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Nelson Bay NSW Weekend Escapes Free to explore

Port Stephens

A bay full of resident dolphins, a summit walk with the best coastal panorama in NSW, and a…

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Byron Bay NSW Weekend Escapes Free to explore

Byron Bay

Australia’s easternmost point — dawn at the lighthouse, longboards at The Pass, whales through winter and a hinterland…

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Bowral NSW Weekend Escapes Free to explore

Bowral & the Southern Highlands

The Highlands’ polished heart — gardens, boutiques and Bradman’s oval, with Georgian Berrima and Fitzroy Falls a short…

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Mudgee NSW Weekend Escapes Free to explore; tastings priced per cellar door

Mudgee

Wine country at country pace — family-run cellar doors, a gold-rush main street and big starry skies, without…

Orange NSW Weekend Escapes Free to explore

Orange

The Central West’s food-and-wine capital — high-altitude vineyards on an extinct volcano, a genuinely great restaurant scene and…

Pokolbin NSW Weekend Escapes Free to explore; tastings priced per cellar door

Hunter Valley (Pokolbin)

Australia’s oldest wine country, two hours from Sydney — benchmark Semillon, 150-plus cellar doors, dawn balloons and long…

Blackheath NSW Weekend Escapes Free to explore

Blackheath & the Upper Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains without the tour buses — Grose Valley mega-views, the Grand Canyon loop, a proper village…

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Huskisson NSW Weekend Escapes Free (Booderee National Park entry fee applies)

Jervis Bay & Huskisson

White quartz sand, turquoise shallows, resident dolphins and a national park owned by its Traditional Owners — the…

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Berry NSW Weekend Escapes Free to explore

Berry

The South Coast’s favourite main street — heritage shopfronts, boutiques and that donut van, with Seven Mile Beach…

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Kangaroo Valley NSW Weekend Escapes Free to explore

Kangaroo Valley

A pocket of green walled in by escarpment, two hours from Sydney — heritage bridge, calm river paddling…

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Terania Creek NSW Waterfalls Free

Protesters Falls

The waterfall that helped save NSW’s rainforests — a veil dropping through Terania Creek’s palms, named for the…

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Royal National Park NSW Waterfalls Park day-use vehicle fee applies

Wattamolla Falls & Lagoon

Royal National Park’s crowd-pleaser: a waterfall spilling over sandstone into a calm swimming lagoon behind the beach, an…

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