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The Federal Hotel is located in Bigga. Bigga is a village in rural New South Wales, Australia. Bigga is located on the west side of the Abercrombie Mountains, 104 klms northwest of Goulburn. Approximately 2 hours 50 mins from Sydney via the M5, (Motorway), 387klms.

Bigga is attractively situated 56 Km northwest of Crookwell and is noted for producing some of the worlds finest and most expensive wool.

After leaving the main road just past “Funny Hill Station”, the site of the annual Binda picnic races held in March (The oldest continual country race day in Australia first held in 1848), you drive through the rural community of Crooked Corner, passing the school (still in use today) along with the church.

At the top of Snowy Mount you will find the Sheck Webster Lookout, which commands magnificent views over the surrounding countryside and the Great Dividing Ranges.

Approximately 8 km’s east of the village you pass through the Blanket Flat area, today a collection of both recreation blocks and working farms in its hey day, Blanket Flat boasted a Post office, Hotel and a Cricket Pitch, (it even had a temperance society).

Federal Hotel
Binda Street
Bigga NSW 2583
Phone: 02 4835 2219