Muswellbrook – Jerrys Plains – Martindale – Denman – Wybong -
Muswellbrook
SELF DRIVE TOURING ROUTE
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150
kms |
Driving Time: 1 hour
50 minutes |
vSpectacular
Scenery
vPicturesque
farming countryside
vHistoric Country
Towns and Villages vOpen-cut
Coal Mines
vWineries
vOlive Grove
vFish Farm
vHorse Studs
(All the roads are sealed
(blacktop) and all weather)
Click here to print off
the 2 page A4 flyer of this drive
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×Muswellbrook |
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ØHead
west along the Denman Road
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×Pukara
Estate
Olive Grove |
(14km) |
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Taste the crisp
flavours of their local olives, olives oils and a range of
gourmet products at the modern tasting rooms and café set
amongst 26,000 olive trees on the 80 hectare property |
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×Blakefield
Fish Farm |
(18km) |
Here you can see
Australian Silver Perch from small fry to table size. The
Silver Perch (Bidyanus Bidyanus) is an Australian fresh water
fish native of the Murray–Darling River system and is highly
prize for its delicious white flesh and as an excellent source
of Omega Acids.
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Continue along the Denman Rd then turn LEFT onto the
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×Golden
Highway |
(21km). |
The rugged
mountains to the south are guarded by sandstone cliffs of the
ancient Wollemi National Park, part of Greater Blue Mountains
World Heritage Area, running from the Denman / Jerrys Plains
area in the north, to beyond Katoomba in the Blue Mountains in
the south. |
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Past the magnificent Woodlands Stud is |
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×Arrowfield
Winery |
(46km) |
Take a break at
Arrowfield Winery |
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The view from
Arrowfield’s
Cellar Door, of the Hunter Valley looking across Arrowfield
vineyard and the adjoining Coolmore Stud is one of the “must
see” views of our Region.
Ø Continue
on to |
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×Jerrys
Plains |
(50km) |
The area was
settled in the early 1820s. In the historic village a number of
historic buildings dating back to the mid-1800s remain intact.
Café, tavern, toilet facilities.
ØFrom Jerrys
Plains, take the
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×Bureen
Road |
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a quite country
drive through bush and farmland.to the Martindale area and
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×Pyramid
Hill Wines |
(76km).
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There are more
excellent wines to be sampled at Pyramid Hill’s Cellar Door
ØContinue on
the Yarrawa Road, to |
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×Two
Rivers Wines
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(79km) |
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Two Rivers has been
producing fine wine for many years but have only recently opened
their new Cellar Door to the public.
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Two Rivers is on
the outskirts of
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×Denman |
(80km) |
A small quaint
country town.
Excellent food for
lunch can be found . There are 2 pubs, club, cafes and bakery,
Denman is the home
of the fabulous Upper Hunter Wine & Food Affair held on the
first Saturday on May each year.
ØLeaving
Denman take the |
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×Rosemount
Road |
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This loop takes you
through vineyards along the Goulburn River and bushland
adjoining the Wollemi National Park; past the famous Rosemount
Estate which has been producing fine wine since as far back as
1863 |
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ØTurn LEFT
onto the |
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×Golden
Highway |
(92km)
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Past farms,
vineyards and horse studs.
ØApproaching
Sandy Hollow (a tiny rural village with café, art gallery, pub,
toilet facilities) consider taking the |
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×Detour
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The Sandy Hollow Circular
Drive Tour
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You can take in the
beauty of the Bylong Valley Way, Baerami, Widden Valley,
Goulburn River National Park and Merriwa district
This would add about
2 hours driving time to your trip |
OR
Ø turn RIGHT
onto
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×Wybong
Road |
(98km)
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which travels
through bush and farmland. En route call into the Yarraman
Estate Winery, also Cruickshank’s Callatoota Estate Winery
(moving late 2007 to near the Denman Rd/Golden Highway
intersection).
ØFollow the
Wybong Road back to |
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×
Muswellbrook.
(150km)
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