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The Best Attractions In Glen Innes

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The Super Strawberry

The Glen Innes Visitor Information Centre

Australian Standing Stones

Land of the Beardies History House Museum & Research Centre

Saumarez Homestead

Bald Rock National Park

Tenterfield Railway Museum

Girraween National Park

Ebor Falls

Waterfall Way

Glen Innes is a parish and town on the Northern Tablelands, in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the centre of the Glen Innes Severn Shire Council. The town is located at the intersection of the New England Highway and the Gwydir Highway. At the 2016 census, Glen Innes had a population of 6,155.
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The Best Attractions In Glen Innes

1. Land of the Beardies History House Museum & Research Centre Glen Innes
2. The Super Strawberry Glen Innes
The big things of Australia are a loosely related set of large structures, some of which are novelty architecture and some are sculptures. There are estimated to be over 150 such objects around the country. There are big things in every state and territory in Australia. Most big things began as tourist traps found along major roads between destinations. The big things have become something of a cult phenomenon, and are sometimes used as an excuse for a road trip, where many or all big things are visited and used as a backdrop to a group photograph. Many of the big things are considered works of folk art and have been heritage-listed, though others have come under threat of demolition.
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3. Australian Standing Stones Glen Innes
The big things of Australia are a loosely related set of large structures, some of which are novelty architecture and some are sculptures. There are estimated to be over 150 such objects around the country. There are big things in every state and territory in Australia. Most big things began as tourist traps found along major roads between destinations. The big things have become something of a cult phenomenon, and are sometimes used as an excuse for a road trip, where many or all big things are visited and used as a backdrop to a group photograph. Many of the big things are considered works of folk art and have been heritage-listed, though others have come under threat of demolition.
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4. The Glen Innes Visitor Information Centre Glen Innes
The big things of Australia are a loosely related set of large structures, some of which are novelty architecture and some are sculptures. There are estimated to be over 150 such objects around the country. There are big things in every state and territory in Australia. Most big things began as tourist traps found along major roads between destinations. The big things have become something of a cult phenomenon, and are sometimes used as an excuse for a road trip, where many or all big things are visited and used as a backdrop to a group photograph. Many of the big things are considered works of folk art and have been heritage-listed, though others have come under threat of demolition.
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5. Girraween National Park Ballandean
6. Waterfall Way Armidale
The Waterfall Way is a road in New South Wales, Australia. It runs east-west from the Pacific Highway to the New England Highway at Armidale. The route passes through some of New South Wales' most scenic countryside and has become well known as New South Wales best and Australia's third most beautiful tourist drive. Seven national parks, of which three are listed as World Heritage Areas by UNESCO and form part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia , are located on or close to the route. Dorrigo National Park encompasses the waterfalls that give the route its name. It also provides one of the few road links between coastal and inland New South Wales, and is therefore more heavily trafficked than its condition might otherwise suggest.
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7. Bald Rock National Park Tenterfield
Bald Rock National Park is a national park in northern New South Wales, Australia, just north of Tenterfield on the Queensland border. The border passes over the rock on the Western side. On the other side of the border national park continues as the Girraween National Park. The park is named after its most prominent feature, Bald Rock, which is a large granite outcrop rising about 200 metres above the surrounding landscape. Measuring about 750 metres long and 500 metres wide this is the largest granite monolith in Australia. Access to the rock is provided by a sealed road into the park and walking tracks to the summit. Two tracks are marked, a steep one up the exposed face, or an easier gradient through bushland around the back. The Bungoona Walking Track, built in 1980, goes more gently ...
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8. Tenterfield Railway Museum Tenterfield
Tenterfield is a town in New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the New England region at the intersection of the New England Highway and the Bruxner Highway. Tenterfield is a three-hour drive from Brisbane, Queensland, three hours from Byron Bay, New South Wales, two hours from Armidale, New South Wales and eight hours from Sydney. The town is on the north-western part of the Northern Tableland plateau, nestled in a valley, astride the Great Dividing Range and beneath the imposing Mount MacKenzie , one of the highest points along the Northern Tablelands. At the 2016 census, Tenterfield had a population of approximately 4,000.Tenterfield's proximity to many regional centres and its position on the route between Sydney and Brisbane led to its development as a centre for the promotion ...
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9. Saumarez Homestead Armidale
Saumarez Homestead is an heritage-listed homestead located at 230 Saumarez Road, Armidale in the Armidale Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The homestead was designed by J. W. Pender in the Federation Edwardian style and built between 1888 and 1906 by H. E. Elliott, while the garden was established by Mary White. The property is currently owned by the National Trust of Australia , who operate it as a museum and function venue. The homestead was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 1 March 2002.The remaining Saumarez property consists of 10 hectares of land and includes a fully furnished 30-room house, which includes all its original furnishings. There are 15 other buildings dating from 1880 up until 1910, including a cottage, a milking...
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10. Ebor Falls Ebor
Ebor is a village on Waterfall Way on the Northern Tablelands in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated about 80 km east of Armidale and about a third of the way between Armidale and the coast. Dorrigo to the east is 46 kilometres away with the Coffs Coast 55 kilometres beyond along the Waterfall Way. In the 2016 census, Ebor had a population of 166.
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Glen Innes Videos

Uncut Gemstones from the Glen Innes District NSW Australia

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Everyone who goes out hunting for gems wants to find a stone which can be cut into a beautiful gem, to be mounted in a ring, necklace or ear ring to give to someone special.
Here is a selection of such gemstones from our many fossicking trips. You'll see sapphire, zircon, pyrope garnet, topaz, quartz, beryl and other stones all found within an hour's drive of our home in Glen Innes in the New England region of NSW Australia.
There was apparently an issue with the audio track I used with this video, so I have had to start again. Sorry about that.

Standing stones Glen Innes

I drove through Glen Innes and saw the signs for the standing stones.
It's not as ancient as Stonehenge but it's a good place to stretch your legs.
Criticism: The worked stones are too rough and unnatural.

This is not an old site - it's a tribute to the Celtic heritage of many of the early settlers to the area.
It's under 10 years old.

Digging for sapphires at the Old Mine Yarrow Creek near Glen Innes, New South Wales Australia

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This is one of a series of videos showing gem hunting localities near Glen Innes, New South Wales Australia. The area was mined for sapphire probably in the 1960's and has been a favourite place for the Glen Innes Baptist Church Fossicking group to visit.
Several very rich pockets of gems may have come from the miners discarding what they felt they could not sell. What they did not want, we certainly do!

The Old Mine Gemstone Deposit,Yarrow Creek near Glen Innes NSW Australia

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The Old Mine area on Yarrow Creek was always one of our most productive fossicking locations. Not only were there places along the creek where the small-scale miners of the 1960's had not worked the wash, but (as you will see), unbeknown to us even after visiting the place for 10 years, there were places where the old miners had dumped their mine waste.
This was the source of the bonanzas. The majority of the gems were pyrope garnet, but there were still good sapphires and zircons among them as well as lots of larger black spinels.

Cut Gemstones from the Glen Innes District NSW Australia

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Here is a selection of faceted gems, cut from stones found on our regular outings around Glen Innes. This is one of the best gem hunting regions in Australia, as many thousands of people will testify.
We enjoyed finding them and we can still enjoy the finished stones today. Share our pleasure!

Australian Country Towns Road Trip from Victoria, through New South Wales, to Queensland

The best and most scenic way through beautiful NSW - starting from Victoria and ending up in QLD in Australia. Starting from Corryong, to Batlow, Adelong, Gundagai, Young, Cowra, Molong, Wellington, Gunnedah, Tamworth, Armidale, Uralla, Guyra, Glen Innes, Tenterfield, Stanthorpe, Warwick, Aratula...to Kalbar. Photos of country towns, old buildings, and bits along the way. Iphoneograpy by GreatArtPhotos.com

Old Grafton Glen Innes Road trip

Road trip on the Old Grafton to Glen Innes Rd. from the Mann River Nature Reserve up the Big Hill to the junction with the Gwydir Highway. It was a wet and foggy day and there was evidence along the way of the damage caused by the recent heavy rains and flooding in the area.

Hidden Gems: Australia -- Sydney Icons Behind the Scenes

Sydney is home to some of the world's most recognized structures like the Sydney Opera House. But what many travelers don't know is that within these well-known places are some very cool, behind-the-scenes experiences.

Peter Greenberg goes to the Sydney Opera House and the Taronga Zoo for a rarely seen look at the inner workings of these two iconic sites.

Gold Panning in creeks at Drake NSW Part 3

This is Part 3 of 3 video's that i shot by myself (yeah sorry for the camera) when i was out prospecting near Drake this weekend. I hope you like them. I did notice that there aren't many video's out there of beginners just trying out for first times. Not sure if I am doing it 100% right but we all learn and unfortunately i haven't see a whole lot on You tube after the last 2 years of me doing it so thought i would put some up of my own. Once again this is my first post and I hope it helps or i hope for some feedback if you are able too! Ta

Texas Free(dom) bush camp on NSW side of the Dumaresq River.wmv

Beautiful free(dom) bush camping on the banks of the Dumaresq River just outside the township of Texas. Two areas available, one on each side of the Qld / NSW border. NSW side is rougher, while the Qld side is overall well grassed and cleared. No facilities exist.

Texas township is well resourced and includes toilets and showers.

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