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FLICK THROUGH THE GALLERY ABOVE for family-friendly farm stays in and around the Illawarra. What you add to the list? Leave your tips in the comments below.

Set on an acre and a half, Auntie Eileen's is an old-style three bedroom farmhouse built in the 1890s. In the morning, visitors can feed the farm animals and in the evening sit on the verandah and listen to the native bird chorus while watching the sun set on the valley escarpment.

The Bales on the farm side of the road is the charmingly renovated milking bales. It has three bedrooms and sleeps up to eight people. Large double glass entry doors and windows open to farmyard and valley views. Guests are invited to responsibly interact with the animals, including a small herd of beef cattle, dorper sheep, miniature pigs, chicken and ducks. 

Schottlander's Farmstay is the original farmhouse previously owned by the Quinn family, who ran a dairy for several generations. The four-bedroom home sleeps eight people and is surrounded by 230 acres of lush green paddocks and contented cows. 

Self-contained studio B&B situated on five acres of rainforest, formal and informal gardens, veggie and herb gardens, and developing orchard in a beautiful, secluded valley.

Four bedroom, three bathroom log house set high on Browns Mountain, just 15 minutes west of Nowra. Wombats, wallabies and hundreds of birds.share the 40 acres of open country and rainforest. 

Take the family for a day visit or weekend stay and experience a range of farm activities, horseriding and even canoeing. 

Stay one night or a week in a self-contained cabin on the 24-acre farm. Ideal for family groups of 10-15 people.

<b>FLICK THROUGH THE GALLERY ABOVE</b> for family-friendly farm stays in and around the Illawarra.

What you add to the list? Leave your tips in the comments below.

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7 family-friendly farm stays in and around the Illawarra

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