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Alpaca Country Shop and Cafe  

Come and visit the wonderful alpacas and be captivated by their eyes. With winter well and truly here why not purchase some of the fantastic items made from the fibre of the gods in the Alpaca Shop. Spinning, weaving and felting lessons and demonstr ...

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Bushmans Hill  

This is the site of one of the first gold mines in Parkes, over 100 years old. From 1871 to 1873 about 1400 kg of gold was turned up. All that remains is an old chimney and the concrete foundations which bore the steam engines that ran the stamping b ...

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CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope  

Tune into the universe at The Dish. Set in a shallow valley 20 kilometres north of Parkes in the central west of New South Wales, the giant 64 metre Parkes Radio Telescope is the second oldest and the fourth largest single dish fully steerable radio ...

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Henry Parkes Museum  

The Henry Parkes Museum is a great place to visit and reflect on things from years gone by. There are over 4,000 excellent exhibits including relics and items from the pioneering and gold mining days. The latest addition for the Museum is for visi ...

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Kings Castle  

A private collection of Elvis' personal memorabilia owned by the former 'Yellow Wiggle' Greg Page. 'The Collectors' series, his collection features clothes and jewellery worn by Elvis and many of Elvis' personal books, papers and belongings. The au ...

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Parkes Visitor Information Centre  

Parkes Visitor Information Centre located on the northern side of town, at Kelly Reserve provides the perfect opportunity for visitors to stop and find out more about the numerous attractions Parkes has to offer. The Visitor Information Centre is s ...

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Pioneer Park Machinery Museum  

The Pioneer Park Machinery Museum is situated just off the Newell Highway, north of Parkes. The Museum displays a range of tractors, harvesters and agricultural implements and machinery used in days gone by on many of the region's farms. The only Rei ...

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Tyndalls Lavender Corner  

At the Tyndalls Lavender Corner, goods on offer include; pure essential lavender oil, culinary lavender, stripped lavender, dried bunches of lavender, potted lavender plants, handcraft and giftware. Enjoy a stroll along the lavender rows, breathe the ...

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Far Western Queensland Outback Trip

Outback Rivers In Flood - care of ABC 7:30 Report idlers | 2009-05-26 | Itinerary for the Idlers 2009, midyear far western Queensland outback trip. | read more

Australia: Love at first sight - Kalbarri

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A few of my favorite (Melbourne) things – the ‘green’ bits

Catani Gardens alkira | 2009-01-18 | A few of my favorite (Melbourne) things – the ‘green’ bits | read more

Cow Bay Beach

Cow Bay Beach, where rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef cowbayhomestay | 2009-02-04 | Cow Bay Beach, north of the Daintree River in Far North Queensland is on the Daintree Coast. Here two World Heritage areas come together in a spectacular fashion: Daintree Rainforest meets The Great Barrier Reef. | read more

Finding Utopia in Hervey Bay

Michel and Me herveybay | 2009-01-23 | Retirement and travelling around Australia the two goals of many an Australian. So that’s what we did in 2006... | read more

Keswick Island, Whitsunday's

Keswick Island's Basil Bay Beach keswickisland | 2009-01-18 | Information & history about Keswick & neighbouring Islands in the Cumberland Group. | read more

Australia: Love at first sight - Perth

Perth esmeralda | 2009-04-03 | 1995 Esme & Nick's Australian Travel Diary (April to August) | read more

Thornton’s Beach at Cape Tribulation

The beach and us marief | 2009-01-19 | A beautiful isolated beach in Tropical North Queensland with historical reference to Captain Cook's discovery of the Eastern Coast of Australia | read more

Australia: Love at first sight - Exmouth

Shell Beach esmeralda | 2009-04-03 | 1995 Esme & Nick's Australian Travel Diary (August) | read more

Surfing at Shipsterns Bluff, Marion Bay, SE Tasmania

Shipsterns is close to the popular town and beach of Marion Bay Beachbreaks | 2009-02-15 | Shipsterns Bluff , 'The Stern' or "shippies" has put South East Tasmania firmly on the world surfing map. The wave is considered as one of the worlds heaviest, and with good reason. | read more

 

 

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