Friday, April 18, 2014

Scone and Tamworth, NSW

It was all about horses and country music today as we headed through Scone in the Upper Hunter Valley, and on to Tamworth on the Western Plains.

SCONE


Scone is noted for breeding Thoroughbred racehorses


For a horsey town the Ladies and Gents in the park were aptly named :) 
As you do..........
Delicious! and Scrumptious!
Don't think any of us enjoyed the freshly baked scones - absolutely nothing left! :)
Great spot to stop for morning tea!
Beautiful horse studs line the roads in and out of Scone

TAMWORTH

Straddling the Peel River, beautiful Tamworth is the major regional centre for the New England district.  
Tamworth is Australia's Country Music Capital and holds annually in late January the iconic
 Tamworth Country Music Festival 


Great line up for Easter
Tamworth is home to the big Golden Guitar - one of the many "big" attractions around Australia

Tamworth's Information Centre viewed from above - its in great shape!
Upcoming concerts coming to the Country Music Capital
The main street of Tamworth, Peel Street, is an interesting walk as plaques detailing the Country Music Awards are embedded in the footpath
Smokey Dawson
 He was widely touted as Australia's first singing cowboy, complete with yodel!

Smoky Dawson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Smoky Dawson - I'm A Happy Go-Lucky Cowhand (1941). - YouTube
Keith Urban "Best New Talent" 1991

Keith Urban - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

By 1992......................
Male Vocalist of the Year, and Instrumentalist of the Year!
A meteoric rise! and he's still going strong!..............

Keith Urban a big winner at Academy of Country Music Awards 2014


Slim Dusty and his wife Joy McKean

Slim Dusty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Famous for his song :The Pub With No Beer"

Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty - YouTube

Joy McKean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of Australia's leading song writers and bush balladeers and wrote several of Dusty's most popular songs. She was also one of the founders of the Tamworth Country Music Festival 

Keith Urban & Slim Dusty & Band live Lights On The Hill - YouTube


Australia's Country Music Hall of Fame


Tamworth's heritage buildings have been beautifully preserved..........
The Post Office and Town Clock



Colourful Street Art mosaics which tells Tamworth's story and highlights its heritage
Tamworth's other claim to fame is that it is known as the "First City of Lights" as it was the first place in Australia to use electric street lights in 1888.


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