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 New
England
Holidays - Places of
Interest
Tenterfield - Visit Bald Rock, Boonoo Boonoo Falls and take a Woollool Woollool
Cultural Tour with aboriginal guides. Visit Thunderbolt's Hideout, used by the bushranger
Captain
Thunderbolt. Ghost Gully with its unusual formations may be of
interest.
Glen Innes - originally established by Scottish settlers. Some original buildings
still remain in the main
street. The Standing Stones above the town are a well jnown landmark.
The town hosts the Australian Music Festival in October.
Visit the
Gibraltar
Range National Park east of Glen Innes. There are plenty of fossicking opportunities
with trout fishing
in the mountain streams in season.
Inverell - a town with a history based on tin
mining and blue sapphires. The area provides plenty of fossicking
opportunities. There is a Pioneer Village and Gwydir Ranch Park (4WD)
offers fishing and canoeing.
Make time for a visit to the Dejon Sapphire centre, which is an operating plant.
Keen anglers should try their luck at Lake Copeton.
Armidale - known for its gorges and waterfalls and situated at an elevation of over 1000 metres.
This is a university town with a large student population. The World Heritage listed
New
England National Park is a must see for visitors.
The Oxley Wild Rivers National Park
south of the town is also worth a visit. Art lovers should make
time for the New England Regional Art Museum and Armidale Folk Museum.
Cathedral Rock National Park lies to the east of town as does the
restored mining village at Hillgrove.
Saumarez Homestead
provides a fine example of the architecture of the period when the
area was first settled. Cliff top abseiling, trout fishing in mountain streams, gold fossicking, canoeing on
Dumaresq Dam are all popular activities.
Tamworth - known as the country music capital of Australia,
plays host to the 11 day
Tamworth
country music festival
each January. There are several horse events held during the year. There
is plenty of opportunity for farm stays. Visitor activities include
horse riding, sailing and fossicking at Nundle and other sites.
Fishing
is popular at Manilla and Lake Keepit and trout can be taken in the the MacDonald River and Dungowan Creek.
Moree - the town is best best known for its warm, artesian spa baths.
Aboriginal art is on display at the Moree Plains Gallery and the Yurundiali Aboriginal Corporation.
Trawalla Pecan nut farm is the largest in the southern hemisphere. There
are cotton farm and gin tours
in season.
Narrabri - home of the huge
Australia Telescope sited west of town
which services the surrounding cotton farming communities.
New
England Natural Attractions
New England Introduction
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New England
Holidays