Balmoral, New South Wales (Southern Highlands)

Balmoral
New South Wales

Postcode(s)

2571

LGA(s)

Localities around Balmoral:
	Buxton
Nattai National Park	Balmoral	Yanderra
	Hill Top	Yerrinbool

Balmoral is a Northern Village of the Southern Highlands area of New South Wales, Australia. It is the northern most village in Wingecarribee Shire.

Balmoral Village lies mostly on the eastern side of Wilson Drive. The main street is Railway Parade. The village has no Post Office or shops. It has a well-maintained Village Hall, including a children's play area, and a tennis court. The village also has a NSW Rural Fire Service brigade. There is also an active Balmoral Village Association to run events and raise money for the little community.

Balmoral was formerly a station on the alignment of the Main South Railway Line, and was known variously as 'Big Hill Lower Siding' (1878), 'Bargo' (1881), and 'Balmoral' (1888). On the NSW Government Railways Secretariat map, the locality was identified as Balmoral Private Village.^[1] In 1919, the Picton-Mittagong Deviation was opened. The Loop Line continued to operate until 1978, and is now disused. The Balmoral station building was re-erected adjacent to the old school house (built in 1893) and the Loopline Pottery is on the same property.

The town is now served on weekdays by the Bowral to Picton (Loop Line - via Thirlmere) Bus Line that runs to the towns served by the old Main South (now the Picton Loop) railway alignment, between Mittagong and Picton. There are six services a day on this route. There is no accommodation here.

Photo gallery

Balmoral Village

References

↑ Bayley, W. A. 1973 Picton-Mittagong Loop-Line Railway. p. 22. Bulli: Austrail. ISBN 0-909597-14-6.

Coordinates: 34°18′55″S 150°31′04″E / 34.31528°S 150.51778°E / -34.31528; 150.51778

Southern Highlands region, New South Wales, Australia

Main towns	Bowral Bundanoon Mittagong Moss Vale Robertson

Villages, small towns and localities	Alpine Avoca Aylmerton Balaclava Balmoral Bangadilly Belanglo Berrima Bong Bong Braemar Bullio Burradoo Burrawang Calwalla Canyonleigh Colo Vale East Bowral Exeter Fitzroy Falls Glenquarry Hanging Rock High Range Hill Top Hoddles Cross Roads Joadja Kangaloon Lower Mittagong Manchester Square Mandemar Medway Meryla Myra Vale New Berrima Paddys River Penrose Sutton Forest Wattle Ridge Welby Werai Wildes Meadow Willow Vale Wingello Woodlands Yarrunga Yerrinbool

National parks and reserves	Bangadilly NP Budawang NP Budderoo NP Belanglo SF Cecil Hoskins NR Jellore SF Joadja NR Macquarie Pass NP Morton NP Nattai NP Penrose SF Stingray Swamp FR Tarlo River NP Wingello SF Wombeyan Caves

Rivers and reservoirs	Burke Lake Burragorang Little (Wingecarribee) Little (Wollondilly) Mulwaree Nattai Paddys Shoalhaven Scheme Tarlo Warragamba Dam Warragamba Wingecarribee Wollondilly Upper Nepean Scheme

Tourist attractions	Belmore Falls Carrington Falls Fitzroy Falls

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