) • Kiama • Gilmore The Southern Highlands , also locally referred to as the Highlands , is a geographical region and district in New South Wales , Australia and is 110 km south-west of Sydney . The region comprises
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#1732766171116360-786: The Australian Cricket Team play a friendly game annually. Fitzroy Falls is a waterfall found in the Morton National Park near the Highlands' village of the same name, Fitzroy Falls , and located near Kangaroo Valley . The Fitroy Falls reserve offers lookouts of the waterfall and of panoramic views of the Morton National Park. The waterfall and village is located near the lake Fitzroy Reservoir . The waterfall's and lake's reserve includes lookouts, bushwalking trails and picnic areas. The Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk , also known as Illawarra Fly
390-629: The Budderoo National Park and Illawarra Escarpment . In addition, the project has a 45m high lookout along with the walk that offers panoramic views far south to Bass Point and as far as north to Bundeena which is part of south of the Sutherland Shire . Other views include Wollongong , Lake Illawarra , Tasman Sea , Shellharbour , Kiama and other localities of the South Coast , as well as various localities of
420-607: The Northern Villages used to be known as the Berrima District . Berrima contains many historic buildings including the historical Berrima Gaol and Courthouse which is no longer in use today as well as many other historical buildings. Bowral is considered the commercial centre of the Highlands and may be the most well-known towns of the Highlands. Bowral is well known for its boutiques , gourmet restaurants, Corbett Gardens and Springetts Arcade . The town
450-846: The Wingecarribee Shire are spread in between and around these main centres and serve mostly as residential areas. The Highlands geographically sits between 500 m and 900 m above sea level on the Great Dividing Range . Like other regions along this plateau such as the Blue Mountains to the north and the Australian Alps to the south, the Southern Highlands is known for its cool temperate climate. The Southern Highlands Shale Forest and Woodland and Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests vegetation communities lie primarily within
480-518: The local government area of the Wingecarribee Shire and also towns of the Mulwaree Shire . The region is also considered a wine region . The region specifically is the area centred on the commercial towns of Mittagong , Bowral , Moss Vale , Bundanoon and Robertson as well as the historic town of Berrima . Smaller villages like Burradoo , Sutton Forest , Colo Vale , Avoca , Yerrinbool , Exeter , Welby and many more that make up
510-650: The Blue Mountains landscape, and have had once occupied the Oberon area. The canopy mixture is multivariate, but is normally predominated by species such as Eucalyptus fastigata , Eucalyptus blaxlandii , Eucalyptus cypellocarpa and Eucalyptus radiata subsp. radiata. Other locally common trees include Eucalyptus oreades , Acacia melanoxylon and Eucalyptus viminalis . A thin to dense layer of shrubs, vines, and various understorey of native grasses, forbs, twiners and ferns exist. The wet sclerophyll parts of
540-480: The Blue Mountains, which cover just 1% of the area, feature the descendants of the forests that used to cover the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana . Part of the Eastern Australian temperate forests , the region is found on extremely fertile soils, between 750 m and 1050 m in elevation, in areas with annual rainfall of 950 to 1350 mm, mostly in the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands region, but it
570-565: The Southern Highlands, the Illawarra Escarpment and Budderoo National Park . Joadja is a historic abandoned ghost town about 32 km west of Mittagong . The town was established in the 1870s by the Australian Kerosene Oil and Mineral Company as Joadja valley's walls contained a vast reserve of shale . Notably, the town back in its time was one of the most populous towns in the Highlands. However, at
600-466: The community. Walk Through Bethlehem is an interactive Christmas experience for all ages. Visitors are invited to step back in time, into a reenactment of Bethlehem at the time of Jesus' birth . There they meet shepherds minding their flocks, potters , carpenters , stonemasons and copper-smiths at work, the wise men searching for the saviour, villagers selling their wares in the marketplace, before finally seeing Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus in
630-594: The day include; massive band parades playing various Scottish instruments such as bagpipes ; Scottish dancing such as Highland dancing and Scottish country dance ; and Highland games such as caber toss and stone put . In addition, Scottish cuisine is available during the festival such as Scotch pie and haggis . Tulip Time is a historical flower festival in Bowral where nearly 100,000 tulips that are planted in Bowral's Corbett Gardens bloom into flowers in late September and early October. The first festival
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#1732766171116660-528: The dry rainforests containing Backhousia myrtifolia , Ficus rubiginosa , Rapanea variabilis and Alectryon subcinereus . Mammals include wallabies, pademelons , native rats , Antechinus spp, Tachyglossus aculeatus , Vombatus ursinus , Macropus giganteus and Pteropus poliocephalus . Birds include Ninox strenua , Tyto tenebricosa , Monarcha melanopsis , Leucosarcia melanoleuca , Lopholaimus antarcticus , Chalcophaps indica , Macropygia amboinensis and Rhipidura rufifrons . Threatened reptile species
690-636: The ecoregion feature shrubs such as Polyscias sambucifolia , Coprosma quadrifida , Senecio linearifolius , Daviesia ulicifolia and Leucopogon lanceolatus , including vines such as, Eustrephus latifolius , Rubus parvifolius , Rubus rosifolius , Smilax australis , Hardenbergia violacea and Hibbertia scandens . Ferns include Pteridium esculentum , Blechnum cartilagineum and Pellaea falcata . The temperate rainforests feature plant species such as Ceratopetalum apetalum , Livistona australis , Acmena smithii , Acacia elata , Syncarpia glomulifera , Doryphora sassafras and Hedycarya angustifolia , with
720-530: The historical buildings remaining in ruin such as some of the miners' cottages, a school house, church, cemetery and refinery devices such as shale ovens. These ovens are protected and is World Heritage listed. Today, the Joadja Distillery produces Single Malt Whisky in honour of the Scottish mining families who worked the rich coal and shale seams in the late 1800s. The Southern Highlands has
750-408: The minority of the population being (15%) born overseas, primarily Europe. The population density of the Highlands is 16.5 persons/km . Berrima is a village located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of Bowral and 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south west of Mittagong that once served as the main town of the Highlands. Notably, the region of Bowral, Mittagong and Berrima and various villages including
780-459: The optimum quality of their wines. Varieties primarily cultivated in the region are; chardonnay , riesling , sauvignon blanc , pinot noir and cabernet sauvignon . Brigadoon is a cultural Scottish Festival that occurs one day in April at Bundanoon every year. The festival celebrates Highland Scottish culture where Bundanoon becomes the fictional Scottish town of Brigadoon . Festivities of
810-503: The region. The Southern Highlands as a region is part of the larger Capital Country Region with the Highlands forming the northern part of the region and the Southern Tablelands forming the southern part of the region. The Southern Highland's council , Wingecarribee Shire , is home to about 44,379 (2006) residents and is growing at a rate of 2.1% per annum. The majority of the residents (84.5%) are Australian-born with
840-885: The stable. Run by Mittagong Anglican Church (St. Stephen's), the event is held every second year in December, usually the week before Christmas. Held in the grounds of Mittagong Anglican Church on Main Street, the event has been run in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. Bundanoon hosts Community Garden's Grow Cook Eat Festival in March, Winterfest each June and Garden Ramble each October. Wingello hosts Sled Dog Trials in June. 34°28′S 150°25′E / 34.467°S 150.417°E / -34.467; 150.417 Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests The Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests are
870-452: The turn of the century when the shale ran out, the town's population began to dwindle and the town would be eventually abandoned by the early 1900s. Joadja at its height had a post office, theatre, general store, bakery, school of arts, refinery, railway line, miner's cottages and many other buildings. Notably, it was one of the first rural towns in New South Wales to be connected to the telephone . Joadja's legacy still remains with many of
900-525: Was started in 1961 by the Rotary Club of Bowral-Mittagong. The festival usually lasts 14 days and includes various activities such as band parades, house and garden fairs, food and wine fairs and many other activities. The festival donates proceeds to various charities and this year will be sponsoring Westmead Children's Hospital . In the past, the festival has supported local churches, hospitals, youth centres, elderly centres and disadvantaged people of
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