Fast facts
- Birthplace of cricket’s greatest batsman, Sir Donald Bradman
- A prosperous rural town surrounded by crops of canola
- 360 km south-west of Sydney, population 7,000
Why go there
Cootamundra offers pleasant country scenery and genteel old homesteads.
Cricket enthusiasts come here to worship the birthplace of the legendary cricketer Sir Donald Bradman, and nature-lovers to see the extravagant blooming of countless Cootamundra wattle trees in July and August.
History
Sir Donald Bradman was born at 89 Adams Street, on 27 August 1908. The Bradman family moved to Bowral when Donald was 3 years old.
In the 1930s, Butler Airlines, based in Cootamundra, was the first airline to operate an Australia to England airmail service.
Things to do
- Play a round of golf at the oldest country course in NSW.
- Discover former cricketing captains cast in bronze among the native gardens of Jubilee Park.
- Visit the Sir Donald Bradman Birthplace Museum, a restored cottage filled with fascinating cricketing memorabilia.
Events
- A three-day beach volleyball tournament takes place in February when tonnes of sand are dumped in Murray Street, just off the main street in town.
Don’t miss
- The birdlife and natural habitat of Pioneer Park.
- Watching performance artists and eating alfresco in the main street.
- The creativity at the Art & Cultural Centre.
- The flowering of the Cootamundra wattle in July/August.
- Tastings of local produce at the Visitor Information Centre.
