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Australia's only Slow Food Earth Market in Maitland

Australia’s only Slow Food Earth Market

Where many only see disaster, Amorelle Dempster finds opportunity. Four years ago, as a founding member of Slow Food Hunter Valley, she was horrified to learn that tonnes of storm damaged pumpkins would be ploughed into the ground, as they…

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Silo Art Trail Portland

Portland: Silo Art and WallNuts Murals

There are only seven painted silos in New South Wales and Portland is home to one of them. Less than half an hour from Lithgow, where we are staying, a drive to see the towering Portland Silo Artwork is high…

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Lithgow Visitor Centre

Move over Blue Mountains. Lithgow is Coming of Age

Get a map of places of interest from Lithgow Visitor Centre

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Historic Hill End NSW

Historic Hill End: No Food at the Inn

“Are you looking for food?” asks Avam as we walk past his bar at Hill End’s Royal Hotel to the bistro. “My cook hasn’t turned up and there are no meals tonight” he adds. What’s for dinner? Besides a bag…

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Mudgee Clock Tower

There’s more to Mudgee than Wine and Food

“I’m from Mudgee not Mosman” explains the bumper sticker on a dirty ute. The driver sees me chuckling and smiles. Mudgee is in farming country. Wine country to be exact, but there’s more to the town than great wine and…

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Royal Hotel Sofala

Sofala: An historic mining village worth a brief visit

“Sofala was dead. Everything was closed” says a friend. “I couldn’t even get a cup of tea” she adds. With her comments front of mind, my expectations are low as we drive into Sofala. Perhaps that’s why I’m pleasantly surprised….

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Visit Maitland Gaol

Visit Maitland Gaol: Ivan Milat was here

Razor wire lies coiled on top of the thick high sandstone walls. Taking a deep breath, I pull into the carpark of Maitland Gaol. This maximum-security jail, closed since 1998, once housed some of New South Wales’ most hardened criminals….

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Welcome to Maitland Mural

A Fresh Look at Maitland and Morpeth

Needing a break from COVID imposed time at home, I recently spent a few days exploring Maitland and historic Morpeth, a less than two-hour drive north of Sydney. Not having spent time in Maitland, I was interested to discover more…

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Cobargo bushfires

Two Men walk into a Pub

Two young men walk into a pub. They wear new royal blue work shirts with khaki pants. It’s early autumn evening and the Oriental Hotel in Tumut is filling up with dinner guests. (This story takes place before COVID and…

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Australian Pottery Gallery Bemboka

Pottery Collector Survives the Bushfire

A small sign propped against a fence in the main street of the little village of Bemboka points to the Australian Pottery Gallery. After following more signs through Bemboka’s back streets, we arrive at the gallery but no one seems…

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