Easter at Hunter Valley Gardens (Pokolbin) - 18th to 21st of April 2014

If you don't mind travelling a bit this school holidays, Easter is a great time to visit Hunter Valley. The Hunter Valley Gardens is hosting an Easter event for kids as well as running their April school holidays program. Besides being able to enjoy the beautiful gardens, there will be plenty of entertainment and activities over the 4-day Easter special weekend. Some highlights include:

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Brigadoon - The Bundanoon Highland Gathering - 5th of April 2014

This Saturday, 5th of April 2014, the town of Bundanoon will be transformed to Brigadoon for a day! Brigadoon is actually a musical written in 1947 about an enchanted village in Scotland called Brigadoon which supposedly appears every hundred years for one day, as part of a deal with God who protects the village from harm. The enchantment on the village of Brigadoon will last only as long as no

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The Blue Mountains Music Festival (Katoomba) - 14th to 16th of March 2014

The Blue Mountains Music Festival, Folk, Roots and Blues is held every March in Katoomba and is a celebration of music in a carnival-like setting held just a short walk from all the shops, cafes and restaurants of the Blue Mountains town of Katoomba. The festival started in 1996 with just 24 concerts on 3 stages. Today, the event has grown to around a hundred concerts with world-class musicians

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Wascoe Siding Mini Train Rides - 1st Sunday of every month (except January)

The Wascoe Siding Miniature Railway is operated by the Blue Mountains Railway Society, a non-profit group of interested people who own and maintain the park. The Society owns 18 carriages which are run on steam, diesel or electric engines. Their railway consists of an inner and an outer track, 21 sets of points, fully operational colour light signals, a large marshalling yard and an operational

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Breakfast in the Bush at Wirrimbirra Sanctuary - 23rd of February 2014

Wirrimbirra Sanctuary is a flora and fauna sanctuary created in the 1960s by Thistle Harris (in memory of her husband David Stead) to preserve the original 'Bargo Brush', Australia's flora & fauna and to promote the use and propagation of Australian native plants. Today, the 95 hectare property preserves the last remnants of the Bargo Brush and educates the general public on Australian

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