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| HERITAGE ESTATE |
Spent the night at Warwick Rose City Caravan Park then headed for Tenterfield. We stopped at Heritage Wines Stanthorpe. This is a family owned and operated vineyard located in Queensland’s popular Granite Belt wine country. Established in 1992 by Bryce and Paddy Kassulke, the winery is the home of award winning wines by their son and winemaker John Handy. Beautiful cellar door with lovely antiques and inviting fire.
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| POLICE STATION |
Absolutely loved Tenterfield, even found our new home - one problem, it is owned by the local 'Police' - minor detail! Home for the stay was at Craigs Caravan Park. We began our day at Tanglewood Christmas Treasures - yes, Sybil's idea of 'pig heaven'!
Ventured out to "Thunderbolt's Hideout". Frederick Ward known as Captain Thunderbolt (1836 - 1870), began his bushranging career by escaping from Cockatoo Island Prison in Sydney Harbour where he was serving a sentence for horse stealing. Thunderbolt's hideout was between the rocks, with a small shelter under a large rock used as a camp. Constable Walker & Mulhall caused his downfall at Uralla.
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| THUNDERBOLT'S HIDEOUT |
Next stop Bald Rock National Park, a 30km drive from Thunderbolt Hideout. Arrived at 2.00pm with the aim of seeing Bald Rock only to find that the walk to the rock would take 3 hours (normal walking time - not Sybil time). Figured that we would complete the walk by midnight so we conceded and drove back to down town Tenterfield!
Took to the streets for the "Walk Through Historic Tenterfield". Stunning architecture. Just a few of the beautiful buildings seen......
Tenterfield Saddlery built in 1860 of quarried blue granite. As a tribute to his Grandfather George Woolnough, the Saddlery was immortalised in Peter Allen's song "Tenterfield Saddler". |
Stannum House - stately mansion built in 1888 for John Holmes Reid, a wealthy tin mining magnate. |
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| Post Office listed by National Trust, built in 1881 by the MCGauran Bros. |
Tenterfield Railway Station and yard is managed by Tenterfield Railway Preservation Society. Listed as one of only 6 Rail Heritage Precincts in NSW, the railway station is an excellent example of Victorian Gothic architecture and was built in 1886 as the terminal station of the Great Northern Railway. Although no longer served by trains the building remains as one of the town's finest heritage structures. Internally the building retains its features as they existed on the last day of train operations in the 1980s.
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| TENTERFIELD TRAIN STATION |
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