Chinchilla Melon Festival 2013

If you would love to split watermelons using nothing but your own head or ski in front of thousands on watermelons than the Chinchilla Melon Festival is one festival you must attend. 

Known as the ‘Melon Capital’ of Australia, Chinchilla produces one quarter of Australia’s melons and celebrates this achievement every 2nd year in February. The Chinchilla Watermelon festival attracts thousands of visitors all around Australia who mostly come to take part in its outrageously unique events- such as;

• Melon Skiing

• Melon Dash for Cash

• Melon Bungee

• Melon Bullseye

• Melon Ball Games

• Chariot Race

• Melon Ironman

• Pip Spitting Competition

The Chinchilla Melon Festival is a must DO road trip for all ages. Chinchilla is an easy 3 hours drive west of brisbane along the Warego Highway.  It is a festival not to be missed- so write it in your travel diaries today. 

The Big Land Marks along New England Highway

There are many significant photo opportunities along the New England Highway. Many include significant large landmarks.

The Big Cow located at Glen Innes 

The Big Rooster

Tamworth Golden Guitar at Tamworth

On the Road to Tamworth

What does one do after buying a new car, they simply drive as far as they can in one day. And that is exactly what me and a friend did.

On the 17th January 2013, Myself and a friend woke up one morning and decided we will take a drive to Tamworth. We quickly packed our bags and were in the car by 7.30. Our trip started in a small country town named Crows Nest which is approximately 45 mins North of Toowoomba along the Great Dividing Range.

After driving for 20 mins we came across a small country town name Cabarlah. We were highly suprised to find a Cuckoo clock centre along the New England HighwayLabels. We could not resist the temptation to stop and take a few photo's

After exploring such a wonderful shop, we kept driving down south along the New England Highway where we came across the NSW boarder. 

One of the most fascinating towns we came across in our Tamworth Road Trip was Uralla. Uralla is a small town located along the New England Highway just south of Armidal. It has a wonderful Military Museum that I would highly recommend for anyone who loves a little history to visit. 

 Finally after 12 hours of driving we reached our destination Tamworth. Our Tamworth Road trip was complete! We arrived at the Golden Guitar just before the sun set