Canberra to Mittagong in the Southern Highlands

We had to leave Canberra today to make our way to our next destination, south of Sydney, called Lilli Pilli, where we plan to spend the next 3 days.

On our way there we took the long route through the so-called Southern Highlands, going north of Canberra through mountains and hilly pasture lands. What a different vista it was: Cows, sheep on the meadows into the distance, a few farm houses sprinkled into the picture and narrow winding roads through tiny villages and towns. We just loved it to be far away from the hustle and bustle of the big cities for a while.

We found the “Melrose Motel” in a town called Mittagong where we got an old fashioned  small room taken right out of the fifties. Ate at the local RSL club again because everything else was closed.