Most Chinese groups in New South Wales live in big cities such as Sydney and Canberra. People from different backgrounds and languages from all over the world gather here, and although life in big cities is rich and colorful, it is best to walk into inland villages if you want to explore authentic Australian culture. For friends who have lived in big cities for a long time, it is also a good choice to wander around the surrounding countryside on weekends.
There are many towns near Canberra, Sydney. Hilltops, as a combination of the three major towns in the region, is ideal for Sydney Canberra generation tourists for weekend short trips. Today, I would like to introduce you to Hilltops eating, drinking and fun can not be missed wonderful!
Hilltops is made up of three major towns, Young, Harden, Boorowa. Three and a half hours from Sydney and 1.5 hours from Canberra, Young, Australia`s cherry capital, is the core of the region. Boorowa is home to super parrots and produces Australian fine merino wool. Harden was the birthplace of the first light horses, and spring cauliflower is particularly spectacular in this piece. Hilltops is a new wine producing area in Australia, producing excellent Sheila and Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as some Italian varieties.
Tourism highlights in this area
- Cauliflower from early September to early Octobe
- Picking cherries from mid-November to Decembe
- Sweet fruit from early January to early April
- Throughout the year winery opening, scenic spots, farm experience and other projects
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There are multiple routes from Canberra, Sydney, to the Hitops area. You can choose to go straight from Hume to Jugiong, then from Jugiong to Harden, then to Young, and back from Boorowa. Or you can enter the area from the Boorowa area, arrive at Young and then continue southbound from Harden to Jugiong and return.
1, Jugiong road section
The characteristic village Jugiong is located next to the Hume highway. The village has a resident population of less than 150, but it is estimated that thousands of visitors will be admitted every week.
Eat, drink and have fun:
When you come to Jugiong, you have to mention the retro bar inn Sir George, renovated on the basis of ancient buildings, which provides tourists with high-quality specialty restaurants and has an independent bakery. Basement restaurant has its own characteristics and is very suitable for family or private group activities.
The Long Track Pantry here is another must-swim place. This is a comprehensive restaurant for dining and shopping. In the store, tourists can buy a variety of local sauces and country pickles. These regional specialties strive for quality, whether raw materials and processes are excellence, will not use any school additives, so it is also very popular with the majority of consumers. Tourists can eat and shop at Long Track Pantry. In addition to regional specialties, tourists can also find many rural pure handmade ornaments, clothes and furnishings, and so on.
Jugiong is located on the border of the Hilltops area and is surrounded by many wine-producing areas, so there is also a very famous wine room, Jugiong Wine Cellar.. Here tourists can buy high-quality wines from areas such as Hilltops, Tumharumba, Canberra,Gundagai. If you like red wine, you might as well explore it here. There may be unexpected surprises.
If you`re not interested in shopping, it`s also a good choice to stroll through the streets of Jugiong to enjoy the unique scenery. The scenery here is beautiful, the population is small, far from the hustle and bustle of the city, is a good place for leisure and relaxation.
2, Harden-Malambala road section
Harden and Malambala (Murrumburrah) are two cities. Malambala was first built here, and with the passage of the railway, the Harden train station was built a mile from Malambari and then developed into a town juxtaposed with Malambala. Here is mainly agriculture, the earliest Australian light horse was born here. Kite Flying Festival is held here every year in mid-October.
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From Juguing to Harden, the way is beautiful, like a flowing landscape. The scenery along the road is always pleasant both in winter and summer. The half mountain covered by green grass shows some seemingly random stones, which is always associated with the moment of the sea stone monkey, but also does not have an artistic charm, which makes the charm of nature.
Harden is located on the Poli Griffin Highway, and it is difficult for ordinary tourists to distinguish Harden from Malambala. However, due to the different time of the establishment of Shuangcheng, the street style and architectural style of the two cities are also particularly different. The population here is small, but the folk style is simple, if you have time, you might as well walk through the central streets of the two towns. In particular, Harden Central Street planted a variety of trees against the characteristics of the building, have a different flavor.
The Light Horse Memorial Bill the Bastard is a statue hall in Malambala commemorating the war horse Bill the Bastard. During the two world wars, Britain requisitioned many war horses from Australia. Harden Malambala was the birthplace of the first Australian light horse. During World War I, a horse named Bill was so recalcitrant that only one man was allowed to ride, so everyone called him Bill the bastard. But in a Romanian war, Bill, led by his master, braved a lot of fighting to save four soldiers from the front line, and his thin body carried the lives of five people at the most close moment, thus touching countless people. Many post-war horses and lawless games faced the fate of being slaughtered in Australia, and fortunately people found a home for Bill until his death. Harden Malambala`s artist Carl Valerius restored the statues of Bill and five soldiers with both hands and told the touching story to tourists.
Eat:
BARNES STORE EMPORIUM AND CAFE is a coffee bar restaurant worthy of recommendation. They strive for high quality and adopt local high quality specialties. The food it cooks makes many diners forget to return.
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Although Harden is not the best shopping place compared to big cities, you will have a different country Taobao trip here.
The House of Honey is a store specializing in honey products, and the Hilltops area is also an excellent beekeeping area. There is a store in Harden that specializes in honey products, where you will be shocked by the world of little bees. High quality honey, beeswax, propolis, pollen, bee soap and other bee products are difficult to find in big cities.
3, Young road section
Young is the core town of Hilltops and the cherry capital of Australia, and its cherry planting history can be track back to the gold rush period. The first cherry tree took root here in 1862, and it was also the first cherry tree in Australia. It is worth mentioning that Young is also the first town in the southern hemisphere to open and use electricity, earlier than London, the British capital. The first full weekend in December holds a grand National Cherry Festival.
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There are many road choices from Harden to Young, among which the scenery of rural roads is particularly beautiful and changeable, especially in the season of cauliflower blooming. Because of the hills in the Hilltops area, many farm crops spread out on the lingering hillsides, especially the green wheat fields and golden cauliflower, which dressed up hills far and near and looked at the layers and layers of a wonderful landscape painting. I have to sigh at the beauty of nature.
When I came to Young, I had to go to the Chinese Memorial Park, which was built in 1992 to commemorate the important contributions made by early Chinese to local development. The memorial garden is surrounded by living water, with many water birds, wild ducks, mandarin ducks and black swans. All kinds of flowers and plants in the garden are lush and lush, and all kinds of flowers are everywhere all spring. Hot summer, here is still a cool summer resort, sitting under the garden forest, watching the garden central water murmur, very comfortable and leisurely. People who like outdoor life might as well bring meals to have a picnic here, and there are special barbecue equipment on the lawn in the garden.
If you want to explore all the highlights here, the Young Visitor Information Center must not miss it. Local food, drink and fun bag inquiry is here, free area manual, map, information is available. Of course, you can also buy local representative specialties and souvenirs here. There is also a winery where visitors can buy premium wines from all wineries throughout the Hilltops area. Friends who like art can also come here to visit the exhibition, where local artists` paintings are displayed and sold by art associations in the region. Replace the work every six weeks.
Young has a rich Chinese history, where the blue ping violence that rocked Australia in 1861 took place. The flags made and used by European miners during the violence are still preserved in the local Lanping Folk Museum. The museum treasured the historical objects retained in the historical development of cities and towns. Although the museum is not very big, if you look carefully, there will be a lot of unexpected surprises and discoveries.
To Young, you might as well take a look at Touts Lookout, 15 minutes` drive north of the center of the city. The scenic spot is at the top of a hill and has a wide view. Sometimes groups of kangaroos are seen moving from the flat ground in front of them. Some people choose to have a picnic here during the weekend holiday. There will also be some RV tourists stopping here to enjoy the beauty of nature and relax. The night in the country is the best place to appreciate the stars. On a moonless night, far from the interference of city lights, you will see the charismatic starry sky. Looking up at the stars in Hilltops is also an intoxicating thing.
Visitors who like the farm experience can go to The Rustic Maze., a farm near the castle. There are coffee bars, outdoor entertainment facilities, gardens, farms, perfect for family or group activities. You can enjoy the vast farm landscape in the farm garden, play labyrinth puzzles, and find the beauty of nature in the garden. When you`re tired, you can have a cup of coffee in the farm coffee bar and relax and enjoy the natural life of the country. When cauliflower is in full bloom, tourists can also watch cauliflower at close range.
If you want to have a unique party in the country, then we have a century-old manor Clifton House & Gardens, to host banquets. The owner of the garden has a simple atmosphere, beautiful scenery around the manor, surrounded by farms, tourists can be close contact with cattle and sheep and other animals. Accommodation and catering services are provided in the manor, and regular open activities are held at the manor.
Hilltops is also a new wine-producing area, and most of these wineries are around Young. The winery that is currently open to the outside world for seven days is that Grove Estate, can enjoy wine here whenever you come to Young, or even bring family and friends to the wine room to buy two bottles of wine on the lawn in front of the door.
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For foodie, which wants to explore local food, go to the local country bake some coffee bar to explore. S&aj is an excellent coffee bar restaurant with rural characteristics, which pays attention to quality and nutrition. The restaurant adopts fresh and high-quality food, and the dishes and styles have a unique style, which is very different from that of the general bar club. Here tourists taste more of the unique taste of the country, delicious and healthy.
Friends who like Coffee must not miss the Gold Award Coffee Art of Espresso. here. The coffee shop is done independently from the selection of coffee beans to baking and grinding to make coffee. They choose good coffee beans and bake them regularly in the shop to ensure that the coffee provided to tourists is the freshest. Their coffee won the gold medal in Sydney Fine Food Show in 2016.
Wilder's bakery is a famous local country bakery. They are famous for their cherry pie. Diners can pack and take away or eat in a beautiful environment on the first floor and the second floor of the store. The shop offers a variety of pie, pastries, coffee drinks, etc.
There are also several premium Chinese restaurants, Indian restaurants, Thai restaurants and bar clubs in Young. No matter what kind of food tourists like, they can find their favorite taste here.
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Come to Young must not miss Grandpa`s candy factory Poppa's Fudge&Jam Factory, whether it is fudge, chocolate, cherry pie, all kinds of jam, fruit and so on, can be called the sweet Great Wall of Young. They also put out corresponding gift bags during the Christmas festival. Many holiday visitors come here for a walk when they are not sure what gifts they bring.
The main purchase of rural shopping is novel, pure natural, authentic quality. Wool Room in Young is a great store worth visiting. You can buy pure wool and clothing hats, beautiful fashion snow boots, all kinds of pure natural exquisite ornaments, is one of the shopping places that can not be missed.
On the first, third and fifth Saturday mornings of the week, there will also be Young and the surrounding agricultural trade bazaar in Anderson Park in front of the information center. You can buy seasonal fruits and vegetables and regional specialties from the farm at the bazaar. This farm fair is the best window to learn about rural life in Australia.
4, Boorova road section
Boorowa is an Irish town. A nun was asked if she had ever been to Ireland, and the nun replied, "No, but I`ve been to Boorowa." There are many things worth mentioning about Boorowa, such as the habitat of super parrots. Australia`s best Merino wool is also produced here. Irish Wool Festival is held here every year on the long weekend of early October.
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From Young to Boorowa all the way to see the most is the sheep, flock of sheep posture. From Young to Boorowa, it passes through a small village, Murringo.. Taubman & Webb Trading Post in the village is a memorial to the last jungle pioneer and whip maker Syd Bayliss. The store shows a lot of leather goods that Syd used to use. In addition, there are leather goods made by local cobblers for sale. Interested tourists can make an appointment in advance or visit on weekends.
When you come to Boorowa, you must not miss the walkway along the Boorowa River, which leads visitors to enjoy the most beautiful Boorowa country scenery. Water birds in the river, ducks play thousands of posture, spring will also see a lot of ducklings baby string or cluster to follow the duck mother and duck father wandering around.
Boorowa Information Center: court site 1884 is another recommended place to visit. In January 1886, judge Forbes sentenced the first case here and used it as a court until 1988. Today it is an information center with art exhibitions, handicrafts and teahouses. Here visitors can also taste Devon tea. It is open from 10:00 to 5 p.m. Every day.
The Catholic Church (St Patricks Church 1877 is another place worth visiting. The church building is beautiful and unique, and the simple building is decorated with colored glass. The altar is made of marble, and the glass used in the windows above the southern entrance was imported from Ireland in 1881. Today the church still stands on the land of Brova to tell the world about a hundred years of historical changes.
The War Memorial (War Memorial 1933 is a building dedicated to commemorating soldiers who died for the war. Unlike most Australian buildings, outside the Boorowa main road, visitors may as well stop and take a look at the historic and unique building.
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Boorowa is not a big town, but it includes a variety of delicacies for tourists to choose from. Among them, Pantry on Pudman is a restaurant that can meet the special dietary needs of customers. It also provides a specially made vegetarian diet for diathesis. Country baking pie, coffee and desserts are available. It is worth a visit from the diners.
Superb Bakery is a country bakery with freshly baked pastries with a good cup of coffee. All kinds of delicious pie, roll and so on meet the taste buds explored by tourists in the countryside.
If you like Chinese food, there is also a very authentic Chinese restaurant. If you like country bar inn specialties, there is a range of options such as Boorowa Hotel.
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There is an antique shop in Boorowa where you can buy a lot of antique utensils. Friends who like antiques can come here to enjoy the old relics and the stories behind them. This is one of the best places for Taobao to explore.
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Hilltops is much more exciting than that. It takes only 3.5 hours from Sydney to Hilltops, and it takes almost two days to visit the main attractions quickly over the weekend. Both Young, Harden and Boorowa have a variety of accommodation options. Whether it`s a star-rated hotel, an ordinary standard hotel, or a rural farm experience, you can find it in the Hilltops area. For more information about accommodation and other travel, you can inquire online or call the information center here. I believe Hilltops will give you a different journey.
