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Armidale - New England

November 8th 2007 21:15

Situated in the heart of the New England Tablelands; half way between Sydney and Brisbane and just two hours from the coast is the lovely city of Armidale.

Known as a university and cathedral city, Armidale offers a unique blend of culture, state of the art technology, educational diversity and natural beauty for its 25,000 citizens.

The air is very clear and clean throughout the year (the city is 980 metres above sea level) and residents enjoy a warm summer (10-30), tones of amber during the autumn, a crisp winter (0-10) and an exhilarating spring boasting beautiful spring gardens.

The Autumn Festival is arguably the largest tourist attraction of the city. Held each year in Autumn, the festival features an array of outstanding floats, good food, stores and live entertainment. An annual fireworks display is held in the evening.

The Armidale Art Galleries and Museums including the Aboriginal Cultural Centre, New England Regional Art Museum and Armidale Art Gallery are also major drawcards.

Armidale Art Gallery

A project of the New England Art Society, the gallery features regular exhibitions by regional artists. Paintings, sculpture, pottery, ceramics are available for purchase and regular workshops are held on the premises.
Admission to the gallery is free and it is open from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm and from 10.00 am to 12.00 Saturdays and Market days.

168 Beardy Street Mall
Armidale NSW 2350

Aboriginal Cultural Centre

Enjoy the history of the Anaiwan tribe, a musical section, an interactive corner for children, a local heroes display, an historical room, a research room, a lifestyles hallway, a bush tucker walk, a movie area and an archaeological section.

128 Kentucky Street
Armidale NSW 2350

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Parkes Shire

October 19th 2007 23:30

Located on the western edge of the Great Dividing Range within the Central Slopes and Plains region of New South Wales is the regional town of Parkes.

Covering an area of 5919 square kilometres, the town is home to around 10,000 people and plays an important role in the scientific community of Australia with the presence of the Parkes Observatory. The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) of NSW has the Western Regional Office located in Parkes.

Summer weather is typically hot with a day temperature of 40 degrees celsius not uncommon.

The town is most famous for its annual Parkes Elvis Festival held on the second weekend in January every year. Held over 5 days, Parkes welcomes all hip-swivelling Elvis impersonators to the town with a festival program boasting more than 100 events!

Highlight events include the Elvis Street Parade, Elvis in the Park Festivities, Keno Feature Concerts, Elvis Gospel Church Service and the Transtank Miss Priscilla dinner.

If you plan to visit Parkes, we urge you to plan your trip so that it coincides with this festival. The dates for the Parkes Elvis Festival 2008 is January 9 - 13.

Other tourist attractions include the Parkes CSIRO Radio Telescope - the star of the movie The Dish. The telescope is widely regarded as one of Australia's most prominent landmarks and plays a significant part in our scientific and engineering heritage. You can even get up close and personal by driving almost right up to the landmark and marvel at the 64 metre steel paraboloid, elegantly balanced atop a three storey concrete tower.

Astronomers, curious about the universe have used the telescope for over 43 years.

Memorabilia is available at the Visitors' centre or enjoy a meal at The Dish Cafe!

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Pasha Bulker: Newcastle's biggest tourist attraction

June 26th 2007 06:38

The name itself may not scream tourist attraction, but Newcastle is seeing a boom of sorts with the running aground of the huge coal carrier on Nobby's Beach. Lashing weather a couple of weeks ago left the coal ship in trouble on the reefs of one of Newcastle's main beaches. Since then people have flocked to see the carrier in its helpless state.

Newcastle is about two hours drive from Sydney, and this closeness has resulted in a huge number of people jumping in the car to see it. From all reports, certain vendors are doing better business than ever selling coffee and food to those getting their view of the somewhat rare sight.

You may be running out of time to see it in its current state however. Extra high tides, which are seasonal, will hopefully create the window salvage teams are looking for to float the Pasha Bulker. There was a hope tonight would see effort number one, but there is still work to do. Expect attempts to free the carrier between now and mid July.

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The Deni Ute Muster for another year

June 25th 2007 07:11

The Deniliquin Ute Muster is approaching again. The weekend of the 29th of September 2007, 20 000 people are expected to gather for the ever growing ute muster. Deniliquin, or Deni as the locals call it, is in central southern NSW and sits on the Edward River.

The Ute Muster, as you can expect, is based around utes and motoring, but it also has activities many would associate with a muster or the bush, as well as other family activities. Ute owners will particularly interested in The Show and Shine, but other visitors may be drawn by the music and the surroundings Deniliquin offers

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Short travel ideas on the shortest day

June 22nd 2007 05:52

It is the Winter Solstice, therefore the shortest day of the year. Depressing? Perhaps, but how about some ideas of things to do that don't require whole days, whole weekends or whole weeks away.

**For Sydneysiders, a trip on the Manly Ferry is a good way to see Sydney Harbour. Relatively cheap, and a quick way to show your visitors or children the great harbour Sydney has

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Seeing Newcastle in a different way as it cops a battering

June 8th 2007 04:52

Yesterday I suggested with this weather and the problems associated with all long weekends, that it would better to stay at home and enjoy your local community.

Today's weather in Sydney, and particulalrly in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, may mean you will prefer to stay at home and enjoy, not your community, but the longeroom

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Brooms Head - Northern NSW

May 24th 2007 06:04

My parents recently went on a short road trip in a Campervan. Included in this trip they tell me was a stop in Brooms Head. This brought back memories of a childhood holiday to the same location. Fond memories they are too.

The Maui campervan they hired seemed quite good - quite suitable for two people; I wouldn't like to go with four as it says it sleeps. But back to Brooms Head

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Is Bulli the new Byron?

April 11th 2007 05:31

I am down in the Wollongong suburb of Bulli at the moment and have noticed a change. In the past I think few outside of the Gong would have been familiar with this little suburb at the bottom of the escarpment. That is slowly changing, in large part to the Bulli Heritage Hotel, which tends to be another place touring musicians can add to their itinerary. So Bulli gets mentioned quite a bit on Sydney radio or probably or wider radio in lists of tour dates as such.

Bulli, though next to suburbs of Thirroul, Austinmer, Coledale and Stanwell Park, has not really had the residing artists those other suburbs has. It is a great beach suburb, but the people are more like their southern neighbours - working class, but not artsy or overly environmental

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Easter remains a death trap for travellers

April 9th 2007 08:48

Rising petrol prices has done nothing to stop travel over easter becoming any less dangerous. The national road toll is at 25 for the Easter long weekend and with school holidays on for another week or two, depending on what state you live in, the death toll is likely to rise further.

In many ways, the Easter holidays provide a lot of benefits for certain locations in terms of tourism. Scores of people heading out of the cities to coastal towns and relatives homes is a yearly tradition, but while we see positive consequences, we also see negatives

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Jindabyne

April 6th 2007 07:57

This Australian town, well known as a jumping off point to the NSW snowfields, has received a bit of a boost in profile recently, with a movie released of the same name, funnily enough, set in Jindabyne.

Friends of mine are using their time off next week to head to this town and I was wondering what one actually does, when it isn't snowing on that mountain nearby

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Byron Bay for Blues and Roots

April 3rd 2007 12:34

I've never been to the East Coast Blues and Roots Festival in the Northern NSW town of Byron Bay, despite all the good acts they tend to host. The bands I want to see, more often than not, play sideshows in Sydney. I can understand why people do head up to Byron for this festival however, as Byron is a great location for the event.

At this late stage, if you want to stay there Belongil Camping and Cabins is probably your best bet. I'm sure many just pitch a tent where they can however. If you are considering heading next year, or to Byron in a non-peak time there heaps of options at all levels of style. Byron is no longer the sleepy little town it once was

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Easter holiday ideas

March 30th 2007 07:24

The upcoming holiday break could be the last chance to make the most of the warm weather before winter comes on. I am enjoying the autumn cooling off myself, but I'm sure many will be keen to get out in the sun over the easter long weekend, or if you are lucky, the longer break coinciding with uni or school holidays.

I myself am heading down to Wollongong, an hour south of Sydney. I'll be relaxing in a spa and having a nice quiet time. Further south would suit a four day trip - so heading down to Jamberoo or Ulladulla are good options

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Woodburn will have ANZAC Day March despite council's shallow pockets

March 7th 2007 05:00

I was listening to an interview with the mayor of Richmond Valley Council, which takes in the northern NSW town of Woodburn. He was spouting the fact it would cost 10 grand to close the Pacific Highway and as this wasn't in the council budget,unless the sub-branch of the RSL could come up with it, the only alternative would be to have the old boys and girls march in a ten minute gap the RTA was willing to close the road for.

The council didn't believe reallocation of funds to pay for this march would be supported by rate payers! A little hard to believe

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Newcastle music

October 20th 2006 04:35

I haven't left Newtown very much of late, but this afternoon I am heading to Newcastle to see The Strange Tenants and Backy Skank at the Cambridge Hotel.

Newcastle is 2 hours north of Sydney by car and a bit more by train (depending on what train you catch). It isn't a bad city, quite large and with some pretty top beaches

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