Tuesday 18th March 2014: Australia is a spacious country, and if you live on the land, you have a lot of room. Chances are, you have a lot of sheds. Chances are, you have learnt to be resourceful from a very young age, 'cos it is not as if you can nick around to the … Continue reading Seeing “stuff” at Glen Innes and Inverell
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City Tour of Armidale, then Glen Innes via the Newell Highway (most of the time)
Monday 17th March 2014: One of the best value tours that you can take in Armidale is the FREE guided heritage bus tour (donations welcome). It is meant to be a 2.5 hour taster, although in our case, since we were only a small group on Monday morning, we benefited from a further hour. There … Continue reading City Tour of Armidale, then Glen Innes via the Newell Highway (most of the time)
Tourist Drive from Armidale: Saumarez Homestead, Uralla, Rocky River and Mount Yarrowyk
Sunday 16th March 2014: Saumarez Homestead lies about five kilometres outside of Armidale. It is a two storey stately home of the Victorian period, which is now owned by the National Trust of Australia, and open for guided tours on weekends and public holidays. It was once part of a large pastoral and grazing estate, … Continue reading Tourist Drive from Armidale: Saumarez Homestead, Uralla, Rocky River and Mount Yarrowyk