The Re-Mains

Tamworth Country Music Festival

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January 25th 2008
Despite all the beach culture, Australia still knows how to throw one hell of a pasture party. Tamworth, located about 400km NW of Sydney, is considered the country music capital of Australia. Each year the town of 50,000 people hosts a week-long music festival and opens their arms to another 50,000 visitors (and their wallets!). The music festival had a country base, but there was also blu ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Tamworth

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more