{"id":22561,"date":"2020-06-03T19:29:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T09:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=22561"},"modified":"2022-04-22T09:01:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T23:01:50","slug":"tamworth-australia-%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%ba-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=22561","title":{"rendered":"Tamworth, New South Wales \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 2nd June 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 161 kms from Muswellbrook to Tamworth in the North-West Region of New South Wales  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Tamworth <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Big 4 Caravan Park $40 all services. S31.09979, E150.93782<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: NA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Driving north from Muswellbrook following the New England Highway we soon drive down into the Scone Valley. Noted for breeding thoroughbred horses we pass several large thoroughbred complexes including Emerites. Mind you we see very few horses, so we presume there all rugged up and in their stables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We pass another very long train load of coal on its way to China or India.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A very Australian scene.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s good to be on the road again.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The two hour drive to Tamworth passes quickly. There\u2019s very little traffic, on the final 60 kms from Willow Tree to Tamworth, we pass only a couple of cars and trucks. We have rung ahead and booked into the Big 4 as it\u2019s the closest to the centre of town and an easy walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On arrival it appears as though we have arrived at plague central. The curt lady at the desk gives us a 10 minute briefing on Covid policy and procedures, then gives us a very long winded declaration to complete and sign, witnessed by a JP. Not quite the friendly welcome and handshake from Freddie back in Muswellbrook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Feeling very safe at the Big 4. It\u2019s actually a very well organised and tidy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s mid-afternoon when we head off to explore Tamworth\u2019s city centre. Somewhere handy for dinner tonight will be a bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some short soup and sweet and sour pork may be nice on a cold evening in Tamworth.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tamworth\u2019s Peel Street, would be familiar to most Australians as it\u2019s featured every January when the Country Music Festival begins. Lots of shops to explore with the odd shopping arcade here and there. Our afternoons walk becomes a lot warmer once we find the Kathmandu shop and make an emergency beanie purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A bronze immortalising Slim Dusty and his wife Joy McKean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And Pam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some scenes along Peel Street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The sun has set by the time we walk back to the Big 4. A shower and drink later Pam decide a takeaway from the Dragon Palace would be best. A quick game of the Biggest Loser and I\u2019m walking up to get dinner. Half way through dinner we get a FaceTime call from Mark and Muriel in Melbourne. They also have a motorhome in Europe so we chat on for 30 minutes complaining about the Covid19 lockdowns. They are off to explore NSW by caravan so we hope to catch up with them in Sydney in a few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remainder of the Chinese meal goes into the fridge for whenever and we call it a night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another cold start to the day.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s morning and time to find coffee, the only place within cooee is Maccas. The coffee is pretty good and we set off to do the Peel River Walk. The local council have done a wonderful job of developing the river bank and we really enjoyed the walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pam loves her colourbond.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This wonderful statue of a Light Horseman and his beloved Waler.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The memorial wall dedicated to the fallen from the Tamworth Area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A commemoration sculpture to the country music festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Possibly the most elaborate and challenging piece of play equipment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s midday as we make our way back to the Big 4 for the final time. We service the Winnebago and say goodbye to Tamworth. It really has been an enjoyable place to visit, mind you some double digit temperatures would have made it even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You know your in the country when you see a gun shop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Where to next ?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We fill the Winnebago with $1.11 diesel as we head out of Tamworth on the Fossickers Way for Bingara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Date: 2nd June 2020 Travelled: 161 kms from Muswellbrook to Tamworth in the North-West Region of New South Wales   Visited: Tamworth  Stayed: Big 4 Caravan Park $40 all services. S31.09979, E150.93782  Budget: NA Driving north from Muswellbrook following the New England Highway we soon drive down into the Scone Valley. Noted for breeding thoroughbred […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":22594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,122],"tags":[124,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-22561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"category-new-south-wales","9":"tag-country-towns-nsw","10":"tag-new-south-wales","11":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22561"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27743,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22561\/revisions\/27743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}