 About the area: for travellers to and from Queensland, the New England region is an inland alternative to the coast road, however it is much more than just a place to travel through on the way from Point A to point B. New England is known as the Big Sky Country. Not only for its clear night skies but for the panoramic vistas of the countryside. Some of Australia's most beautiful National Parks are in New England, offering world renowned trout fishing, hiking, camping, nature tours and kayaking. History and heritage of bygone times, and all the things that make for a great holiday - good food, quality accommodation, places of interest - are all here to enjoy and make the inland road a truly memorable journey.
The New England region was first settled in the mid 1830s when pastoral companies and individual settlers took up large tracts of land in the Peel River Valley and the Tablelands to the north. The centres of Tamworth and Armidale, established in 1834 and 1835 respectively, became increasingly important as the region developed. Armidale today has a cosmopolitan atmosphere as it is known as the regional capital of education and culture. Tamworth has become the country music capital of Australia.
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National Parks
Natural Attractions
Caves
- Ashford: The Limestone Caves
- Coonabarrabran: Sandstone Caves
Waterfalls
- The Waterfall Way drive
- Ashford: Macintyre Falls
- Coonabarrabran: Hickeys Falls
- Dorrigo: Newell Falls; Sherrard Falls; Crystal Shower Falls; Tristiana Falls; Crystal Cascades; Dangarsleigh Falls; Dangar Falls
- Ebor: Ebor Falls (upper and lower)
- Hillgrove: Bakers Creek Falls
- Tenterfield: Boorook waterfall; Toolool Falls; Apsley Falls; Protesters Falls; Undercliffe Falls
- Urbenville: Bean Creek Falls; Tooloom Falls
- Glen Innes: waterfalls on the Mitchell, Mann and Henry Rivers
- Walcha: Tia Falls; Aspley Falls
- Wollomombi: Macintyre Falls; Chandlers Falls; Woollomombi Falls
Historic Places
- Armidale: Hillgrove Rural Life and Industry Museum; 'Palmerston' stables and grounds, Dangarsleigh
- Guyra: Baxters Farm Museum; Moredun Ponds (old Moredun Dam site); township of Tingha; Ollera station homestead (c.1870); Ben Lomond historic village and railway station
- Hillgrove: historic buildings from the town's gold mining days
- Moree: replica slab hut; Boolooroo Weir; Tareelaroi Weir; Combadello Weir
- Nundle: old gold mining town
- Tamworth: Goonoo Goonoo complex
- Wallabadah: First Fleet memorial
- Tenterfield: World War II Tank Traps; Tenterfield Railway Station Museum
- Uralla: Capt. Thunderbolt's Lookout and grave; Kentucky Soldiers' settlement orchards (photos); Mount Yarrowyck Nature Reserve Aboriginal rock art site; Military Museum
- Walcha: 'Europambela' homestead and outbuildings (1861); 'Ohio' homestead, Ohio Creek (1840s); Pioneer Cottage & Museum (historic biplane)
Misc. Places of Interest
Drives
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