Slippery Norris Cottage
Yerranderie Regional Park
Overview
This historic accommodation in Yerranderie Private Town is perfect for exploring the early silver mining settlement and surrounding Yerranderie Regional Park.
| Accommodation type | Cottage |
|---|---|
| Bedrooms | 2 |
| Maximum guests | 4 |
| Facilities | Carpark, drinking water, showers, toilets, electric power, indoor fireplace, kitchen, plates and cutlery, pots and pans, towels |
| What to bring | Bed sheets, food supplies |
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This quaint, self-contained historic cottage accommodation has been lovingly presented to make you feel like you’re living in a former time, yet with the necessary creature comforts.
Enjoy a drink on the balcony whilst looking out at lovely Byrnes Gap and watch the kangaroos frolic in the campground under the setting sun or first thing at dawn.
The cottage is easy walking distance to the local attractions such as Yerranderie Private Town and has plenty of history and character, having been maintained by generations of Yerranderie caretakers. Be sure to check out the photographs and relics from former tenant ‘Slippery Norris’.
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For the latest updates on fires, closures and other alerts in this area, see https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/camping-and-accommodation/accommodation/slippery-norris-cottage/local-alerts
Bookings
- National Parks Contact Centre
- 7am to 7pm daily
- 1300 072 757 (13000 PARKS) for the cost of a local call within Australia excluding mobiles
- parks.info@environment.nsw.gov.au
Operated by
- Oberon office
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30pm.
- 02 6336 6200
- npws.kanangra@environment.nsw.gov.au
- 38 Ross Street, Oberon NSW 2787
Park info
- in Yerranderie Regional Park in the Sydney and surrounds region
Yerranderie Regional Park is always open but may have to close at times due to poor weather or fire danger.
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Slippery Norris Cottage is in Yerranderie Regional Park. Here are just some of the reasons why this park is special:
Mining heritage
Yerranderie township has retained much evidence of its history as a mining settlement of the early 20th century through its various remains, sites, mines, architecture and ruins. These, in combination with remnant exotic plantings, road systems and subdivision patterns, bring its early settlement to life for visitors. Yerranderie appears to be the only 20th century mining site to be preserved quasi-intact in all of eastern NSW and is an exceptionally well-preserved archaeological site. The township has been lovingly preserved to reflect its history, but the land itself has not seen much subsequent development due to its isolation. An unusually rich assemblage of mining equipment can still be viewed in the mines, and the township has a varied selection of sites, remains, ruins and buildings.
- 4WD Oberon Colong historic stock route Intrepid 4WD tourers will love the 4WD Oberon Colong historic route. Travel through the wild south of Blue Mountains National Park to a historic mining ghost town in Yerranderie Regional Park.
Dramatic natural environment
Yerranderie lies at the centre of a broad visual catchment surrounded by sandstone escarpments and indigenous bushland. The combination of this spectacular natural setting, strong sense of isolation, and the remnants of mining and settlement activity of the past all contribute to give the township a powerful identity and sense of place.