This enormous, fascinating museum has one of the most eclectic and chaotic collections of artefacts in the state. Machinery, including a working 1869 Albion hand-printing press, as well as relocated cottages, clothing, photographs, mining and farm equipment, fashionable clothing and oodles of antiques, are all here.
Gulgong Pioneer Museum
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You can follow a walking and cycling trail through the orchards and vines of this idyllic biodynamic farm, past donkeys and chickens to picnic grounds…
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Started in 1997 as a father-and-son outfit, and now a husband-and-wife team, Logan's is an impressive, modern, cellar-door experience 15km southeast of…
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Robert Stein Winery & Vineyard
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The small, rustic cellar door of this established vineyard has an eclectic and interesting range of wines to sample, including a popular riesling (a nod…
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Established in 1968, this multi-award-winning winery has a historic winemaker's cottage where you can spend an evening (from $200 per night); but you'll…
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Located in a beautiful stone-and-corrugated-iron building, there's a tasting room and vine-laden verandah where you can indulge in Gilbert wines from…
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Pieter van Gent Winery & Vineyard
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This eternally popular vineyard is famed for its heavenly white port and muscat, and its photogenic oak-barrel room where you can sample the wares. Be…
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Play bocce, taste-test home-grown olives and figs, eat pizza and sample Italian wine varietals (nebbiolo, sangiovese etc) at this cellar door and gorgeous…
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Astronomy enthusiast John Vetter built the observatories and buildings on his own land and runs these nightly tours because he loves chatting about stars…
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Henry Lawson – perhaps Australia's most celebrated author – spent part of his childhood in gold-rush Gulgong. This small museum housed in a former…
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4. Pieter van Gent Winery & Vineyard
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Play bocce, taste-test home-grown olives and figs, eat pizza and sample Italian wine varietals (nebbiolo, sangiovese etc) at this cellar door and gorgeous…
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Pick your own cherries (they grow six varieties here) for a fun family day out.
7. Robert Stein Winery & Vineyard
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The small, rustic cellar door of this established vineyard has an eclectic and interesting range of wines to sample, including a popular riesling (a nod…
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These local winemakers noted similarities in climate between Mudgee and the Rioja region of Spain and have turned their attention to bold Spanish reds…