Penrose
Penrose is a small quaint town of New South Wales' Southern Highlands region. There's not much in the village, but it is a good spot for trainspotting on the Southern Highlands Line's quietest station, but also for crying when none of the longer-distance trains stop for you.
Understand
editGet in
edit
By train
editThe town's primary point of interest, 1 Penrose Station 
, is not well-served and thus makes it impossible to day-trip from Sydney by train. On weekdays, trains from Goulburn arrive at Penrose at 6:06AM, 8:10AM, 8:30PM, 10PM and a bus replacement at 2:11PM. On weekends, this is worse, with trains from Goulburn arriving at 6:32AM, 9:43PM and a bus-replacement at 3:16PM.
Trains from Moss Vale station on weekdays arrive at 6:29AM, 9:52AM while from Campbelltown station in Sydney, 6:36PM and 8:25PM. Weekends from Moss Vale and the train arrives at 5:05AM and 12:12PM, and from Central, 8:16PM.
The timetable can be found at the TfNSW website[dead link].
By car
editPenrose is around 20 minutes east of the M31 Hume Hwy from Marulan. If travelling on the Hume southbound, turn left onto Highland Way and continue for about 25 km (16 mi). If travelling northbound, you will need to do a right turn on Highland Way (which can be difficult to do during peak holiday season, but doable). Alternatively for southbound travellers, Murrimba Road takes you from the Hume to Wingello, which is often faster but the road can often times be poorly maintained.
From Moss Vale or Exeter, use Exeter and Penrose Rd southbound via Bundanoon until Penrose.
Get around
editThe town is small enough to be navigable on foot.
See
editThe train station is pretty much it.
Do
editBuy, eat and drink
edit- 1 Penrose Village General Store, 901 Penrose Rd, ☏ +61 2 4802 2787. M–F 8AM–3:30PM; Sa Su 9AM–3PM. The town's general store, contains a cafe and some "villagw goods".
Sleep
edit- 1 The Vale Penrose, 80 Kareela Rd, ☏ +61 411 796 315. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: noon. A guest house a fair bit north of the main town.