ARMIDALE
A beautiful northern tablelands historical city filled with heritage buildings, lovely architecture, leafy streets, parks and gardens
The Beardy St Mall was ablaze with the colourful autumn leaves...... starting to get a little chilly!....
Armidale has a pedestrian mall which stretches over three blocks of Beardy Street in the centre of city. Built in 1973 it was the first of its kind in regional Australia.It features many shops and cafés with outdoor eating areas along with some historic buildings and notable architecture.
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| J R Richardson Building Once a Department Store but now home to an elegant arcade |
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| The New England Hotel Lovely ironlacing! |
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| Built in the Art Deco style during the 1930's |
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| The Court House was built in the 1850's and is a prominent historic feature of the mall |
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| Morning tea time at the quaint Fresh@110! Being a University town Armidale has a great cafe culture |
THE WATERFALL WAY
It was time to leave central NSW and head back to the coast. We took the very scenic Waterfall Way that took us from Armidale through spectacular landscape changes - national parks, rainforest, lush countryside and open plains - to Belligen. We then headed for Emerald Beach on the coast and back to the ocean views!
The NP contains around 500km of wild and scenic rivers - hence its name!
These river enter the park from all directions and flow away as the mighty Macleay River which flows into the Pacific Ocean at South West Rocks near Kempsey.
The park is famous for its waterfalls - 13 major are in or near the park.
We visited the Wollomombi Falls which at 260m is one of the highest in Australia.
and Ebor Falls on the Guy Fawkes River
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| The Lower Falls |
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| The Upper Falls |
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| WOW! and WOW!...... |
Heading down the Dorrigo Mountain to the coastal plain..........
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| The coastal plain and the sea appear below |
BELLINGEN
Set in a luxuriant valley on the Bellingen River - lovely!
Lunch in the park beside The Old Butter Factory......
Great write up. Always good to see positive promotion about Armidale. It's a beautiful part of the world.
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