Gloucester Travel Guide

 balhannah Says:  Don't expect much at Moonan Flat which is located alongside the river that feeds into Lake Glenbawn, it is one of the smallest villages in the Upper Hunter. It is picturesque though, and has vineyards in the surrounding area. . This little village is old, being built to... 

 balhannah Says:  The scenic drive across the Barrington Tops between Gloucester and Scone forms a direct link between the Upper Hunter and the coast. It's a popular road for tourists but is also used by logging trucks transporting hardwood logs so watch out for them. It is unsealed a lot of... 

 balhannah Says:  This is a pretty picnic/FREE camping area beside the Barnard River. We came across it on the road that leads from Gloucester to Walcha [Thunderbolts Way] a lovely scenic drive. There were BBQ & toilet facilities, and you would be able to go swimming and canoeing, the water... 

 balhannah Says:  The Bucketts Circle is a 30km Return (19km sealed & 11km unsealed) scenic drive we did. Crossing the Gloucester River several times, all the way we had good views of the unusually shaped Bucketts Mountain Range. On the Faulkland section of the road, there is a picnic area,... 

 iandsmith Says:  On the Gloucester to Nowendoc section of Thunderbolt's Way there's a lookout givng about a 200 degree panorama.Every time I've passed by the light or conditions have never been quite right but one day I'll get the shot I'm after. The opening shot is about the best I've been... 

 iandsmith Says:  "A good walk spoilt" is a famous quote used when referring to golf. I, for one, can concur with this statement.Having said that if you get to play a round at the nine hole Gloucester course you'll find it hard not to enjoy.This course has expansive views over the Bucketts,... 

 iandsmith Says:  I've been going through Gloucester for over thirty years with work and it hasn't changed a lot. Sure, some of the buildings might have changed their usage and ownership may have passed hands but, from the outside at least, you'd readily recognized the place if you hadn't... 

 iandsmith Says:  It's in the middle of a drought. A drought labelled by one of those in authority as a "One in a thousand year drought". While they were fermenting policies in air conditioned rooms in the nation's capital something happened. It rained.Not totally drought saving and not... 

 iandsmith Says:  This is merely a sample, albeit an enticing one, of the type of places you can camp by the river in the area.Rather obviously it's called Bretti Reserve and it's located just off Thunderbolts Way. Following is the official blurb:"Bretti Reserve: Approx 25 minutes from... 

 iandsmith Says:  Mid 19th century, many Aborigines still populated the area. They camped and held corroborees on the future townsite and helped the early settlers at harvest time. Annually they met at Gloucester before heading off to Stroud where they were issued with a blanket apiece. The... 

 iandsmith Says:  One thing that Gloucester isn't short of is rivers. They flow in a multitude of directions off the escarpment and feed three different valleys.If riverside scenery is your thing, you'll be in heaven in this part of the world.Not surprisingly, canoeing is very popular here... 

 iandsmith Says:  Kattang Aborigines were the human inhabitants until explorer Henry Dangar wandered through in 1826. Dangar is a famous name in early white history in this area and they used to have large land holdings in the Hunter Valley region.Robert Dawson wasn't far behind. He was... 

 balhannah Says:  Scone is known as the "Horse capital of Australia" as it has 65 Race Horse studs here. The countryside in this area, is rich and pretty. We have entered this town in every possible way, the last being on our scenic tour through Barrington Tops. This drive is called the... 

 iandsmith Says:  Up in Gloucester Tops you can still tread where man has not gone before. There are streams as yet unnamed, plants as yet unseen. This is true wilderness in parts. So it was that the second time I went exploring I pushed beyond where I had gone before and managed to get down... 

 iandsmith Says:  The countryside around Gloucester is just wonderful and the Beech Forest walk is yet another fine example of that.To access it you need to travel to Gloucester Tops, it's one of the three walks there. The start of the walk is in open forest but it quickly descends into the... 

 iandsmith Says:  Gloucester Falls, or at least the access to them, had been denied for over a year due to washaways creating major problems with the main road, actually the only road, in.You have to bear in mind before you get there that Gloucester Falls are aptly named. There isn't just one... 

 iandsmith Says:  Gloucester Falls is a place I visited in my younger days. It wasn't until 2009 that I made it back again, just three weeks after they had re-opened the road following 12 months' closure. I hadn't delved too much into it during my earlier visit but I wanted to see the falls...