Glen Innes & Inverell Area
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Arts, culture and heritage in Glen Innes
This charming rural town has parks, autumn colours, stately heritage-listed buildings, arts and craft shops as well as collectables shops. Set in the most prolific sapphire region in Country NSW, Glen Innes is also the site of the Australian Standing Stones.
About Glenn Innes and Inverell
The first settlers in this region were mostly Scots, and today Glen Innes cherishes its Celtic origins. Locals built the Australian Standing Stones, a megalithic stone circle, as a monument to these pioneers.
The colonial-style towns in the area have many heritage buildings and museums, and there are rich gemfields at Inverell, Warialda and Bingara. Tenterfield is the birthplace of singer Peter Allen, who immortalised the town in his song, "Tenterfield Saddler".
The natural scenery is nothing short of grand – Washpool National Park is the largest rainforest wilderness in NSW, and the Gibraltar Range has spectacular granite outcrops.
Events
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- February
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Friday 10 Feb 2012 Glen Innes Pastoral And Agricultural Show
The annual Glen Innes Show is a really popular regional event, with many competitors travelling great distances to attend. Features ...
- Thursday 23 Feb 2012 Inverell Show Society Annual Show
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- March
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Friday 09 Mar 2012 Minerama Fossicking and Gem Show
Minerama is run by a voluntary community committee with the aim of fostering all facets of the lapidary hobby. Well ...
- Friday 23 Mar 2012 Opera in the Paddock
Local towns
- BingaraBingara is situated on the beautiful Gwydir River in the Gwydir River
- Glen InnesThis charming rural town has parks, autumn colours, stately heritage-listed buildings, arts
- InverellGo fossicking for sapphires and other gems at several places around the
- TenterfieldSir Henry Parkes delivered his famous "birth of our nation" speech in
- WarialdaWarialda is surrounded by picturesque bushland, making it an ideal location for
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