Southern Highlands real estate

The Southern Highlands is a district and geographical region in New South Wales. It is also known locally as the Highlands. The area lies 110 km south-west of Sydney. It is considered a wine region. It sits within the wider Capital Country Region. The Highlands forms the northern part and the Southern Tablelands the southern part of that wider region.

Its commercial towns are Mittagong, Bowral, Moss Vale, Bundanoon and Robertson. Berrima is named as a historic town. Smaller villages such as Burradoo, Sutton Forest, Colo Vale, Avoca, Yerrinbool, Exeter and Welby are spread around these main centres. They serve mostly as residential areas.

The Highlands sits on the Great Dividing Range. Its elevation is 500 m to 900 m. The Blue Mountains are north of the region and the Australian Alps are south. Like those areas, the Southern Highlands has a cool temperate climate. Two vegetation communities lie mainly within the region: the Southern Highlands Shale Forest and Woodland, and the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests.

The Southern Highlands is a district and region in New South Wales, 110 km south-west of Sydney. Its commercial towns are Mittagong, Bowral, Moss Vale, Bundanoon and Robertson, alongside the historic town of Berrima. Smaller villages such as Burradoo, Sutton Forest, Colo Vale, Avoca, Yerrinbool, Exeter and Welby serve mostly as residential areas. The Highlands sits on the Great Dividing Range, at an elevation of 500 m to 900 m, and has a cool temperate climate. It is considered a wine region.

Two vegetation communities lie mainly within the region: the Southern Highlands Shale Forest and Woodland, and the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests. The area also falls within the wider Capital Country Region, of which the Highlands makes up the north and the Southern Tablelands the south.