In September, strawberries, blueberries and citrus are picking in Riverina & South Coast. We list 8 farms across this region — browse the listings below and call ahead to confirm what's ripe before you travel.
This is the widest region on the site, running from the irrigation country around Griffith and Wagga Wagga, down through the Southern Tablelands and out to the far South Coast. Canberra is the nearest capital for most of it. Because it covers so much ground, the farms here have little in common beyond being a long way apart — check the locality before you plan a drive.
Pick-your-own is scattered rather than clustered. Bidgee Strawberries and Cream at Wagga Wagga runs one of the longest strawberry seasons in the state, roughly November to May. Mouat's Farm at Batlow, one of the classic NSW apple towns, picks apples from February through to May and cherries earlier. Catania Fruit Salad Farm at Hanwood near Griffith grows oranges. On the coast, Clyde River Berry Farm near Mogood picks blueberries, blackberries and strawberries, Higgins Creek Farm at Cockwhy adds blueberries.
The bigger story here is farm experiences rather than picking. The Southern Tablelands around Bungendore, Sutton, Braidwood and Murrumbateman has become genuine truffle country, with hunts running through winter at places like Turalla Truffles, Blue Frog Truffle Farm, Durran Durra Truffles and Elvesgate. Add alpaca farms, donkey and farm stays, and oyster tours at Pambula, and most of what this region offers a visitor is a booked experience rather than a bucket of fruit.
Looking for cherries? The Young, Wombat and Kingsvale orchards are no longer listed here — they sit in the Hilltops council area and now have their own page. See pick-your-own orchards in the Hilltops.
Across the Riverina and the NSW South Coast
| Farm | Status | Typical season | Entry / price | Booking | Kids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bidgee Strawberries and Cream | In season | Nov-May | $5 entry; $25/kg for picked fruit | — | Yes |
| Catania Fruit Salad Farm | In season | — | No current official price is published on the farm's own site. Older Tripadvisor reviews mention guided-tour prices in the roughly $10-$20 per person range at various points, so treat any figure as unconfirmed/possibly outdated. | Booking recommended | Yes |
| Clyde River Berry Farm | In season | Dec-Jan (season varies by year) | No entry fee | — | Yes |
| Higgins Creek Farm | In season | Daily 10am-2pm through January; by appointment only Feb-Mar | $5 admission for adults, $2 for kids under 12; a 2L bucket is provided for picking (per farm website and Shoalhaven tourism listing). A single third-party TikTok post mentioned paying $35 for a 1kg bucket of berries taken home, which may reflect a separate per-weight charge for picked fruit on top of admission -- not confirmed on the farm's own site, so excluded from the price figure above. | — | — |
| Mouat's Farm | Closed for season | late Nov-early Jan; Feb-May | — | Booking recommended | — |
| Parma Christmas Tree Farm | Closed for season | Late Nov-24 Dec | — | — | — |
| Wallaroo Cherry Farm | Closed for season | Nov-Jan (approx); Mar-Apr (approx) | $5 entry per adult, children under 8 free; nashi pears $3.90/kg | No booking needed | Yes |
| Kembla Cherry Orchard | Unconfirmed · call ahead | Dec-Jan | Call ahead | Booking recommended | — |
8 farms
Wagga Wagga · Riverina & South Coast
Hanwood · Riverina & South Coast
Mogood · Riverina & South Coast
Cockwhy · Riverina & South Coast
Batlow · Riverina & South Coast
Parma · Riverina & South Coast
Wallaroo · Riverina & South Coast
Royalla · Riverina & South Coast
Details may have changed. Call before travelling.
| Farm | Experience | Access | Status | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaca Magic | Meet the animals, Hands-on workshops & Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Babylon Farm | Meet the animals, Hands-on workshops & Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Blackwattle Alpaca Farm | Meet the animals & Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Blue Frog Truffle Farm | Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Braidwood Farm Stay | Meet the animals, Stay on the farm & Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Captain Sponge's Magical Oyster Tours | Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Chef Christophe and Josephine Truffle Farm | Hands-on workshops & Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Durran Durra Truffles | Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Elvesgate Organic Biodynamic Truffle Farm | Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Gulaga Gold | Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Hillview Farmstay | Meet the animals & Stay on the farm | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| JOY Miniature Donkey Stud Farm Stay | Meet the animals, Stay on the farm & Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| L'Air du Wombat Truffles | Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Marrocka Emu Farm | Farm tours | Contact the farm | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Miniature Donkey Farm Stay at JOY Stud | Meet the animals, Stay on the farm & Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Mulloon Creek Natural Farms / Mulloon Institute | Stay on the farm, Hands-on workshops & Farm tours | Contact the farm | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Pattison Pastoral | Meet the animals & Stay on the farm | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Phoenix Farm Sassafras | Farm tours | Seasonal | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| The Vintner's Daughter Farm Tours | Meet the animals & Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| The Woods Farm | Meet the animals & Stay on the farm | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Tiny Tails Farm Stay | Meet the animals, Stay on the farm & Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
| Turalla Truffles | Farm tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Riverina & South Coast, NSW |
Sutton · Riverina & South Coast
guided visits; walking with llamas; breakfast/brunch; donkey and fibre workshops
Wallaroo · Riverina & South Coast
60-minute weekend farm tours; feed and pat alpacas, goats, sheep, chickens and horses; occasional goat-milk soap or fibre workshops
Murrumbateman · Riverina & South Coast
guided alpaca/llama experiences, walks and hand feeding
Sutton · Riverina & South Coast
Truffle-dog harvest; industry information; washing and grading; tastings
Braidwood · Riverina & South Coast
feed chickens; collect eggs; play with baby goats; horse activity; learn sustainable farming
Pambula · Riverina & South Coast
Two-hour boat tour of Pambula Lake and River led by an oyster farmer; oyster cultivation and tasting
Bungendore · Riverina & South Coast
Guided hunt with truffle dog Largo; growing insights; live French cooking demonstration; brunch
Durran Durra · Riverina & South Coast
Guided black-truffle hunt on a working farm; cultivation story; tasting
Harolds Cross · Riverina & South Coast
Guided truffle forage with dogs; organic and biodynamic growing methods; farm feast
Dignams Creek · Riverina & South Coast
Guided dog-assisted truffle hunt; truffiere visit; tasting; day-in-the-life option
Mount Adrah · Riverina & South Coast
Interactive feeding of goats, horses, sheep, alpacas and chickens; egg collection
Bellmount Forest · Riverina & South Coast
tour the 125-acre donkey stud and take part in educational miniature-donkey encounters
Braidwood district · Riverina & South Coast
Trained truffle dogs; hands-on digging; grading and growing information; tastings
Lockhart · Riverina & South Coast
Scenic guided tour of a working emu farm
Bellmount Forest · Riverina & South Coast
hosted tour of a 125-acre miniature-donkey stud; educational donkey encounters
Mulloon · Riverina & South Coast
farm tours, workshops, bootcamps and field days on cattle-grazing and free-range-egg enterprises; landscape rehydration demonstrations
Burraboi · Riverina & South Coast
Guest animal feeding; specific animals and session details require operator confirmation
Sassafras · Riverina & South Coast
Boutique truffiere hunt with dogs; truffle-production story; tasting
Murrumbateman · Riverina & South Coast
morning feed round with chickens, peacocks, goats, deer, sheep and cattle; vineyard and winery production interpretation
Tomerong · Riverina & South Coast
daily supervised feeding of resident cows, horses, alpacas, chickens, ducks, peacocks and goats
Yass · Riverina & South Coast
bottle-feed baby miniature goats in season; farm tour; yabbying; guest animal interaction
Bungendore · Riverina & South Coast
guided dog-led black-truffle hunt; guest harvest decisions; truffle education and meal/tasting options
Choose a crop and location. We will email you when local farms begin opening.
Mouat's Farm at Batlow grows cherries alongside its apples. For the main NSW cherry district, though, you want the Hilltops — Young, Wombat and Kingsvale — which now has its own page at /nsw/hilltops/. Those orchards used to be listed here, but Young sits in the Hilltops council area rather than the Riverina, so they were moved.
Bidgee Strawberries and Cream in Wagga Wagga runs a long strawberry season from November through to May, and Clyde River Berry Farm near Mogood on the South Coast also grows strawberries alongside blueberries and blackberries, typically in December and January. Check ahead, as picking availability depends on that week's fruit.
Mouat's Farm at Batlow, one of NSW's classic apple towns, picks from February through to May, after the summer stone fruit has finished. That makes late summer and autumn the time to go, though it's worth calling to check which varieties are ready.
Yes — the Southern Tablelands is one of Australia's better-known truffle areas, and the season runs through winter. Turalla Truffles at Bungendore, Blue Frog Truffle Farm at Sutton, Durran Durra Truffles, Elvesgate at Harolds Cross and L'Air du Wombat near Braidwood all run hunts. These are booked experiences with set dates rather than drop-in visits, so book well ahead — winter weekends fill early.
Very. Griffith to Pambula is the better part of a day's drive, and Batlow, Wagga Wagga, Bungendore and the Milton-Ulladulla coast are all in different directions from one another. Treat this page as several separate day trips rather than one touring route, and pick the cluster nearest to you.
