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Yass is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. The town lies at the heart of the Yass Valley, an area with many attractions for the visitor.

[edit] Understand

Yass is a country town in NSW. It is primarily a service town to the surrounding communities, but also highlights its attractions to tourists, as do many other rural towns. It has a range of accommodation and good facilities.

It used to be a service stop on the Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne, but has now been bypassed by the freeway, and other services are located closer to the freeway.

• Yass Valley Shire Council
• Tourism in Yass Valley Shire
• Yass Community Portal

[edit] Get in

[edit] By Car

Yass is 3 hours drive from Sydney and 6 hours drive from Melbourne on the Hume Highway. Yass is approximately a 40-50 minute drive from Canberra, the national capital.

[edit] By Train

Because of an historical curiosity, the train service from Sydney to Melbourne does not pass through Yass. It was linked by a spur line that has long since closed. Accordingly, you will need to be picked up or get a taxi from Yass Junction to Yass.

Train services run from Sydney and Melbourne to Yass Junction and are provided by Countrylink (tel 13 22 32). Trains run run twice a day in both directions. It is approximately 4 hours from Sydney by train ($45 economy) and 7.5 hours from Melbourne ($90 economy).

[edit] By Bus

Bus services are provided by:

• Countrylink from Cootamundra and, in the other direction, from Queanbeyan (the service passes through Canberra but does not pick up passengers).

• Transborder Express (tel 02 6241 0033) from Canberra (see timetable).

• Greyhound (tel 13 14 99 within Australia or 07 4690 9950 internationally) from Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney.

• Fearnes (tel 1800 029918 free call within Australia or 02 6921 2316) from Canberra.

[edit] Get around

[edit][add listing] See

• Cooma Cottage [1], Yass Valley Way; open Th-Mo 10am-4pm (closed from the 2nd Monday in June, reopening the 1st Monday in August); admission adults $4.40, concessions/seniors $2.20, family $11, group booking prices on application, gift shop, parking, spacious picnic grounds, wedding and venue hire, tel 02 6226 1470, fax 02 6226 3024, email mailto:coomacottage@bigpond.com - about 5 mins out of Yass town centre, and conserved by the National Trust since 1970, this single-storied colonial cottage was built by pioneering pastoralist Cornelius O'Brien in 1835. Between 1839-1873 Cooma was home to one of colonial Australia's great overland explorers, Hamilton Hume (whose name was given to nearby highway), who added his version of Palladian-style wings and a Greek Revival portico. Set in a pastoral landscape the house represents an unusual mix of building techniques and styles and includes a fine, mid-19th century stables outbuilding. A museum to the life and accomplishments of Hamilton Hume is to be found at the house.

• Crisp Galleries, "Gap Range", Hume Highway, Yass Valley (west of Yass past the Cowra and Harden turn offs). ph 02 6227 6073. [2] The Crisp Galleries are a permanent exhibit of the glassware works of Peter Crisp.

[edit][add listing] Do

• Country Stuff. It's not exactly the most thrilling town in the world, but its great for photographers and historians!

[edit][add listing] Buy

[edit][add listing] Eat

• Liberty Cafe. 171 Comur St.

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[edit][add listing] Sleep

• Corona Grove Bed & Breakfast, 28 Mount Street. tel 02 6226 4920.

• Hamilton Hume Motor Inn, 9 Laidlaw Street. tel 1800 020 559 (free call, Australia only) or 02 6226 1722. email hamhume@bigpond.com.au.

• Hi-Way Motor Inn, Hume Highway. tel 02 6226 1300.

• Kerrowgair Bed & Breakfast, 24 Grampian Street. tel 02 6226 4932.

• Sundowner Motor Inn, Cnr Laidlaw & Castor Streets. tel 02 6226 9900. [3]

• Thunderbird Motel, 264 Comur Street. tel 02 6226 1158.

[edit] Get out

Continue south along the Hume Highway to Gundagai and the Victorian border. Continue north along the Hume Highway to Sydney, or divert via the Barton/Federal Highways through Canberra.

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