Pheasants Nest, New South Wales

Pheasants Nest is a small village in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, near Bargo in Wollondilly Shire.

History
The area was inhabited by the Dharawal and Gundungurra peoples for tens of thousands of years.

White settlers first recorded sightings of the koala, lyrebird, and wombat in the area, with ex-convict John Wilson describing the lyrebird as a pheasant, and this is the mostly likely origin of the name.

Description
Pheasants Nest has a northbound and southbound roadhouse on the Hume Highway, and also serves as a freeway exit between Picton and Yerrinbool. At the, Pheasants Nest had a population of 716 people.

The Pheasants Nest Rural Fire Brigade consists of a two-bay tin station. Housed in the station is the brigade's Cat 1 Tanker, code name Pheasants Nest 1 and the brigade's Cat 9 vehicle, code name Pheasants Nest 9.

In popular culture
Journalist Louise Milligan's debut novel, a crime fiction thriller published in March 2024, is named after the town. It refers in particular to a notorious suicide spot, Pheasants Nest bridge, which crosses the Nepean River on the Hume Highway.