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PHOTOS: TOP TOURISM SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS; MARKET FOODPATH MARKET TOUR<br />
Family-focused farm<br />
tours also run during<br />
school holidays<br />
lived or live around here — including<br />
the popular fi ctional character of Mary<br />
Poppins. One of the village’s most famous<br />
“real” residents is the late, great batsman<br />
Sir Donald Bradman and families can<br />
follow in his footsteps around some of<br />
Bowral’s historic sites on the 45-minute<br />
Bradman Walk.<br />
Anyone with an interest in cricket<br />
should head straight to the town’s newest<br />
attraction, The International Cricket Hall<br />
of Fame (formerly the Bradman Museum).<br />
Nestled beside the picturesque Bradman<br />
Oval, the state-of-the-art museum is<br />
dedicated to promoting the game and<br />
features an impressive mix of old pictures<br />
and memorabilia, a gallery devoted to Sir<br />
Brad, interactive touch-screen kiosks and<br />
live footage from around the world.<br />
If food is more your thing, check out<br />
FoodPath’s range of farm and culinary<br />
tours by founders Jill Dyson and Nick<br />
Padol. New tours are always in the pipeline,<br />
but regular ones include a guided visit to<br />
a few of Bowral’s top foodie spots, such as<br />
The Cheese Store and the monthly<br />
market. Particularly popular is<br />
FoodPath’s seasonal self-drive<br />
farm tour featuring lunch at<br />
one of the Southern Highlands’<br />
60 vineyards.<br />
Specifi c family-focused farm<br />
tours also run during school<br />
holidays and might include visits<br />
to a nearby dairy farm, chook and<br />
truffl e farm, and pasta making too.<br />
“The FoodPath Family Tour<br />
was such a fantastic thing to do<br />
with my family. The ability to<br />
show our children where their<br />
food comes from is such an<br />
important part of their education,”<br />
says Rachel Power, who joined the<br />
tour with her husband Greg and<br />
their three kids.<br />
While Bowral off ers the perfect<br />
base, plenty of other towns are<br />
also worth a visit. Families will<br />
be kept busy in neighbouring<br />
Berrima, where visitors can take<br />
part in a ghost tour at the historic<br />
Berrima Court House or get lost<br />
in the Harper’s Mansion Maze.<br />
Added appeal comes in the form<br />
of striking colonial-era buildings<br />
and interesting shops such as the<br />
Australian Alpaca Centre, which<br />
sells unique alpaca fashion.<br />
Anyone interested in learning<br />
TAKE ME THERE<br />
FLY/DRIVE //<br />
Play a game of cricket<br />
at the International<br />
Cricket Hall of Fame<br />
LEFT: Mossvale Market<br />
A<br />
AUSTRALIAN ALPACA<br />
CENTRE<br />
Old Hume Hwy, Berrima,<br />
tel: +61 (2) 4877 1399<br />
BERRIMA COURT HOUSE<br />
Argyle St, Berrima,<br />
tel: +61 (2) 4877 1505<br />
BIOTA<br />
Kangaloon Rd, Bowral,<br />
tel: +61 (2) 4862 2005<br />
BIRRONG SURI ALPACAS<br />
TEL: +61 (2) 4878 9310<br />
THE CHEESE STORE<br />
6B Corbett Plaza, Bowral,<br />
tel: +61 (2) 4862 3749<br />
FOODPATH<br />
Tel: +61 419 617 021<br />
GIBRALTAR HOTEL<br />
Centennial Rd, Bowral,<br />
tel: +61 (2) 4862 8600<br />
HARPER’S MANSION<br />
9 Wilkinson St, Berrima,<br />
tel: +61 (2) 4877 1508<br />
THE INTERNATIONAL<br />
CRICKET HALL OF FAME<br />
St Jude St, Bowral,<br />
tel: +61 (2) 4862 1247<br />
ILLAWARRA FLY<br />
182 Knights Hill Rd,<br />
Knights Hill,<br />
tel: 1300 362 881<br />
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