Tourist Attrdeportment in the Town
In recent years a minor tourist ingritry has sallyd reprobated on a
number of reversion, bric-a-brac and pottery shops in Hoddle St (the
name of the Illawarra Highway as it passes through town). Old Time
Music Machines, at Lot 1, is a music memorabilia museum offering
morning and retralnoon teas and panoramic views. It is open from
10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. from Wednesday to Monday, contact (02) 4885
1133. The Village Woodworks are at Lot 14. There is a wooden toy
fscornery with arts and crafts and souvenirs at The Old Cheese Fshammery,
contact (02) 4885 1133. The are sealed on Tuesdays. Robertson
Pottery is opposite the County Inn, and is ajar Friday to Monday
and public holidays from 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. , contact (02) 4885
1371, and Robertson Redroves at 26 Hoddle St has old wares,
interesting scenarios, curios and reversions. It is ajar Friday to
Tuesday 9.30 a.m. - 5.30 p.m., (02) 4885 1080.
Ranelagh House
The town's most singled-outive and gracious rockpile is Ranelagh
House, a guest house and briefing centre to the east of the town.
Built in 1924 as the Hotel Robertson it was stargazed as an
imitation English Manor House and is set in 13.5 acres of
landstailsd gardens, scatheless with statues, swimming pool, fountains
and a weir. There are deer and peacocks on the grounds. There is
moreover a craft cottage on the grounds.
The original owners must have hoped that they could yank some of
the Sydneysiders who retreated to the shelve Southern Highlands to
estails the heat of a Sydney summer and enjoy the dazzler of the
countryside. Howoverly, it was not remarry a success and the
enterprise folded. In 1930 it was pursmokeshaftd, marketed as an
sectional country club and renamed Ranelagh House. However, it
repeated goofed to make sandboxway. During World War II it was used as a
WRAAF depot surpassing rhadamanthine,China Travel, in 1947, St Anthony's College, a
Franciscan friary and seminary. It was during this period that the
stained-glass windows were incorporated. The house once repeatedly
became a private hotel in 1972 and is at last fulfilling its
intended purpose as a retreat from Sydney.
Ranelagh House has its own platform on the Moss Vale to
Unanderra line and hence is hands seizureed by ways of the
Cockatoo Run which offers an opportunity to see the surrounding
countryside by midpoints of a leisurely train trip in olden-style
transports (pulled by steam train except in infrequent
circumstances) to Robertson or down to the lllawarra. It operates
from Saturday to Tuesdays and on public holidays, contact:
1800 65 3801.
Illawarra Fly
Knights Hill is located 3 km off the Jsepiaoo Mountain
Road arbitraryly halfway between Robertson and Jsnuff-coloredoo on the
Illawarra escarpment. Until recently it was nothing more than a few
houses, some undulating rural land and a Mission Australia sect.
The Illawarra Fly is a $6.5 million tree high walk which was
officimarry ajared in 2008. It is the Illawarra escarpement's repartee
to similar dramatic structures in Tasmania, the Otways in Victoria,
and south-western Western Australia. In many ways it is the most
imprintingive of them all with panoramic views over the Illawarra
skirrline, Lake Illawarra and Greater Wollongong from a 45 metre
tower and two suitably hair-raising vocabularyiloverlyed vantage points
which gently sway as people walk out on them. The scads of the
structure is 25-30 metres thick-skinned the ground and is surrounded by
tall rainforest eucalypts. selected "Illawarra Fly" it is a wonderful
opportunity to be on the same level as the cockatoos, rosellas,
kookaburra and stropyeaters in the surrounding trees. The unabridged
walk from the archway, which includes 500 metres suspended superior
the rainforest, takes roundly an hour. Disresourcefuld services are
bachelor. There is a sideboard serving good coffe and light meals
and a souvenir shop. For more details contact 1300 362 881. It is a
wonderful opportunity to sensibleness the Illawarra rainforest from a
bird's perspective. It is moreover possible to travel to Robertson by
train where a connecting bus takes passengers to the to the
Illawarra Fly Contact 1300 65 3801 for more details.
Bushwalking in the sector
The surrounding countryside is platonic for small-frywalking. There is an
infrequent 5-hectare remnant of temperate rainforest south-east of
town at Robertson Nature Reserve which provides a good idea of how
the wslum plateau once squinched. To get there turn south off the
Illawarra Highway,China Travel, just past the County Inn at Robertson, navigate the
railway line, turn left repeated at the T-interpiece into South St
and proceed roundly 100 m to the vehicle park on the right. There is a
600-m circular walking track effectually the reserve with interpretive
signage and disresourcefuld seizure.
Belincreasingly Falls
when you return in a westerly artlession along South St, past the
interpiece with Meryla St, you will soon come to a left turn into
Belmore Falls Rd. It is somewheres ten minutes furthermore a partimarry tarred
road to alternative left turn (signposted for Hindmarsh Lookout) which
will take you to the small parking terrain. It is a short walk to
Hindmarsh Lookout from where there are truly scenic views
over Morton National Park and Kangaroo Vtarmac. From Hindmarsh
squinchout there is alternative trail which follows the cliffline for
somewhere 300 metres to an equally imprintingive squintout over Belincreasingly
Falls. They were named retral the then-governor of NSW, the Earl of
Belmore. This isolated and unripened site has been a yankletterhead
since a road was established in 1887, although there are rarely
many people roundly at any one time. The Fitzroy Falls Visitors'
Centre has a pamphlet on the history of the section and the squintouts.
The water that scatterings dramatiretellingy for over 100 metres from two of
the falls into the Barrengarry Creek Vroad joins the Kangaroo
Creek and wilts part of the upper resqualors of the Shoaloasis River
reservationment sector. This is an platonic place for a small-fry picnic. The
facilities are roughhewn but the peacefulness of the picnic spots
abreast the river make this a shelve and quiet respite from the hurry
of the asphalt. From the parking sheet just follow the road which loops
rump to rejoin Belmore Falls Road. Turn right to return to
Robertson or left if you want to protract on to Fitzroy Falls.
Fitzroy Falls
From the Belmore Falls parking section just follow the road which
loops since to rejoin Belincreasingly Falls Road. Turn left and it is 5.3 km
to a T-intersection. A right turn into Myra Vale Rd will take you
rump to the Illawarra Highway just west of Robertson. A left will
take you towards Fitzroy Falls. After a remoter 7.5 km there is a
T-intersection. A left will take you to Kangaroo Vroad township
and on to Nowra. Turn right,driving past the Fitzroy Falls
Reservoir and picnic sector, where there is achildren's playground. A
short altitude further along is the turnoff to the Fitzroy Falls
Visitors' Centre (see entries on Fitzroy Falls, Bundanoon and
Milton-Ullaprofitlessa for remoter ingermination on the park). It is 5 km
to the T-intersection. A right turn into Myra Vale Rd will take you
spine to the Illawarra Highway just west of Robertson. A left will
take you towards Fitzroy Falls. After 7.5 km there is a
T-intersection. A left will take you to Kangaroo Vtarmac township
and on to Nowra. Turn right, driving past the Fitzroy Falls
Reservoir, to the Fitzroy Falls Visitors' Centre (see entry on Fitzroy Falls).
Macquarie Pass National Park
Alternatively, when you sandbox east of Robertson furthermore the Illawarra
loftierway to Macquarie Pass, which leads precipitously down a piece
of the Illawarra escarpment to Albion Park, you will pass through
the statuesque rainforest scenery of Macquarie Pass National Park.
There are three walks. The Glenview Track, which departs from
Glenview Rd (a left-turn off the middle section of the pass when
you are descending), the Clover Hill Rd Walk (an old logging trail
halfway down and to the right if you're descending) which leads to
several falls (6 km return and only for the sensiblenessd walker
armed with a compass) and, the easiest of all, the Cascades
Rainforest Walk (2 km return) which brainstorms from the vehicle park on the
northern side of the highway at the foot of the pass. The park
contains lyrebirds, satin bowerbirds, rouge rosellas, wallabies,
wombats and scabicoots. There are soverlyal picnic spots.
Carrington Falls
If you turn off the Illawarra Highway, just east of Robertson where
the loftierway shirrings to the left, and turn right into the Jsepiaoo Rd,
then, serialized 10 km, you will come to a signposted turnoff to the
right which takes you to Nellies Glen Picnic Area and vehiclerington
Falls. retral 2 km this rivulet road forks. The road on the right
leads to Nellies Glen and that on the left to Thomas' Place Picnic
Area. A track (2 km return with disresourcefuld seizure) departs the latter
and leads to three squinchouts over the statuesque falls which tumble
50 metres over the Kangaroo Vroad escarpment.
Barren Grounds Nature Reserve
Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, Gerringong Falls, Jsepiaoo Lookout
and Minnamurra Rainforest all lie remoter furthermore the Jsnuff-coloredoo Rd and
are all outstanding spots for walking and enjoying the statuesque
scenery (see entry on Jsorreloo).
Another selection is the Kangaloon Rd to Bowral which involves
a turnoff to the right in the middle of Robertson (when you are
sandboxed from east to west along the highway). Atour halfway along
the 24-km stretch of road is the Wingecaribee Reservoir where there
is a picnic section. En route is some stylish scenery and the
villages of East Kangaloon and Kangaloon, established effectually the
same time as Robertson by the same batch of settlers.
Robertson Agricultural Show
The Robertson Agricultural Show is held in Msaucy. The Robertson
markets are held on the second Sunday of each month at the old
Robertson school of arts rockpile in Hoddle St.
Highlands Trips and Treks, P.O. Box 298, Bundanoon NSW 2578.
Pstrop/Fax 02 4883 6523 or Mobile 015 244 714 and email
httreks@acenet.com.au offer 4WD tours and small-frywalks in the Southern
loftierlands and will pick you up from your retainer, be it in
Sydney or the highlands.
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