Plan your visit · Southern Highlands
Make a weekend of it.
Come and see Caoura Cliffs for yourselves — then let the Southern Highlands look after the rest. Here's how we'd plan the trip.
Book a private tour
Why come in person
Some places don't fit on a screen.
We can send you every photo we have, and none of them will do what standing on the escarpment does. The scale of it, the quiet, the way the light moves across the gorge in the late afternoon — that part you have to feel.
Walk the Pavilion, wander the Homestead, stand where the ceremony happens. Most couples tell us the drive home is when it all clicks — they spend it planning the weekend.
Your private tour
Ninety unhurried minutes, entirely yours.
Meet at the gate
Charlie meets you at the entrance on Caoura Road and you head in together — the drive through the property is an arrival in itself.
Walk the ceremony sites
The clifftop above the gorge, the open field, the sheltered corners. See how the light falls and which one feels like yours.
Step inside the Pavilion
The floor-to-ceiling glass, the green marble bar, the fireplace — and the escarpment beyond all of it.
Tour the Homestead
Where you and your closest people stay for the weekend, so you can picture the whole of it — not just the day.
Talk it all through
Dates, numbers, logistics, cost. Ask us anything. There's no rush, and there's certainly no hard sell.
Make a weekend of it
You're driving two hours. Don't drive straight back.
Caoura sits on the quiet southern edge of the Southern Highlands — two hours from Sydney, a little over one from Canberra — surrounded by villages, gardens, gorge country and some of the best lookouts in New South Wales.
So if you're already making the trip, make it a weekend. Book somewhere lovely, eat well, walk the escarpment country, and let the tour be the centrepiece rather than the errand.
Charlie's local guide
Where we'd send you.
The Highlands does slow weekends properly. These are the places we send friends and family — no paid listings, just spots we actually go.
Scenic lookouts
Badgerys Lookout
Tallong
Minutes from our gate, straight out over the Shoalhaven gorge. Go after your tour while the light's still good.
Directions →Long Point Lookout
Tallong
Tallong's other great lookout — a different angle on the same wild country, and usually all yours.
Directions →
Walks & waterfalls
Fitzroy Falls
Morton National Park
An eighty-metre waterfall with easy boardwalk tracks along the escarpment rim. Worth the detour on your way home.
Directions →
Villages
Berrima
Historic village
A beautifully preserved Georgian village — galleries, antiques and slow lunches under old trees.
Directions →Bowral
The Highlands' main town
Boutiques, bookshops and the Saturday-morning bustle. The biggest of the villages, and the easiest to lose an afternoon in.
Directions →Bundanoon
Edge of Morton National Park
The closest village to the national park country south of us — quiet, green and good for a slow morning.
Directions →
Our food, wine and stay picks are coming — and the up-to-date list always travels with your tour confirmation. In the meantime, ask us anything; we live here.
A weekend, sketched
Friday to Sunday, the way we'd do it.
Friday
The drive down
Afternoon
Leave Sydney after lunch — it's two hours, most of it easy highway. From Canberra it's a little over one.
Evening
Check in around Bundanoon, Moss Vale or Bowral, keep dinner easy and local, and have an early night. Tomorrow's the main event.
Saturday
The main event
Morning
A slow breakfast in the village, then make your way down to Tallong.
Late morning
Your private tour of Caoura Cliffs. Ninety minutes, one couple at a time, no rush.
Afternoon
Stop at Badgerys or Long Point lookout on your way out — both minutes from our gate — then wander Berrima or Bowral.
Evening
A long dinner, and the conversation every couple has on the night after a tour.
Sunday
The slow way home
Morning
A bakery run or the markets if they're on, then Fitzroy Falls as you head north.
Afternoon
Take the scenic route home. Start the group chat.
Find your way
Everything in this guide, within easy reach.
Caoura Cliffs is at 1450 Caoura Road, Tallong — on the southern edge of the Highlands, above the Shoalhaven gorge. Tap any place below for directions.
Before you come
The small print, minus the print.
How long does a tour take?
Around ninety minutes, though nobody's watching the clock. Allow a little extra to linger at the lookout on your way out.
Can we bring family or friends along?
Please do. Parents, planners, the friend whose taste you trust — bring whoever's helping you decide.
Will it just be us, or a group of couples?
Just you. Tours run one couple at a time, by appointment, so the property — and our attention — is entirely yours.
What should we wear, and what's the terrain like?
Comfortable shoes and a jacket. We cover the property by vehicle and on foot, and the escarpment keeps its own weather — cooler and breezier than Sydney, which is half the charm.
Should we book accommodation before we book the tour?
Lock in your tour date first, then book your stay around it. Highlands weekends do fill up — especially in spring and autumn — so don't leave it too late.
Can we bring the dog?
We're a working farm with cattle, so please check with us before bringing pets along — we'll let you know what's possible for your visit.
Book your tour
The weekend starts with a date.
Tell us a little about your day and when you'd like to come, and Charlie will be in touch personally to find a time. The rest of the weekend will plan itself.
1450 Caoura RoadTallong NSW 2579Australia