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Acacia Fine Jewellery

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Acacia Fine Jewellery

Acacia Fine Jewellers is your one stop store for beautiful Australian-made jewellery. You'll find an an on-site jeweller that specialises in bespoke designs, perfect for engagement rings and wedding jewellery. Acacia also offer remodelling and repairs for jewellery and also watch services. They offer an in-house jeweller, bespoke jewellery, custom remodels, resizing, clean and polish, rhodium plating and watch batteries.

Bowral NSW

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Bowral Fine Jewellery — Image credit: Bowral Fine Jewellery

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Bowral Fine Jewellery

Bowral Fine Jewellery is a proudly family-owned and operated local business, led by the passionate husband and wife team, George and Rebecca. As master and qualified jewellers, they specialise in fully handmaking exquisite custom bespoke jewellery and offering expert fine jewellery repairs. Their elegant boutique showcases a stunning collection of the finest jewellery and natural loose gemstones, with each piece meticulously crafted with care and precision. Whether seeking a unique, one-of-a-kind design or requiring a professional repair, clients can expect exceptional craftsmanship and personalised service—all completed within their beautiful boutique located in the Grand Arcade, Bowral. A wide variety of beautiful fine jewellery is available in-store for customers to explore and enjoy.

Bowral NSW

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Barbara's Storehouse - Bowral

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Barbara's Storehouse - Bowral

Barbara's Storehouse provides a relaxed shopping experience in a vibrant setting, making it a destination not to be missed. The store offers unique and affordable homewares and furniture sourced both locally and internationally. Barbara's Storehouse features a wide variety of items, including furniture, glassware, kitchenware, rugs, cushions, candles, napery, vases, bowls, door knobs, outdoor furniture, lamps, desks, and decorative ladders.

Bowral NSW

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Bare Body Beauty Co.

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Bare Body Beauty Co.

Bare Body Beauty Co. is a company founded on the principles of natural ingredients and sustainability. A high percentage of the products that they make are edible (although probably not the tastiest). Their thought process is keeping things as natural and close to nature as possible. Bare Body Beauty Co. started out selling three handmade products at the Berrima markets and is now selling in Bowral and Byron Bay locations.

Bowral NSW

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Bowral Store- High Street

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Bare Body Beauty co Bowral

Their home in the Southern Highlands, right in the heart of Bowral. This is where Bare Body Beauty co began and continues to grow, surrounded by the beautiful community that has supported from the very beginning. Bare Body Beauty co is an Australian natural skincare and body care brand, created in the Southern Highlands of NSW. Their products are handmade in small batches using simple, natural ingredients, with a focus on creating products that work and feel beautiful to use every day. Their stores are all about experiencing the products for yourself. Come in, try the products, discover the range and chat with the amazing team. Their interactive playstations give you the opportunity to try all of their products in store before choosing your favourites.

Bowral NSW

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Jarwall - the happiest place in the Highlands

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Bowral's Sweets and Treats

Happiest place in the Highlands! Specialist chocolate and sweet shop focusing on Australian gourmet products and huge selection of Sweets and Treats from around the UK, USA and rest of the world. Whether it is a childhood favourite or the latest candy craze they will have it. They even have some of the craziest chilli sauces you can find.

Bowral NSW

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Country Accent — Image credit: Country Accent

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Country Accent

Country Accent began 21 years ago, continually growing and evolving to become one of the finest and most competitively priced artificial flower stores in Australia. They also offer an extensive range of skin care products, high quality candles and homewares. Country Accent is a family-owned business founded by Kim and Alex Orchard in 1995. Their sons Will and Toby are now actively involved in the continued growth and running of the business into the next generation. Over the years it has established an excellent reputation only offering the highest quality and excellent service to its customers. It truly is a memorable experience and one that many customers return frequently to enjoy. The store is situated in the breathtaking Southern Highlands, in the town of Bowral on the main shopping strip. From wine tasting, dining, shopping to bushwalking and enjoying the natural beauty Bowral has it all.

Bowral NSW

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Bespoke Letterpress Bowral Flagship Store — Image credit: Bespoke Letterpress

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Bespoke Letterpress

Bespoke Letterpress is one of the world's leading letterpress studios, designing and printing fine letterpress and hot foil stationery. Originally launched in Brisbane in 2007, in early 2013 they relocated to beautiful Bowral in the Southern Highlands south of Sydney, and now run their letterpress studio, flagship store and letterpress cafe, The Press Shop, from their lovely new location on the main street of town. Their flagship boutique is more than just a store; it is an experience that will inspire and delight, as you can see and feel the luxurious quality of their products. They print the old-fashioned way, using antique cast iron machines, letterpress printing on imported, luxuriously thick cotton paper, mixed with patience, perfection and a whole lot of love. They cherish the craftsmanship of letterpress. However, they are not just printers - they are also highly awarded graphic designers. This powerful combination sees them combining their love of beautifully crafted typography and subtle illustrations, with exquisite print craftsmanship for the most exceptional stationery possible. Bespoke Letterpress invite you to explore the stunning Southern Highlands and make a stop at their store to experience the art of beautiful gifting and letterpress craftsmanship.

Bowral NSW

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Endota Spa Bowral

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Endota Spa Bowral

For locals and visitors alike, endota day spa Bowral is the perfect escape from everyday cares and an opportunity to reconnect with your 'best me'. endota day spa Bowral is located in a beautiful 120-year-old terrace house with all its original heritage features. Consider them as your exclusive country wellness retreat within the old-world charm of the Southern Highlands.

Bowral NSW

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Timeless Fashion and Furniture 315 Bong Bong Street Bowral — Image credit: SHCH charity

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Timeless Fashion and Furniture

Timeless Fashion and Furniture is the major fundraising initiative of the Southern Highlands Community Hospice. Located in the heart of Bowral, the store is solely supported by generous donations from the local community and raises significant funds to support palliative care services in the Southern Highlands. Timeless is colourful and vibrant, providing quality treasures for sale at modest prices. The store has a loyal following of clients including visitors from Sydney and Canberra. If you have quality fashion and/or furniture that you would like to donate or you would like to become a retail volunteer, they would love to hear from you.

Bowral NSW

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Art Cafe in Springett's Arcade, Bowral — Image credit: Corinne Dany

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Art Cafe Australia

A unique space designed for art lovers of all skill levels. A playful escape from the daily grind, the Art Café offers an environment where visitors can relax, zone out, and immerse themselves in a variety of art experiences. At this one-of-a-kind venue, the traditional café concept is reimagined. Instead of ordering food, patrons select from a menu of creative activities. Every session is fully equipped with all the tools and materials needed to spark their creativity—and when they're finished, the team takes care of the clean-up. With options ranging from charcoal and pastels to watercolor, clay, and collage, the café provides an accessible and enjoyable way to experiment with different mediums. All activities are self-guided, allowing each guest to create freely. Those who prefer to bring their own projects can purchase studio time for two hours of dedicated creativity.

Bowral NSW

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Yarn, gifts and inspiration in the heart of Bowral’s creative Southern Highlands. — Image credit: Castle Handmade

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Castle Handmade

Castle Handmade is a welcoming destination for yarn lovers, slow craft enthusiasts and those seeking beautifully made gifts. Located in Bowral's Springett's Arcade, this thoughtfully curated store invites visitors to slow down and explore a world of creativity. Natural fibre yarns fill the shelves, with a strong focus on Australian-made and ethically sourced materials. Visitors can discover unique gifts, craft kits, handmade buttons and small-batch treasures that celebrate the art of making. In addition to shopping, Castle Handmade offers a vibrant program of classes and social events designed to spark inspiration and build community. From learning a new skill to sharing stories over a cuppa, there's always something creative happening in-store. Every visit is a chance to reconnect—with craft, with others and with the joy of making by hand. With expert guidance and a warm, inclusive atmosphere, Castle Handmade offers more than beautiful supplies—it's a space where creativity and connection thrive.

Bowral NSW

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A Touch of Tea

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A Touch of Tea

Walking into A Touch of Tea is like going on the road to discovery. As well as a wide range of black tea, white tea and green tea, the range of blended teas, flavoured teas, and Chinese, African and Indian teas are extensive. There are infusions that can be served hot or cold, and several herbal teas too.

Bowral NSW

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Southern Highlands Winter Fireplaces Trail

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Southern Highlands Winter Fireplaces Trail

With cold temperatures comes the warmth of fire and the Southern Highlands is the perfect destination to discover where you can warm your tooshie and enjoy a glass of local cold climate wine and embrace the glow that just happens in front of an open fire. The Southern Highlands has an abundance of fireplaces for you to discover as a self drive or multi day journey. You'll find lots of great spots to settle in front of a fire and here are some of the grandest: The Briars Inn, Bistro Sociale at Berida Hotel, The Surveyor General Inn, Centennial Vineyards Restaurant, Aspinall's Whisky Bar, Osborn House, Peppers Manor House, The Robertson Hotel and Bendooley Estate. Embrace the cold and warm yourself at any of these venues! Start planning where you would like to warm your toes this Winter and use the website to uncover just how accessible and special a discovery journey like this can be.

Bowral NSW

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Spa Escapes Journey

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Spa Escapes Journey

Winter is the perfect time to treat yourself and enjoy some 'me' time, and the Southern Highlands is the perfect place to do just that. Discover the vast array of health and beauty, and spa locations throughout the Southern Highlands as you journey through the towns and villages making up the region. The Southern Highlands has always been associated with rest and rejuvenation, and this remains so today. You'll find a wide range of Spas and Healthy Lifestyle practitioners throughout the region as you meander around the rural landscape that makes this region a place of true relaxation. Combining a country drive with a visit to a spa is the perfect way to spend a day in the Southern Highlands this Winter.

Bowral NSW

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The Best of Bowral and The Bong Bong Track

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The Best of Bowral and The Bong Bong Track

Bicycle ride or walk - the choice is yours. The Best of Bowral and the Bong Bong Track is approximately 26 kms of on-road and off-road cycling and or shared walking track. The Map will direct you along this fascinating and beautiful area of the Southern Highlands. You may choose to complete the circuit known as the Best of Bowral which covers a distance of 12km over mostly flat terrain.This circuit takes in the scenic parts of Bowral including leafy Burradoo and the newly developed areas to the east of Bowral" The Best of Bowral circuit travels along quiet residential streets and incorporates the Bowral Bike Track. Points of Interest are numbered 1-9. Your ride/walk could also be extended by leaving the Best of Bowral circuit at Mairinger Crescent to enjoy the residential estates of East Bowral. The new Bong Bong Track joins the Best of Bowral circuit at Yean Street and provides a further 5.5 kilometres of flat off road recreational path The Bong Bong Track, winds its way beside the beautiful Wingecarribee Rive r to Moss Vale and is very popular with both locals and visitors. Points of interest along the Bong Bong Track are numbered 10-16.

Bowral NSW

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Mossy Store, Bowral — Image credit: Mossy Store

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Mossy Store Bowral

Mossy Store Bowral is a destination for beautifully made furniture and thoughtful homewares in the heart of the Southern Highlands. With a love of natural materials, enduring design and considered craftsmanship, they bring together pieces made in their own workshop and others chosen for their quality, character and ability to be lived with for years.

Bowral NSW

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Ferris Wheel

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Ferris Wheel

Explore paintings, sculptures, jewellery and slow, thoughtful designers. View a carefully curated selection of one of a kind artesian French antique Furniture in the little white cottage in Bowral. Ride the Ferris Wheel and you'll find: furniture and slow designers, a delivery and hanging service, art consultation, homewares, jewellery, sculptures, paintings, pottery, antique French furniture and more.

Bowral NSW

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The Milk Factory Gallery & Exhibition Space, Pop-Up Galleries, Gallery Shop, Art & Design Centre — Image credit: Milk Factory Gallery

Galleries, Museums and Collections

Milk Factory Gallery Art and Design Centre

The Milk Factory Art Gallery and Exhibition Space situated in the heart of Bowral's town centre, provides art lovers with a venue in which to view contemporary artwork as well as offering a unique space for exhibitors to profile their works. The main gallery features original artworks, handmade jewellery, sculpture, glass, fine woodwork, ceramics and textiles. The Art and Design Centre also retails art related gifts including books, gift cards and a selection of art materials. The original Milk Factory was primarily used as a depot for local farmers to manufacture dairy products and now this impressive space is ideal for exhibiting large works of art as well as sculpture and installations. Solo exhibitions are organised throughout the year as well as mixed and group shows. This includes all mediums from original works to printmaking, ceramics, photography and sculpture.

Bowral NSW

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Few and Far — Image credit: Few and Far

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Few and Far

For the collectors and story tellers. Beautiful and meaningful pieces to enhance your life and home. Traveling the world every year as designers, owners Tara and Danny always dreamed of bringing everything they saw home. They wanted to create a beautiful place where people could come and get lost in time, to enjoy a one-of-a-kind and compelling shopping experience, to be enticed by the aroma, listen to soft music from places in memory and admire furniture and décor from faraway places made by creative minds, artists and craftsmen. So, they created Few and Far with an emphasis on sourcing and importing their own pieces.

Bowral NSW

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Corbett Gardens during Tulip Time

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Corbett Gardens

Corbett Gardens in Bowral is the showpiece of the Tulip Time Festival and dates back to 1911 when, at Mrs Ada Corbett's suggestion, the local tourist association purchased Deadmans Paddock for a public park. Corbett Gardens, located in the centre of town, boasts a huge array of tulips and colourful springtime bulbs, shrubs and trees. Corbett Gardens in Bowral, one of the region's oldest and most beautiful parks, is the centrepiece of the Spring Garden Festival with over 75,000 massed tulips on display and 15,000 annuals. The Festival attracts over 40,000 people each year and is held at the end of September over two. This garden is a public garden and is managed by the local council. Entry to the garden is free of charge most of the year. However, an entry fee applies during the Tulip Time Festival . There are also some days when Corbett Gardens is closed for the setup and pull-down of event infrastructure. These dates can be found on webpage.

Bowral NSW

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Wilson and Dorset

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Wilson and Dorset

Wilson and Dorset have set out to reimagine modern living using New Zealand Sheepskin, a material that's been in use for over 100,000 years. Sheepskin, like its shorn counterpart, wool, is a wonder fibre. Road-tested over the last 100,000 years, its list of benefits is seemingly endless. Visit and you'll be amazed at just how incredible 'sheepskin' can be in your home.

Bowral NSW

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Shite Shack Bowral - Main Hall 01 — Image credit: © Busking Biker

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Southern Highlands Information Technology Experience

Southern Highlands Information Technology Experience (the SHITE Shack Bowral!) is an amazing display of retro-information technology, charting the development of technologies that are now absolutely essential in your modern-day lives! Atari's, Commodore's, Amiga, IBM PC-XT computers with working Amber and Green Screens, Hanimex, AWA, Olivetti, Nokia, Blackberry, Palm Pilot, Pong, Frogger, Space Invaders, Galaga, Street Fighter II working consoles, this is not just another museum full of old Shite, this is a mind-blowing display or working retro-Shite that you can interact with. All revenue raised from donations made to support the SHITE Shack, is directed towards the work of PRISM INERTIA and its unique Hydrogen / Oxygen Ultra-Clean-Tech Power Generation System, currently being developed in the R&D facility at the Shack in Bowral.

Bowral NSW

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Fox in a Box Bowral Reception — Image credit: Fox in a Box Bowral

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Fox in a Box - Bowral

Fox in a Box Bowral is the only escape room venue in the Southern Highlands. With four immersive rooms conveniently located in the central hub of Bowral, teams must work together to find clues, solve a series of puzzles and escape within 60 minutes. Fox in a Box Bowral is ideal for social activities, Birthdays, Children's parties, Bucks and Hens nights. The ultimate team building activity for Corporate and large groups.

Bowral NSW

0.3 km away

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