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Find out more >Tamworth is the country music capital of Australia, with this unique style of music being the main focus of the town year round. Here, the information centre is guitar-shaped, the town’s entrance is marked by a 36ft guitar and country music stars are represented in a waxwork hall of fame. Get geared up for a country escape and enjoy the toe-tappin’, boot-scootin’ and two-steppin’ hype in January, when Tamworth plays host to one of the biggest and best country music festivals in the world.
17 January 2025 (Diamond Class) 22 January 2025 (Gold Class)
11 Meals Included 1 Eco Experiences 3 Cultural & Heritage Experiences
Save $200 per couple or $100 single if booked by 30 April 2024
17 & 22 January 2025
N.B. Tour subject to fuel levy price increases for all transport operators. See T&Cs for details.
We depart on our opulent ‘Diamond Class’ or luxury ‘Gold Class’ coach from Brisbane Coach Terminal, and travel responsibly knowing all coach emissions are 100% offset. We stop at Tropical Fruit World for morning tea and a plantation tour. Afterwards, we make our way south to break for lunch in Ballina before continuing on to Coffs Harbour.
This morning we head to Wauchope for a cuppa before continuing to Mt Seaview for lunch. From here we make tracks to the Tamworth Country Music Festival, Australia’s largest music festival with over 4000 different performances or gigs, and over 600 buskers in Peel Street alone, providing a diverse range of entertainment day and night.3 Night Stay: Mercure Tamworth
**Dinner is at your own expense tonight.
Enjoy two days of the talents, sights and sounds of the Tamworth Country Music Festival, including free concerts, talented buskers, bush poets, line dancing and the Fanzone Stage in the city CBD which run daily from 10am til late. On both days Fun Over 50 Holidays has included a ticket for an evening show.
**Included shows are value added by Fun Over 50 Holidays and cannot be refunded if you do not attend.
**Lunch and dinner at at own expense over festival days.
**Show program available December 2024.
Enjoy two days of the talents, sights and sounds of the Tamworth Country Music Festival, including free concerts, talented buskers, bush poets, line dancing and the Fanzone Stage in the city CBD which run daily from 10am til late. On both days Fun Over 50 Holidays has included a ticket for an evening show.
**Included shows are value added by Fun Over 50 Holidays and cannot be refunded if you do not attend.
**Lunch and dinner at at own expense over festival days.
**Show program available December 2024.
Our first stop today is the iconic Golden Guitar, where we visit the National Guitar Museum and the Country Music Wax Museum. Then, it is on to The Australian Country Music Hall of Fame, an unmatched collection of country music Memorabilia. Leaving Tamworth, we have lunch in the rustic town of Bendemeer. After a short drive through farming land, to Uralla, we walk the heritage trail, including a visit to heritage listed McCrossin’s Mill Museum before making our way to Armidale.
This morning we depart Armidale to travel on to Glen Innes, breaking at the Standing Stones. We continue on via Tenterfield before arriving at Stanthorpe where we take an interesting tour of Kent’s Saddlery. Enjoy our final lunch together at Heritage Estate Wines before returning to the Brisbane Coach Terminal.
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