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Food and wine

Cellar doors, farm gates, long lunches and the places worth planning a whole day around.

Every one of them

Berry·NSW

Berry main street

Queen Street: bakeries, pubs, homewares and the donut van everyone queues at.

Under $25 · An hour · Step free

Cambewarra·NSW

Cambewarra Estate

Cellar door and long lunch below the escarpment, looking back at the mountain.

$$ · Half a day

Cambewarra·NSW

Cambewarra Mountain Lookout

The whole Shoalhaven floodplain laid out below you, with a cafe at the top.

Free · An hour · Step free

Nowra·NSW

The Hungry Monkey

Burgers and a bar in Nowra, and one of the reasons to stop rather than drive through.

Under $25 · An hour · Undercover

Nowra·NSW

South Coast cellar doors

The Shoalhaven wine trail: small producers, short drives between them, and no Hunter Valley crowds.

$$ · A day

Kangaroo Valley·NSW

The Friendly Inn, Kangaroo Valley

The valley's pub, on the main street, with a bistro and a beer garden looking straight up at the escarpment.

$$ · An hour · Undercover

Nowra·NSW

The Growers

Fresh Shoalhaven produce, a farm shop and a kitchen using what is grown around it.

Under $25 · An hour · Undercover

Pokolbin·NSW

Tyrrell's Wines

A sixth-generation Hunter Valley cellar door, and the place to understand what Semillon does here.

$$ · Half a day · Undercover