Yerrinbool, New South Wales

Yerrinbool is one of the Northern Villages of the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in the Wingecarribee Shire, and is accessible from the Hume Highway (via Bargo or Alpine) and is about a 12 km (7.5 mi) drive from nearby Mittagong.

It is 7 km (4.3 mi) to Hill Top as the crow flies, accessible by foot via a fire trail.

It is on the western edge of the Upper Nepean Nature Reserve, a vast area of forest, lakes and dams between Yerrinbool and the coastal communities around Wollongong (accessible by a circuitous 63 km (39 mi) by road).

In 2018 a group of community volunteers established the Railway Garden as a rest area for travellers and a meeting place for locals and tourists to enjoy The Yerrinbool General Store, across the road from the station, closed in 2014.

Located on the northern outskirts of the town, is the Tennessee Orchard, the main crop being apples, and where local fresh produce can be purchased in season.

The village is home to the Yerrinbool Bahá’í Centre of Learning, a Haziratu'l-Quds of the Baháʼí Faith, which includes a library, assembly hall, class rooms, meeting rooms, dining hall and a number of small accommodation buildings for use by people using the facilities for Bahá’í studies, for meetings by other organizations, or as a pilgrims' hostel.

Aerial view from north-west