Aylmerton: Heck Field

Aylmerton has served as a rural settlement in New South Wales’s Southern Highlands since the late 19th century. Set south of Mittagong, it occupies a cool upland district of grazing land, woodland and sandstone country near the headwaters of the Nattai River. The locality developed beside the Main Southern railway corridor, which linked the Southern Highlands with Sydney and inland New South Wales. Today, Aylmerton remains a quiet counterpoint to the larger towns nearby, with the Hume Motorway providing a fast route through the region. Browse other webcams across the Southern Highlands to place Aylmerton in a wider geographic context.

New South Wales is widely known within Australia for Sydney Harbour, home to the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The state extends from the Pacific coastline across the Great Dividing Range to wide inland plains within the Murray–Darling Basin. Sydney is Australia’s largest city and a major centre for finance, arts and international travel, while inland districts are strongly associated with farming and long distances between towns. The Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, form part of a UNESCO World Heritage area of eucalyptus forests, sandstone escarpments and deep valleys. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how New South Wales relates to its coast, ranges and inland country.

Australia’s terrain extends from tropical rainforests in the northeast to arid plains in the interior, producing dramatic climatic contrasts. The Great Dividing Range follows much of the eastern coast, while the Great Barrier Reef lies off Queensland in the Coral Sea and Uluru rises from the central desert. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples maintain living cultures whose connections to Country long predate European settlement. In Sydney, the sail-like Opera House, completed in 1973, stands beside one of the world’s best-known harbours. Discover further points of interest through webcams located across Australia.