Sights in New England
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Australian Country Music Foundation
If the names Tex Morton, Buddy Williams and Smoky Dawson mean anything to you, then this will too. This is a country-music great Hall of Fame (in the making) with photographs, historic video and film footage, music and souvenirs.
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Motorcycle Museum
Containing three million bucks worth of bikes, Motorcycle Museum memorabilia has been collected by none other than the owner of the Quality Powerhouse Hotel next door. Three cheers for capitalism. There's not much floor space left, not even for the humble Norton 500.
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Kwiambal National Park
Further northwest, Kwiambal National Park, pronounced kigh- am -bal, sits at the junction of the Macintyre and Severn Rivers. Largely undiscovered, it is an important conservation area for the tumbledown gum and Caley’s ironbark.
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Calala Cottage
Calala Cottage is where you may get a hand-held tour but gee it's informative. The slab hut, coach house and blacksmiths were all built just before the Manor in 1875. Coffee freaks will love the old wrought-iron coffee-grinder.
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Oxley Scenic Lookout
Grab a bottle of wine and follow jacaranda-lined White St to the very top, where you'll reach this viewpoint. It is the best seat in the house as the sun goes down over Tamworth and the surrounding Liverpool Ranges.
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Big Golden Guitar Tourist Centre
This info hub has a cafe and a shop where you can stock up on all-important golden-guitar snow cones. When you've finished, check out the Wax Museum.
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New England Regional Art Museum
At the southern edge of town, 'Neram' has a sizeable permanent collection and good contemporary exhibitions in pleasant grounds. It also houses the Museum of Printing, a cafe and souvenir shop.
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Gibraltar Range National Park
Dramatic, forested and wild, Gibraltar Range National Park lies south of the Gwydir Hwy, about 80km east of Glen Innes on the road to Grafton.
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Oxley Marsupial Park
Overfriendly cockatoos and other native animals live here alongside barbecues and picnic shelters. The park joins the Kamilaroi walking track.
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Mccrossin’s Mill Museum
This meseum is where you can view Captain Thunderbolt’s muzzle loader and revolver and learn about the evolution of the cricket bat.
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Land of the Beardies History House
The Land of the Beardies History House fills an old hospital to bursting with eclectic artefacts of old Glen Innes.
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Washpool National Parks
The Washpool National Park lies north of the Gwydir Hwy, about 80km east of Glen Innes on the road to Grafton.
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Tamworth Regional Gallery
In purpose-built premises next to the library, the gallery has some interesting local bequeaths and more modern roving exhibitions.
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Walk a Country Mile Museum
Check out the Walk a Country Mile Museum in the guitar shaped visitor centre.
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Lindsay Butler Studios
By appointment only, Lindsay Butler Studios will open its doors to visitors.
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Woollen Mill
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