Arts, culture and heritage
Must do
A network of excellent public galleries can be found in regional centres as diverse as Albury, Grafton, Cowra, Newcastle and Moree.
NSW galleries and museums, Aboriginal art, modern art, art tours
Around NSW, local communities celebrate their heritage through arts and cultural events, museums and galleries. If you’re heading out into regional NSW, don't forget to check what's on at the small towns and villages across the State.
There are plenty of fascinating stories to unravel in fine public museums which capture moments in history unique to a region or town. Some good examples include the Age of Fishes Museum at Canowindra, the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum at Bathurst, The International Cricket Hall of Fame at Bowral, Shear Outback: Australian Shearers' Hall of Fame at Hay and the Temora Aviation Museum.
Other cultural attractions well worth visiting around NSW include smaller private museums in historic towns with relics of earlier times. You’ll also find beautiful galleries showcasing the work of local artists, photographers, and crafts from candles to clayworks and woodturning. Aboriginal cultural experiences include specialist tours and art galleries.
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Megalong Jackaroo School
Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains
Experience life as an Australian Jackaroo or Jillaroo. Learn how to ride a horse, muster the cattle, work with the sheep and cattle, and crack a stock...
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Byron Bay Writers Festival
Byron Bay Area, North Coast, Byron Bay
*** Latest event details are yet to be confirmed ***The Byron Bay Writers Festival takes place over three days and includes everything from dinners an...
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Sapphire Coast Orchid Club Winter Orchid Show
Merimbula & Sapphire Coast, South Coast, Merimbula
The Sapphire Coast Orchid Club's Winter Show is a most spectacular orchid show and will be held at Twyford Hall in the centre of Merimbula on the NSW ...
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Absaloms Gallery
Broken Hill Area, Outback NSW, Broken Hill
The Absalom Gallery is owned and operated by Jack Absalom. You are welcome to view and buy his original art works as well as prints, placemats and boo...
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Mutawintji National Park
Broken Hill Area, Outback NSW, Broken Hill
Mutawintji National Park is a special place; you can feel it when you're there. You may not be able to quite put your finger on what it is, but the b...
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Foundling Orphanage Tour
Goulburn, Country NSW
Slip back into Goulburn's early history, briefly stopping by St Josephs Orphanage near Kenmore Hospital. Learn of the orphans sad history.Travel o...
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Three Day Mungo Deluxe Eco Tour
Mildura, Outback NSW
Step back in time with a tour to the World Heritage listed Lake Mungo, where evidence of human occupation dates back over 40,000 years. Soak up the st...
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Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre
Goulburn Area, Country NSW, Goulburn
The Goulburn Locomotive Roundhouse is the largest heritage based operating roundhouse in New South Wales and displays the historic transition from ste...
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Dundullimal Homestead
Dubbo Area, Country NSW, Dubbo
A visit to the National Trust’s Dubbo property, Dundullimal, is a special experience, which will allow you to step back in time, into rural life...
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Kedumba Drawing Award
Katoomba Area, Blue Mountains, Wentworth Falls
The Kedumba Drawing Award was first presented in 1990, and is now considered the premier event for drawing in Australia with a $20,000 acquisitive awa...
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Eastern World Heritage Tour
Coffs Harbour, Dorrigo, North Coast
This tour provides an insight into the enormous diversity of National Parks in the region: Open eucalypt forests and huge granite boulders, lush subtr...
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Warialda Historic Town Tour Warialda, Country NSW
The Warialda Town Tour takes the group for a drive around town. The guide talks about the long history of the town, as Warialda was one of the firstto...
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Glenreagh Memorial Museum
Clarence Coast, North Coast, Grafton
The Glenreagh Memorial Museum was built onto the School of Arts, funded by a bicentennial grant. Memorabilia and relics of the gold mining days, the e...
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Bungendore Fine Art
Queanbeyan Area, Country NSW, Bungendore
Every month a new exhibition is featured and these exhibitions introduce either new painters or well known artists, local or from afar. In the gallery...
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Illawarra Folk Festival at Bulli 2012
Wollongong & Surrounds, South Coast, Bulli
*** Latest event details are yet to be confirmed ***The Illawarra Folk Festival is an annual event presented by volunteers from the Illawarra Folk Clu...
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Hunter Valley and Magenta Shores Golf Package
Lovedale, Hunter
Package includes two nights' accommodation; staying the first night at the luxurious 5 Star Magenta Shores Resort located a short 90 minute drive ...
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Spotlight Walks
Jindabyne, Snowy Mountains
This tour is a combination of spotlighting for nocturnal animals, learning about their environment and enjoying the wonders of the bush at night. Adva...
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Blue Mountains Traverse Self Guided Inn-to-Inn Walking Holiday - Five Days
Blackheath, Katoomba, Leura, Blue Mountains
Well known for the famous Three Sisters rock formation, the sheer beauty and botanical significance of the Blue Mountains has recently been recognised...
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Saturday 10am - Practising the Ancient Science of Brewing and Malting
Goulburn, Country NSW
The architect of this complex has crafted the design to express the ancient context of the industrial processes we now take for granted. The January T...
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Bushwalking Eco Tours
Kempsey, North Coast
Big River offers a range of guided walks. Be transported to walking trail locations or simply meet them there.They can also drop you off at the start ...
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Blue Mountains Walking Tracks
Katoomba Area, Blue Mountains, Blackheath
Enjoy the beauty of the Blue Mountains by taking a walk through the forests. Discover the diversity of the area as you travel through natural landscap...
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Albury Art Gallery
Albury Area, Country NSW, Albury
With an ever changing program of exhibitions, selections from the permanent collection and the interactivity of Kidspace, the Art Gallery is a place o...
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One Hour Quad Bike Tour
Newcastle, North Coast
Head off through grassland and regenerated bush then out onto Stockton Bight with guides driving at a speed that you are comfortable with. From the t...
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Aitkens Australia in the Round
Katoomba Area, Blue Mountains, Surrounds
Aitkens Australia in the Round is the Blue Mountains most recent attraction. A unique and exciting gallery, display and museum all in one with a spect...
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Silverton Gaol Museum
Broken Hill Area, Outback NSW, Silverton
Silverton Gaol (1889) - only a few years after the gaol was built, all of the action shifted to Broken Hill. Now a museum, it displays photographs, do...
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John OBrien Commemorative Wall
Griffith Area, Country NSW, Narrandera
In the foreground of Saint Mel's Catholic Church, the Commemorative Wall recognises the Poet-Priest John O'Brien of 'Around the Boree L...
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Grand Pacific Drive
Stanwell Park, South Coast
This tour will take in the spectacular Sea Cliff Bridge. View the ocean and the escarpment as you travel along some of the most beautiful coastline. T...
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- Full Day, Half Day or less, Tailored.
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Cliffs and Canyons - 4WD Tag Along Tour
Lithgow, Blue Mountains
A fabulous tour that visits little known and spectacular areas on the western fringe of the Blue Mountains. Marvel at deep canyons, huge 150 metre hig...
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Rutherglen Winery Walkabout
Albury Area, Country NSW, Corowa
*** Latest event details are yet to be confirmed ***Rutherglen will once again be the place to be on the June long weekend for the annual Rutherglen W...
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Capitol Theatre Tamworth
Tamworth Area, Country NSW, Tamworth
The Capitol Theatre Tamworth is a 402 seat purpose built proscenium arch theatre which is located in the newly built Centrepoint Shopping Complex.The ...
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