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Tamworth is the heart
of Australian country
music. The Big Golden
Guitar Tourist Centre and
Coffee Shop is fronted
by the city’s iconic large
golden guitar (see p181).

Tenterfield’s School of Arts building has a
proud history as the site of Sir Henry Parkes’
Federation speech in 1889, which was
followed, 12 years later, by the founding of
the Commonwealth of Australia (see p60).
A museum in the town details the event.

Moree

The Three Sisters rock formation is
Armidale the most famous sight within the
Blue Mountains National Park (see
Tamworth pp172–3). At night it is floodlit for a
spectacular view.

Dubbo
Taree
Parkes
Maitland
Orange
Newcastle
Lithgow
Windsor Gosford Windsor is one of the best preserved
Penrith 19th-century towns in the state (see p176). The
Canberra and ACT Camden Sydney Macquarie Arms Hotel is considered to be the
(see pp194–211) oldest operational hotel in Australia.
Goulburn Wollongong
Nowra-Bomaderry Canberra was
Canberra designed as the new
national capital in 1912
by architect Walter
Burley Griffin. Anzac
The South Coast and Parade offers fine views
Snowy Mountains of New Parliament
( (
(see pp186–93)see pp186–93)
House, atop Capital
Hill (see pp198–9).
Mount Kosciuszko, in Kosciuszko
National Park, is Australia’s highest
mountain. Panoramic views of the
Snowy Mountains can be found
at the Mount Kosciuszko Lookout,
accessible via a walking trail or
a chairlift (see pp164–5).