The TOP 10 BEST Things To Do in Retreat NSW

A quiet, clean and friendly place to stop, relax and enjoy.

Australia's only world class flying school.

Caravan park

Stunning historic country homestead with gardens, farm buildings and a cafe giving you an insight into rural life in the 1800's. Available to the public for tours, weddings, functions and events. This ten-hectare grazing property was first inhabited by British settlers led by Henry Dumaresq in the 1830's. Today it includes an elegant, extensive, fully furnished Edwardian homestead, built between 1888 and 1906, and 15 farm and other buildings dating up to 1910, with their collections of early farm equipment.

Caravan park in Barraba.

Accommodation ranges from camping sites, powered sites and two to six berth cabins.

Aircraft charters based in Armidale

Museum in Armidale

Camping and cabin accommodation set in the magnificent Gondwana Rainforests

The Powerhouse Motorcycle Museum is part of the Quality Hotel Powerhouse complex, offering visitors a unique display of motorcycles in Australia.

Community-based centre, where visitors can experience Australian Indigenous arts and culture.

Visitor information centre

Guesthouse accommodation and winery in Armidale

Provides tourist information about Tamworth.

Australia's BIG GOLDEN GUITAR TOURIST CENTRE, situated on the New England Highway in South Tamworth, NSW, the nation's Country Music Capital, is open seven days a week, 9am-5pm. The Centre is closed on Good Friday, Anzac Day, Boxing Day and Christmas Day. The Centre caters for all visitors, including wheelchair access, with one of the city's most important and unique attractions, Country Music �The Gallery of Stars� Wax Museum. Another fantastic asset to The Big Golden Guitar Tourist Centre is the addition of The Collectors Museum featuring Sir Donald Bradman. This is a fantastic museum not to be missed by the sporting enthusiast. Visitors can relax with food and refreshments in the Golden Guitar Coffee Shop, browse through hundreds of Australian and Overseas country music CD's and DVD's, Tamworth Country Music Capital souvenirs and gift items.

Tourist information centre

The Walcha Historical Society is a not-for-profit organisation formed following a public meeting on the 6th April 1962 in that year, held in the Walcha Shire Offices. The Society is run by a dedicated group of volunteers whose aim is to preserve the history of not only Walcha itself, but also the surrounding districts..

Family run business that is operated on a sheep property. Green Valley Farm offers a family fun filled environment including accommodation, activities for children, animals and also catering for weddings.

An old chinese shop from 1881 selling arts & craft. Also a tourist attraction.

Winery located north of Tingha, on the spine of the Great Dividing Range.

Two fully self contained cottage style accommodation located on a working cattle farm.

Air Charter and flight training business located in Gilgai

Unique blacksmith shop.

A bustling hub south-west of Tamworth, Werris Creek was specifically chosen by the NSW Government in 1877 to be a gateway for railway travel and trade across the region. Werris Creek thrived on the steam era from the 1870s to the 1960s, and even today retains many artefacts from that time. The Railway Journeys Museum actively conserves and exhibits railway memorabilia from electric staff instruments to miniature trains in an interactive manner for visitors to experience. Entry Fee $5.00 for adults 18 & over, Children Free

Museum.

Cafe and gold mine museum

Trout farm, 20 minute drive from Nundle. Take a guided tour, enjoy lunch, take the rainforest walk or try your hand at catching a plump trout. Farm tours at 11:00 am & 2:00 pm. Other times by arrangement.

Situated between Bingara and Narrabri in the Nandewar Ranges. Bike Territory offers 10,000 acres of Trailriding for ATV's & Trailbikes

The Village has been designed to collect, preserve, restore, interpret and exhibit artefacts that relate to the history, heritage and culture of the regional area. The Museum, Heritage Village and coffee shop are open Friday, Saturday and Sundays 10 am - 4 pm and other times by appointment.

Display of historical items from the 40's & 50's.

Local winery on the western slopes of the New England area, producing chardonnay, shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and merlot grapes. Cellar door open Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Ceramic Break Sculpture Park is the brainchild of bronze sculptor, Kerry Cannon. The park features three galleries; the largest gallery boasts a mezzanine with an art library. The galleries exhibit both paintings and sculptures by Kerry and many local artists. There's also a sculpture walk and a bush walk which leads to "Ceramic Break". Ceramic Break is an uninspiring rock mound where a participatory artwork is in progress. People are encouraged to bring a ceramic pot to the mound and break it! Ceramic Break Sculpture Park opened August 16, 2003. It is a relaxing place to appreciate art and enjoy the scenery of rural NSW.

Tourist information centre

Accommodation surrounded by World Heritage Listed National Parks

Caravan park providing powered and unpowered caravan sites, and cabins.