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Aerial view of the small rural village of Burrawang surrounded by green paddocks and tree lines in the Wingecarribee catchment (1999)
Photo: Gregory Heath, CSIRO, CC BY 3.0

East Highlands · village

Burrawang

A hilltop hamlet with a beloved pub and general store.

Population4312021 Census
WalkabilityEditorial rating
Dining ≈800 m0listed venues, straight-line
TrainNoneSouthern Highlands Line
Indicative 3-bed$1.45m–$2.25mEstimate · see guide

Burrawang is a storybook village on a hill — a 19th-century general store, a country pub and a handful of churches, surrounded by farmland and reservoirs.

Character & atmosphere

The village sits high between the Wingecarribee and Fitzroy Falls reservoirs, at about 760 m. Hoddle Street is named after surveyor Robert Hoddle, the general store has traded since 1867, and Church Street’s churches date from the 1870s and 1880s.

Cafés & dining

The village hotel and the general store are the social hubs. For more choice, Robertson is a short drive and Bowral around half an hour.

Getting about on foot

You can walk to the pub and store from the village streets, but everything else needs the car.

Community & lifestyle

A very small, close community where the pub and store are the meeting places. Belmore Falls is about 6 km away.

Homes & land

Few homes come up for sale in the village — mostly older cottages and character homes, with rural properties around it.

In the village

Typical land: village lots

Homes within the village itself — the easiest for walking to cafés and shops.

Surrounding rural area

Typical land: small acreage and farms

Rolling farmland between the reservoirs, with Wildes Meadow just to the south.

Indicative estimate: a well-presented 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home in or near the village is estimated at around $1.45m–$2.25m. This is an estimate, not sales data. Adjust for pool, bedrooms and budget →

Why people love it

  • Exceptional village charm
  • A genuine country pub within walking distance
  • Close to Belmore and Fitzroy Falls

Worth knowing

  • Very few homes come up for sale
  • Minimal services; driving is essential
  • No train

Walk to dinner

0 places within ≈1 km of Hoddle St

  • None in this guide within that distance yet — the nearest is Robertson Public House & Kitchen, ≈7.2 km away.

Approximate straight-line distances from the village centre (Hoddle St). Walking times assume streets add about a quarter to the distance at an easy pace. These are not verified walking routes, and only venues listed in this guide are counted.

Nearby

See on the map
NatureBelmore Falls LookoutEscarpment lookouts over Belmore Falls and Kangaroo Valley, reached by a short Morton NP walk.≈6.5 km from the centreNatureFitzroy Falls Visitor Centre (Morton National Park)NPWS visitor centre beside an 80 m waterfall, with a boardwalk to lookouts and rim walking tracks.≈6.8 km from the centreNatureRobertson Nature ReserveSmall remnant of Yarrawa Brush rainforest in Robertson with an easy, wheelchair-friendly loop walk.≈7.2 km from the centreAttractionNgununggula (Southern Highlands Regional Gallery)Free regional art gallery in the grounds of National Trust-owned Retford Park, East Bowral.≈13 km from the centreAttractionBradman Museum & International Cricket Hall of FameCricket museum and Hall of Fame beside Bradman Oval, where Don Bradman played as a boy.≈15 km from the centreAttractionCorbett GardensFormal council garden in central Bowral and the long-time home of the spring Tulip Time festival.≈16 km from the centre

Facts & sources

  • Hoddle Street is named after surveyor Robert Hoddle, who cut a track through the area in 1830. Source
  • The village sits high between Wingecarribee and Fitzroy Falls reservoirs, at about 760 m. Source
  • The Burrawang General Store has traded since 1867. Source
  • Belmore Falls is about 6 km away. Source

Descriptive sections are an editorial overview and are still being reviewed.

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