Tamworth
Best known as Australia's Country Music Capital, Tamworth offers a colourful and exciting cosmopolitan atmosphere with a relaxed country twist. Spectacular scenery, wide open spaces and clean country air welcome you to New South Wales' leading rural city that boasts some of the richest agricultural country in the nation. It is a place where you can enjoy city living but still have the benefits of the country life style!
Tamworth is also home to a thriving arts and crafts culture with many galleries and antique stores. For the sports minded there is a superb race course and two golf courses together with some excellent fishing areas. Fishing is these areas can prove to be very fruitful with plenty of fresh water estuary fishing and lake fishing being very popular with the locals and visitors.
First and foremost, Tamworth is famously known for the annual event of the Country Music Festival and Golden Guitar Awards every January. This event alone attracts in excess of 50,000 visitors from all over the world. Tamworth itself has a number of interesting country music tributes such as the Golden Guitar, the Hands of Fame Park, bronze busts, wax museums and much more.
Although Tamworth is most famous for its annual ten day country music festival in January, there is much more to discover such as impressive gardens, historical buildings and plenty of arts and craft. Tamworth is also well known for the number of exciting sporting matches that are held here. The city plays regularly host to football games, cricket matches, baseball, soccer, horseracing and quarter horse events just to name a few. Tamworth regularly hosts major cultural, social, educational and sporting events, carnivals and festivals for people around Australia and the world.
Tamworth is surrounded by one of the biggest gemstone fossicking areas in the state, and offers many recreational activities for the family to enjoy and combined with the rich heritage and fascinating history, it's no wonder Tamworth shares their hospitality with over 500,000 visitors each year.
With so many people visiting Tamworth each year you can ony start to imagine the endless array of accommodation choice there are available. Take your pick from hotels, motels, B&B’s, farm stays, spacious apartments and houses. Many of the establishments within Tamworth are well equipped to deal with corporate functions, weddings, tour groups, weekend stays and any other type of getaway you may be planning.
Another bonus for holidaying in Tamworth is that this city is the perfect gateway to the outback where you can enjoy wide open space, big skies and fresh clean air. There's a host of scenic drives and locations to appreciate the natural beauty of this region of Australia that you can do while you are here as well as a number of exciting adventures and tours that you can book yourself onto. With its ample shopping, dining, accommodation options for all and plenty of attractions to enjoy throughout the year, Tamworth will prove to be a destination of a different kind. There is something of everyone within this vibrant city so why don’t you come and discover the country in you.
