The small service town and holiday destination of Merriwa is located in the western section of the Upper Hunter Valley Wine district in the famous Hunter Valley Region of New South Wales. Merriwa is located about 195 km from Newcastle, 315 km from Sydney and 200 km from Tamworth in the Central West Region. Merriwa lies in the heart lands of a rich and diverse rural and pastoral district focused on a variety of local industries including beef cattle, fat lambs, grain, olives, vineyards and wineries, wool, herbs and native plants, wine tours and other tourism. Merriwa services these enterprises with an array of professional services, businesses and shops. Some of the major events, activities and tourist attractions in the district are: # Merriwa Town Walk # Merriwa Festival of the Fleeces #
The Goulburn River National Park offering camping, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, bushwalking, fossicking, photography, bird watching and wildlife tours # Horse Riding # The Battery Picnic Area and basalt rock formations that are more than 35 million years old and The Drip # The Bottle Museum that has a collection of more than over 5,000 bottles # The intriguing Historical Society and Museum # Hands on the Rock and several other Aboriginal cave paintings # The old mining town of Cassilis.
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Royal Hotel, Merriwa
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Kurri Kurri Hotel
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Greta Tattersalls Hotel
The Valley Brewery, Maitland
Hotel Denman, Abermain
Central Hotel, Singleton
Victoria Hotel, Moonan Flat
Royal Oak Hotel, Cessnock
Caledonian Hotel, Singleton
Denman Hotel