Sherwood

The heritage-listed site of the former Sherwood homestead (1863) is situated on the southern bank of Uriarra Creek. Nothing remains of the old slab cottage, which is said to have had seven rooms, a hallway and verandah with rammed earth floor.

There is a burial plot, later consecrated as an Anglican cemetery, on Ropers Hill 150m southwest from the homestead site. Henry and Eliza Phillips and an infant son are interred here.

The Phillips family ran a dairy farm on the site.

Descendants of Henry and Eliza Phillips visited the remote site of Sherwood during spring when hundreds of daffodils and jonquils bloom under deciduous trees. The daffodils are a rare 'Rip van Winkel' variety.

Sherwood is a popular walk or ride from Blue Range Recreation Area, especially at the beginning of September, to witness the flowering bulbs. Autumn is also pretty.