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Markdale Homestead,

Your Country Estate, 3 hours drive from Sydney and 2 hours from Canberra. Booking essential.

Stay in two beautifully renovated and charming stone houses, built in the 1800s but now made comfortable with central heating, phones, open fireplaces in the sitting rooms, television and modern kitchens. Full English Breakfast for you to prepare and other meals by arrangement. Or enjoy the newly renovated Shearers’ Quarters which are self catering and bring your own bedding. Groups of 2 to 24 a specialty!!

Enjoy the famous Edna Walling Garden surrounding the later Professor Wilkinson homestead, with tennis court and heated pool. Walk over the 6,000 acre sheep and cattle property, and fish for trout on the property or nearby. There is a nine hole golf course at Crookwell and a bush course at Bigga.

However many of our guests, do nothing, drop out, relax and leave feeling rejuvenated after their stay at one of the most beautiful properties in the Southern Tablelands.

Website: www.markdale.com

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