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Away from the bustling streets, roaring trains, sunny beaches and crowded malls of Sydney and onto a nice little town in the Southern Highlands; I've exchanged Sydney for Bowral. An hour and a half from Sydney by train, Bowral is beautiful small town in the wine/Blue Mountains region. The name Bowral was derived from Bowrel, which was the Aboriginal name given to the area. Bowrel is thought to have meant "large" or "high", referring to Mt Gibraltar. So much for Bowral trivia, as there n...