We were very excited to pull into Tamworth, having heard and seen so much about this very musical town. We stayed at the Big 4 caravan parkwhich was a little disappointing but the staff very friendly. The town has a wonderful lookout that seems to go for miles up up and then up some more. The views were spectacular and we came across a very lovely tribute to the famous and much loved Smoky Dawson and his wife, Dot. Their ashes are scattered here in the garden. It was quite emotional to see and read this.
We visited the huge golden guitar and had our photo done here as does every other tourist and also visited the wax museum which is filled with famous country and western singers and bands. I think it does take visiting and seeing these things to really take in the history and stories attached to each one.
Note this is the actual guitar with a gun attached used by Smoky Dawson in his TV shows.
Some golden oldies
Whos the odd one out?
Tamworth is a very large town and would be wonderful to see during the Music Festivals that it is renowned for.
There was also a cricket display featuring some very famous collectibles, bats, caps and signatures dedicated to the one and only Don Bradman. We couldnt believe the quality of and valuable items included.
A very strange event each night was the thousands of bats that flew over the caravan park area each night. We weren't sure what they were at first but did some investigating. This huge colony of bats originally made their way here from Taronga Zoo where they were given their marching orders. We found where they sleep during the day so look at these pictures closely. Apparently they love these Palownia trees when they are in flower.
These last pics were taken just down from the caravan park and I have put them in just because it was such a pretty street.
Talkies soon
xx Sonia and John
