Originally Posted by Wol (Post 8601287)

There's a motel been reopened just across the road from Bowral Golf Club a few hundred yards South of Bong Bong, and another motel on Moss Vale Road about 400m out.

Originally Posted by Wol (Post 8598658)

Most of the rain falls near the escarpment, out at Robertson. I wouldn't want to live there - it's always damp!

Originally Posted by Wol (Post 8597857)

Bowral is a quiet (relative to Kings Cross, anyway) area, very handily placed for both Sydney and Canberra. It is probably one of the most "English" places in Australia in feel. There are some five golf courses within 10 minutes drive, shopping at Mittagong, Bowral and Moss Vale.

Originally Posted by Wol (Post 8597857)

Bowral is a quiet (relative to Kings Cross, anyway) area, :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by Wol (Post 6936682)

Two retired policemen I was talking to the other day said they wouldn't walk down the main street of Bowral on Friday or Saturday nights.

Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 8601370)

My sister lives in Robertson. It is indeed damp, not nearly as up its own arse as Bowral though. :lol:



Didn't you once try and convince me that Bowral was the Southern Highlands equivalent of the Bronx? That no self-respecting expat retiree would dare stroll down the high street after 8:00pm for fear of being mugged? Or did I dream it?

Originally Posted by Wol (Post 8602445)

No, you didn't dream it. And I didn't try and convince anyone - just stated the situation. Read the local paper.

Originally Posted by Wol (Post 8598689)

Completely agree! There's another place on the road to Kangaroo Valley which also has "The best pies in the world" - and they are so nasty that the one time we tried to eat one they went straight in the bin!

Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 8602450)

So is it quiet, or the Bronx? I'm confused. Admittedly it doesn't take much, but still.