New South Wales

Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, is home to 7.8 million and host to the nation's biggest city, laid-back and stunning Sydney. The region is known for its diversity – in both its nature and people – boasting an unrelenting coastline of spectacular beach after spectacular beach, the country’s best skiing mountains, a myriad of national parks and pastoral hinterlands with a fascinating colonial history. Head even further west and farmland eventually gives way to the arid outback. While most visitors stick to the coast, the state's quaint inland towns and country hospitality are as much the heart and soul of New South Wales as the sun and surf of Bondi Beach and Byron Bay. ​Check out our NSW family guide here