Published for: Tuesday, 5/08/2008
Travel Guides -> Attractions -> New South Wales -> Coolah Area
Black Stump Nursery Rhyme Village & Camel Farm
Coolah - The village features 17 nursery rhyme characters, reminding you of childhood memories. Wander through the gnome village complete with 174 quirky
gnome characters, each with their own personality. There is also a playgound, barbeque area, log chapel, matchstick display and souvenir shop.
Coolah - The Old Black Stump Wine Saloon built in the 1860`s and destroyed by fire in 1908 and at this spot is The Black Stump Rest Area. About 10 kilometres north of Coolah at a road junction. The pub was apparently named after the nearby Black Stump Run and Black Stump Creek. As if to strengthen the claim, it is said the Aboriginal name of the area means `place where the fire went out and left a black stump`. A rest area has been established by the road at the approximate site of the old saloon. There ... read more
Coolah - Take a stroll through a unique and exquisite craft shop, with a large variety of locally made country hand- crafts including woodwork. You will also find patchwork and jewellery designed by local artisan Annette Piper.
Coolah - Coolah Tops National Park offers spectacular views, several waterfalls and lookouts and opportunities for camping, picnicking and bushwalking. The Park is
situated 30 kilometres east of Coolah in the Liverpool Ranges. Features of the Park include Norfolk Falls Picnic Area, Bundella Lookout, Pinnacle Lookout,
Basalt Caves, Breeza Lookout and Shepherds Peak. Coolah Tops National Parks has three camping areas, all with toilets.
No pets allowed. Please observe fire bans. The Forest Road (unseale... read more
Cunninghams Campsite and Pandora`s Pass
Coolah - Take some time to explore the route of the well known explorer Allan Cunningham and his party. Starting at the memorial plaque where they spent the
night and moving further up the valley and discovering Pandora Pass. This picturesque camp site is adjacent to Coolah Creek about 20 kilometres east of
Coolah. Here is where you can have a picnic lunch and relive the event of being an explorer.
Dunedoo - Locally made arts and crafts. Gifts for all occasions.
Dunedoo - A comprehensive collection of materials covering the military history of the area and other local history and treasures.
Coolah - For those with a keen interest in Aboriginal history, the grave of King Togee is to be found 29 kilometres west of Coolah on the left-hand side of the Neilrex
Road, just past the `Langdon` homestead. There is a weather-worn sandstone headstone surrounded by four white posts with sign overhead
reading `Togee King of the Butheroe Tribe`. King Togee was friendly with the early settlers but was speared to death by a young man named Cuttabush
who later became the king of a Coonabarabran sub-tribe.
Mendooran - Take a leisurely stroll through the village of Mendooran while gazing at the sites of large murals through the township. This settlement is the oldest on the Castlereagh River.
Mendooran - Sticky Beak has a good collection of old wares from all eras. Sticky Beak is located opposite the Lions park in the main street.
Dunedoo - Talbragar Country Antiques, have a huge collection of early Australian furniture, restored and unrestored.
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