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Location
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Between Tamworth and
Willow Tree on the New England Highway
Just
four and a half hours from Sydney
30 minutes south of
Tamworth
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Climate
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Spring
and Autumn are pleasant sunny days and cool nights
Winter
is brisk and invigorating with frosty mornings
Summer
- hot days with long pleasant evenings once the sun goes down
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Attractions
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This
village is in the heart of some of
Australia’s finest farm land – grain crops, cattle and sheep
flourish in the richness of the western slopes of the Liverpool
Range.
The
historic Wallabadah Cemetery is surrounded by a unique GRASSY
WHITEBOX Woodland. This small natural population is one of the best
examples in New South Wales of a community of indigenous trees and
grasses peculiar to native Whitebox colonies.
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The
Liverpool Plains from Castle Mountain |
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Historic
Buildings
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Wallabadah boasts a long and proud history, typical of many
of the towns and villages along the New England Highway
- of early rural settlement, of landed gentry; free settlers and of
convict labour, of gold rushes and bushrangers.
The
Inn has occupied this central corner of downtown Wallabadah since
its construction in 1867 and parts of the original building are
still in use today.
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unique historic monument
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78
Sandstone Headstones have been erected bearing all the names of
the 1520 original Europeans to arrive at the new colony on the
tall ships of 1788. |
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A number of zeolite headstones have also been
erected listing the ships of the First Fleet – Sirius, Supply,
Lady Penryn, Prince of Wales, Scarborough, Friendship, Charlotte,
Golden Grove, Fishburn, Alexander, Borrowdale and one other
unknown ship. |
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Location -
right next to the highway at the very well kept
public camping area |
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Events
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THE
WALLABADAH CUP !!!
This famous Once-A-Year Race Meeting has been
running at Wallabadah on New Year’s Day for
over 150 years – every year it gets older,
bigger, faster and better…
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Standing Stones GLEN INNES |
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Autumn in ARMIDALE |
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Dangar Falls
Armidale / Uralla |
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Thunderbolt's statue URALLA |
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Opal Fossicking INVERELL |
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Lake Glenbawn SCONE |
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Tree Fern Walk
Barrington Tops N.P |
Australian Telescope NARRABRI |
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