Travel by luxury Gold or Diamond Class coach on this 6 day fully escorted escape to Australia’s largest music festival, the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Start with morning tea at Tropical Fruit World before an overnight stay on the Dorrigo Plateau. Enjoy a guided tour of Dutton Trout Hatchery, then wine tasting and lunch at Petersons Winery in Armidale before arriving for three nights in Tamworth. Soak up two full days of free concerts, buskers, bush poets and line dancing, with an included afternoon or evening show ticket each day. Visit the Big Golden Guitar, National Guitar Museum, Country Music Wax Museum and the Australian Country Music Hall of Fame, then stay overnight in Armidale, stopping at the Celtic Standing Stones and finishing with lunch and wine tasting at Ballandean Estate Wines before returning to Brisbane.
15 January 2027 - Diamond Class 20 January 2027 - Gold Class
11 Meals Included 2 Cultural & Heritage Experiences
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Departing Brisbane Coach Terminal aboard our luxury 'Diamond Class' or 'Gold Class' coach, we stop at Tropical Fruit World for morning tea. We continue on, breaking for lunch in Yamba, before travelling up to Dorrigo Mountain for our mountain stay.
Departing Dorrigo, we visit Dutton Trout Hatchery for a cuppa and guided tour, learning how trout are bred and raised. We then continue to Petersons Winery in Armidale for wine tasting and lunch before travelling on to Tamworth to celebrate the Tamworth Country Music Festival, Australia's largest music festival.
**Dinner is at your own expense tonight.
Days 3 & 4
Enjoy two days of the talents, sights and sounds of the Tamworth Country Music Festival, including free concerts, talented buskers, bush poets, line dancing and the FanZone Stage in the CBD precinct, running daily from 10am till late. On both days Fun Over 50 Holidays has included an afternoon or evening show ticket. Included shows are value-added by Fun Over 50 Holidays and are non-refundable if not attended.
Lunch and dinner are at your own expense on festival days. Show program available December 2026.
Our first stop is the Big Golden Guitar, home to the National Guitar Museum and Country Music Wax Museum. We then visit the Australian Country Music Hall of Fame before travelling on to Uralla, where we walk the heritage trail and visit McCrossin's Mill Museum, before concluding the day in Armidale.
We depart Armidale to travel on to Glen Innes, breaking at the Celtic Standing Stones. We continue on via Tenterfield taking a drive tour past the Tenterfield Saddler and historic Cork Tree. Arriving in Ballandean, we enjoy lunch and a wine tasting at Ballandean Estate Wines before returning to the Brisbane Coach Terminal in the late afternoon.
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