Taste

As you explore the picturesque roads and unique towns and villages, tempt your tastebuds with some of New England High Country’s locally produced artisan beers, boutique spirits and cool climate wines. Armidale Petersons Armidale Winery; The Welder’s Dog Brewery; Great Hops Brewing Co Inverell Topper’s Mountain Wines; The Welder’s Dog Tenterfield Reedy Creek Estate;  2Wild

Located at the southern end of New England High Country, Walcha is the oldest settlement in our region and straddles two of our most picturesque roads; the Oxley Highway and Thunderbolts Way. The area is known for its wild natural wonders (surrounded by thousands of hectares of World Heritage-listed wilderness), wonderful art (claiming to have

The oldest town and first settlement in the New England highlands, Walcha has the most public art per head of population than anywhere else in the country. It’s also home to the first permanent open-air gallery in Australia, while some of nature’s great works of art can be found in dramatic waterfalls and gorges. Around town, while

The northernmost town in the New England High Country, just 20km shy of the Queensland border, Tenterfield is where you can climb the largest granite monolith in the southern hemisphere, browse interesting boutiques in heritage buildings, eat and sleep in an award-winning garden, tuck into freshly made donuts around a fire pit, and lie back in a

Walk down wide leafy streets lined with heritage architecture, see great Australian art, discover local craft breweries, and visit some of NSW’s most spectacular waterfalls: Armidale, Australia’s highest city, has a lot to discover both in town and out in nature, with more than 500 kilometres of rivers and waterfalls on its doorstep. Wander through Beardy

There’s not much that is as typically Australian as downing a beer at a local pub. Every town has at least one and there are some you’ll find over and over again. The Royal, The Commercial, The Grand and The Railway, just to name a few. So we asked you, our readers, what the most iconic