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Tamworth Country Music Festival

New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

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Tour summary

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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.

Departure location:
Brisbane Coach Terminal
Return location:
Brisbane Coach Terminal
Tour duration:
6
days
Physical rating:
2 - Moderate
Departure dates:

17 January 2025 (Diamond Class) 22 January 2025 (Gold Class)

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Coach classes:
Gold
Gold
Diamond
Diamond
Tour accreditations:
Tour experiences:

11 Meals Included 1 Eco Experiences 3 Cultural & Heritage Experiences

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17 & 22 January 2025

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Tamworth Country Music Festival

Tour pricing

Twin Share
Gold
Gold
$
2995
pp
Sole Use
Gold
Gold
$
4125
pp
Twin Share
Diamond
Diamond
$
3375
pp
Sole Use
Diamond
Diamond
$
4395
pp
Deposit:
$600pp
Sole Use:
Green Guest Policy:
Save $20pp Twin Share or $40 Sole Use
All prices are in AUD.

Additional information

N.B. Tour subject to fuel levy price increases for all transport operators. See T&Cs for details.

Tour inclusions

  • Travel Carbon Neutral on our 100% offset luxury ‘Gold Class’ or opulent ‘Diamond Class’ coach
  • Fully escorted by experienced Fun Over 50 Holidays tour host and coach captain
  • Tropical Fruit World; 1 night Coffs Harbour
  • 3 nights Tamworth
  • 2 ½ days Tamworth Country Music Festival including 2 surprise shows
  • Souvenir Music Festival Program
  • Big Golden Guitar; National Guitar Museum; Country Music Wax Museum & Country Music Hall of Fame
  • McCrossin’s Mill Museum tour, Uralla; visit Captain Thunderbolts grave
  • 1 night Armidale
  • Celtic Standing Stones at Glen Innes
  • Take in historic sights of Tenterfield
  • Guided tour of Kent’s Saddlery
  • Final lunch at Heritage Estate Wines
  • 11 meals

Additional information

Physical rating

2 - Moderate
Passengers must be able to:
  • Participate in guided or unguided small walking tours at a relaxed pace
  • Walk on mostly level ground
  • Tackle an occasional flight of stairs or incline
  • Occasionally need to stand for up to 10 minutes
  • Get on and off transportation unaided
  • Manage your own luggage
  • Participate in walking tours with time to rest at least every 10 minutes
  • Walk confidently on bush tracks and soft sand – mostly level ground
  • Stand for 15 minutes without needing to sit down
  • Tackle a flight of stairs or incline
  • Get on and off transportation multiple times unaided
  • Manage your own luggage
  • Participate in walking tours without having to stop or sit down to rest for up to 20 minutes
  • Walk up an incline equal to a flight of stairs without stopping
  • Stand for 30 minutes without needing to sit down
  • Walk over uneven ground, tackle cobbled creek crossings & walk through soft sand
  • Get on and off transportation multiple times unaided
  • Manage your own luggage
  • Be extremely mobile and live an active lifestyle
  • Negotiate inclines, declines and varied terrain confidently
  • Participate in a physical activity lasting up to 5 hours (Trek/walks)
  • Manage your own luggage and be able to carry with you a backpack with items required for the physical activities
Learn more about our fitness levels

Physical rating

2 - Moderate
Passengers must be able to:
  • Participate in guided or unguided small walking tours at a relaxed pace
  • Walk on mostly level ground
  • Tackle an occasional flight of stairs or incline
  • Occasionally need to stand for up to 10 minutes
  • Get on and off transportation unaided
  • Manage your own luggage
  • Participate in walking tours with time to rest at least every 10 minutes
  • Walk confidently on bush tracks and soft sand – mostly level ground
  • Stand for 15 minutes without needing to sit down
  • Tackle a flight of stairs or incline
  • Get on and off transportation multiple times unaided
  • Manage your own luggage
  • Participate in walking tours without having to stop or sit down to rest for up to 20 minutes
  • Walk up an incline equal to a flight of stairs without stopping
  • Stand for 30 minutes without needing to sit down
  • Walk over uneven ground, tackle cobbled creek crossings & walk through soft sand
  • Get on and off transportation multiple times unaided
  • Manage your own luggage
  • Be extremely mobile and live an active lifestyle
  • Negotiate inclines, declines and varied terrain confidently
  • Participate in a physical activity lasting up to 5 hours (Trek/walks)
  • Manage your own luggage and be able to carry with you a backpack with items required for the physical activities
Learn more about our fitness levels
Heritage
Heritage
Festival & Event
Festival & Event
Entertainment
Entertainment
Local guide
Local guide
Food & Wine experience
Food & Wine experience
Eco experience
Eco experience

Itinerary

Departs
Brisbane Coach Terminal
Returns
Brisbane Coach Terminal

Day

1

Brisbane - Coffs Harbour

Local guide
Local guide
Eco experience
Eco experience

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.

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Morning Tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner
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Breakfast
Morning Tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner

Day

2

Tamworth

Festival & Event
Festival & Event
Entertainment
Entertainment
Heritage
Heritage

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.

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Morning Tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner

Day

3

Tamworth

Festival & Event
Festival & Event
Entertainment
Entertainment
GGP
GGP

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.

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Included meals
Breakfast
Morning Tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner
Included meals
Breakfast
Morning Tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner

Day

4

Tamworth

Festival & Event
Festival & Event
Entertainment
Entertainment
GGP
GGP

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.

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Breakfast
Morning Tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner
Included meals
Breakfast
Morning Tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner

Day

5

Armidale

Entertainment
Entertainment
Heritage
Heritage
GGP
GGP

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.

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Included meals
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Morning Tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner
Included meals
Breakfast
Morning Tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner

Day

6

Brisbane

Heritage
Heritage
Local guide
Local guide
Food & Wine experience
Food & Wine experience

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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Morning Tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner
Included meals
Breakfast
Morning Tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner

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