Nestled in the rolling green hills of the Southern Highlands, Berry is a stylish little haven, filled with amazing food and gorgeous homewares. At 2 hours south of Sydney CBD, it makes for a lovely family day out.
Last weekend we took a drive to visit this quaint country village and had a fabulously relaxing day eating and exploring.
Berry
Milkwood Bakery
This is a hugely popular bakery with a lovely outdoor seating area. The pies and sausage rolls are of the gourmet variety. My Beef Bourguignon with Mushroom pie was the best I’ve had for a long time. Imagine a rich French-style beef casserole, slow cooked, then encased in divinely flaky pastry. So very very good.
The pretty Milkwood Bakery, Berry
So delicious and so filling!
I want one of these swing seats at home! So relaxing!
Il Locale Gelato
I discovered this amazing ice cream when researching an article on the best dairy farm stays.
The Pines dairy farm near Kiama makes ice cream from the milk its cows produce, and what magnificent ice cream it is! The flavours are unique and delicious!
Mine was Milk Chocolate and Mandarin. Yummy! It tasted like jaffas! An essential stop.
The Famous Berry Donut Van
This place is ridiculously popular, but the fresh hot cinnamon donuts are very very good.
Cuckoo Corner
I have a soft spot for cuckoo clocks. I assume it’s because my grandparents had one from a trip to Switzerland, so they remind me of them. Or perhaps they remind me of Switzerland. Either way I would love to have one one day. Maybe the cuckoo would drive me crazy, but they are just such beautifully hand-crafted pieces.
Don’t try to get one back from Switzerland in one piece, choose one from the extensive range lovingly presented in this family business. Or just have a look around. The nut crackers (just like in the ballet) are super cool.
Cuckoo Corner, Berry
So many stylish shops!
The homewares shops in Berry are fabulous!
Inside Haven & Space
Endless cool-looking food options
The dresses in the windows of Roots & Wings were divine
Browse bath and body loveliness in the heavenly scented Scullys & Co
Between Sydney and Berry
Grand Pacific Drive
Grand Pacific Drive is the scenic, coastal route from Sydney, south to Nowra. It is a relatively recent addition and the jewel in the crown is the Sea Cliff Bridge. The dramatic way this road juts out away from the land makes it well worth the detour.
It is the marker just south of Bald Hill Headland Reserve on the map above.
Sea Cliff Bridge
Kiama
Kiama is a larger town than Berry, with the fabulous Kiama Seaside Market (arts and crafts) around its harbour on the 3rd Sunday of every month. The kids will love watching the Kiama Blowhole too.
Definitely worth a stop if you have time, but actually worth a whole day trip to itself and is also a lovely spot for a weekend away.
Beaches
The beaches down here are spectacular. Miles and miles of beautiful white sand and clear blue water. Seven Mile Beach and Werri Beach are particularly popular. Or if you’re up for a longer drive, we went to Jervis Bay last year and that whole area is breath-taking.
We drove past a couple of caravan parks near Seven Mile Beach – the kids spotted the jumping pillow! – which looked ideally placed for a weekend away.
Bald Hill Headland Reserve
These guys are crazy! We stopped off on the way home from Berry to watch paragliders and hang gliders run off a cliff and float down along this stunning coastline.
I had my heart in my mouth watching them jump. I could definitely not imagine ever doing it, which is ridiculous since I actually did paraglide in Queenstown last year. They must put adrenaline in the water over there!
Do you have a favourite South Coast spot?
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