WhileShoalhaven offers you several glorious holiday spots for your vacation,
the journey from Sydney along Princess Highway will bring you first to
northern shoalhaven region. Some of the more popular holiday spots here
are Berry, Kangaroo Valley and Nowra. All three destinations are just
unique and glorious and offer you the kind of holiday you have been
looking for. Book one of the Nowra motels or maybe a Kangaroo Valley farmstay to begin enjoying this spectacular region.
While Berry is the first of these charming suburbs you reach when
travelling from Sydney, it the village which offer that old world charm.
The historic village offer many buildings with national trust
classification and the back drop of the spectacular mountains offer the
village the scenic beauty it deserves. The main street along the
Princess Highway and the streets branching off are packed with cozy
cafes, restaurants, antique and craft shops and art galleries. This is
such a marvelous place to enjoy a couple of days shopping, wining and
dining, visiting some of the close by wineries and visiting the local
markets.
If you are in Berry, then take the turn off to go further inland
towards Kangaroo Valley a popular holiday spot for cozy holidays a bit
further away from the coastal fringe. Delightful cafes, art and craft
galleries, handicraft shops and the stone pub will make you come yet
again another time.
Nowra,larger in size as well as the busier neighbour is located on the
Shoalhaven River and is a commercial and a cultural centre of the
Shoalhaven. The retailers you find in a typical bigger city show their
presence here. It has plenty of cafes, restaurants and for visitors
looking for some history, heritage and culture get the opportunity to
visit Navy’s Fleet Air Army Museum (the largest in Australia, The
Shoalhaven City Art Centre and the Regional Gallery of NSW which exhibit
works of national and international artists. Come on a weekend and you
will love hanging around in the weekend markets.
Here are some of the things you can do and see while on vacation in the area.
- Check out the oldest wooden suspension bridge in Australia which was
built in 1898 named the Hampden Bridge which lies over Kangaroo River. - Tallowa Dam picnic area.
- Go kayaking in Kangaroo Valley and in Shoalhaven river.
- Go bushwalking in Morton National Park.
- Visit the nearby wineries.
- Enjoy the views from the Cambewarra lookout.
- Enjoy the exhibitions at the Nowra art centres and galleries.
- Go surfing in nearby Culburra, Currarong and Seven Mile beaches.
- Enjoy horse riding or bushwalking in the mountains.
- Enjoy live entertainment you fancy at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre.
- Go cruising in Shoalhaven River.
- Enjoy the views from the Hanging Rock lookout in Nowra.
- Visit the Point Perpendicular Lighthouse.
- Visit the Fleet Air Museum which is a fun place for the whole family.
- Take the young ones to the Shoalhaven Zoo.
