I visited Tamworth - have you? Hillvue, New South Wales, Australia
By whitewebbs on 10-May-19. Waypoint GA13788

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Type: Virtual
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Coordinates: S31° 7.652' E150° 55.423' (WGS 84)
  56J 302029E 6554409N (UTM)
Elevation: 397 m
Local Government Area: Tamworth

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Another spot for a selfie

We are still on the big Isle after attending the Clear Waters Mega at Queanbeyan and stayed in Tamworth for a few days. Goodness, the things you see in the main street. We thought a virtual cache at this spot would be a good idea.

At GZ there is a giant Golden Guitar.

Taken from plaque 

"This golden guitar stands as a tribute to the original golden guitar, which was designed as a trophy for the Australasian Country Music Awards when they started in January 1973.

In contrast to the trophy which is 22 cm high, this golden guitar stands 12 metres high. It is a faithful replica of the original, which explains the absence of strings, while the original is cast in bronze. This golden guitar is grafted from fibreglass.

A list of the winners of golden guitars reads like a who's who of Australasian Country Music, with Slim Dusty having received the most awards over the years. Thus it is appropriate that this golden guitar was officially unveled in January 22nd 1988,by Slim Dusty MBE"

To log a claim, please take a photo of yourself or a member of your team near GZ or take a photo of the Golden Guitar with your GPS in the shot.

There is parking nearby. 

 

 

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20-Apr-23
In Tamworth with Just a cacher and stopped in here to grab this as we passed by.

Thanks for the cache whitewebbs.
 
20-Apr-23
Visiting Tamworth and stopped in here to grab this as we passed by.

Thanks for the cache whitewebbs.
 
17-Apr-23
Visited here today while staying at the paceway/showground for a few days. Thanks for the virtual.
 
20-Jan-23
visiting the country music festival for the first time. stopped off for a photo after a fantastic Bushwackers gig in the longyard.
 
23-Dec-22
On a caching visit around town.
 
21-Oct-22
We travelled 8,500km through 5 states for a 60th birthday party over approx. 6 weeks. We endured many days over 35C and then saw a lot of water in the eastern states. We enjoyed travelling east with family and then they travelled back to Alice and we made our way home to SA, trying to dodge the rain and wet weather.
Caching is a great way to see the many wonderful sights and learn about the places we are travelling through.
Thank you to those who take the time to hide caches
TFTC
 
26-Apr-22
Haven't been here in ages.
 
19-Apr-22
Coming home from our holiday in Armidale we decided to spend a day in Tamworth to check out some of the Country Music Festival.

Dad used to spend hours in the car with his grandparents listening to Slim Dusty Cd's.
 
14-Apr-22
found on our last day of caching around Tamworth. TFTC
 
06-Apr-21
#GA5218 - 08:25; Day 12 of a road trip with Sol de lune for the CacheQLD - Dayboro Mega and we are now headed for home. After spending the night in Tamworth, it was time to collect a few more caches in the area before setting off for Gunnnedah. This was a compulsory stop this morning at a very popular spot for muggles too it seems. Managed a snap, then on the road again. TFTC whitewebbs Very HappyClan Cerberus
 
06-Apr-21
Quick stop and grab while in the area. Lived here for 8 years, so yep, have certainly been here before. Very HappyVery HappyVery Happy

Thanks WhiteWebbs....
 
27-Dec-20
Stopped by whilst in the area. TFTC
 
02-Sep-20
Yes we have been to Tamworth numerous times ut this is the first time since doing GCA caches. A quick grab of photos after spending the night just up the road. Thanks for bringing us here again Whitewebbs. Clan CerberusClan Cerberus
 
02-Sep-20
Yes we have been to Tamworth numerous times ut this is the first time since doing GCA caches. A quick grab of photos after spending the night just up the road. Thanks for bringing us here again Whitewebbs. Clan CerberusClan Cerberus
 
18-Jul-20
Two days into our trip and we just noticed this virtual here.... lucky we had taken the required pic anyway! Smile
 
24-Mar-20
GCA 2,782. Found with albida33 during a caching run around the Tamworth/Armidale region.

One of the GCA Virtuals we found along the way. This is the first time I've visited the famous Golden Guitar.

TFTC !!

Clan Cerberus
 
24-Mar-20
Tamworth and Amrmidale Trip March 2020. Day 3. I headed north with Fitzy_1965 along the New England Highway towards Tamworth. Today we headed out to do caching trails around Tamworth to the North. We ere able to get a few GCA caches along the way.

Thanks
Albida
 
20-May-19
We visit Tamworth often..... we even have previous photos of the golden guitar but as we were there today, we took another. Think this might be the fourth cache we've found at this spot. No worries getting a park today but during the Country Music Festival it's near impossible to get close to anything 'country'. TFTV whitewebbs.
 
12-May-19
Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan Minotaur Yes we have visited Tamworth required pic has been added to the gallery.

Many thanks whitewebbs for creating this virtual and highighting this location. Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan Minotaur
 
10-May-19
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