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Australian Pottery at Bemboka is located at 1 Oliver Street, Bemboka, NSW, about 2 ½ hours drive from Canberra, 30 minutes from Bega and 45 minutes from Merimbula, taking the road through Wolumla and Candelo.
This map may help you to find your way.
If Brown Mountain is on your route, take a moment to stop at Piper's Lookout. Opposite the lookout a gravel road leads down to a picnic area, Dan Finn's Hut and a quite wonderful tree fern boardwalk - worth a look but only if you are fit enough to walk down a very steep entry track.
Once in the village, turn north onto Hoskins Street and follow the signs to Oliver Street. The gallery is in the building with deep ocean roof at the end of the road.
There is parking on the property, and we are fully set up for wheelchair access.
The road becomes gravel once past the church, and chances are you could meet a rabbit, sheep or cow, so drive carefully, particularly in wet weather.
The main street of Bemboka can be like Pitt Street on a busy weekend, with the Bemboka Hotel, the famous Bemboka Pie Shop and the Woolly Bull Cafe all providing options for hungry travellers.
You may be heading home, or on to another destination, but if you are looking for somewhere to stay nearby, the Bemboka Hotel offers budget motel-style accommodation. On the main street, Littleton Cottage is fully self-contained. Eight kilometres towards Bega The Giba Gunyah Country Cottages nestle at the base of the South East Forests National Park. And just outside Candelo,the Bumblebrook Farm Motel has four self-contained units.
The Bega Valley is rich with places to visit for art and craft lovers. Some of our favourite galleries are marked on this map: