Tamworth
The small city of Tamworth might be as American a city in Australia as you can find, in terms of its preoccupations—horses, motorcycles, and Country & Western music. First, as the Country Music Capital of Australia, Tamworth boasts a 40-foot-high "golden guitar" and hosts the second-largest festival of such music in the world. (Expect Tamworth MICE event venues to be lively as a result.) Geographically, it lies on the western side of the Great Dividing Range and is 250 miles north of Sydney and 350 miles southwest of Brisbane. Six miles northwest of downtown, Tamworth Airport (TMW) has scheduled service to Brisbane and Sydney. Chief among convention venues, Tamworth Regional Entertainment & Conference Centre has several small meeting rooms and a 4,800-seat theater that can be configured for smaller events of 1,080 persons. MICE hotels in Tamworth include the 81-room Quality Hotel Powerhouse Tamworth, which has an herb garden for events as well as five function rooms, including the Guy Kable Room for up to 250 persons; the 60-room Best Western Sanctuary Inn, which has two city siblings in the 33-room Best Western Plu…
Tamworth