SMART SPENDING
Five things to do
1. Road trip: Head south from Sydney down the Braidwood highway to National Trust-classified Braid-wood in the NSW Southern Tablelands. This charming colonial town was the backdrop to the iconic ’70s Australian film Ned Kelly, starring Mick Jagger. Cruise its antique shops, pop into a cafe and pick up fresh organic produce at the farmers’ market in the old National Theatre building. Treat yourself to one of the world’s best pies – lamb and fenugreek or chilli lime and chicken – from the Dojo Bread shop.
Motor down the Kings Highway and the windy Clyde Mountain to the coast. You’ll pass kilometres of spectacular bushland, rejuvenating from the devastating December 2019 bushfires, past Batemans Bay and onto quaint Mogo and its wildlife park. You can hear the gibbons hooting mates as you pull up. Feed a lion or tiger, meet the meerkats or join the class photographing pandas, zebras, giraffes and hippos in
