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Motorcycle-friendly Gloucester
Designated motorcycle parking has finally made it to Gloucester’s main street. Part of the Rotary Club’s Motorcycle Friendly Project, the motorcycle-only parking zone is located outside the Avon Valley Inn on Church Street.
Gloucester Bookshop
Nothing beats a real book and the Gloucester Bookshop has the best books in town! An independent bookshop that’s full of treasures, plus a comprehensive range of maps, road atlases and topographical maps.
Essentially Barrington Tours
With the World Heritage of Barrington Tops as our backdrop, nature favours our region, as evidenced by the quality and diversity of our produce.
Nanna’s Homewares & Antiques
Nanna’s Homewares & Antiques stocks a range of classic furniture, clothing, decorations & jewellery to give you & your home a touch of charm. There’s also a great range of accessories for home & for camping too plus fun stuff for kids & gifts for all occasions. Nanna’s Homewares & Antiques will be open everyContinue reading “Nanna’s Homewares & Antiques”
Gloucester Max Value Pharmacy
Gloucester’s premier chemist is the Max Value Pharmacy, a local business focused on the importance of helping you & your family stay healthy. They do far more than just fill your prescriptions.
Dusty’s Astro Tours of the Night Sky
Take a tour of the night sky with an experienced guide and powerful telescopes! You’ll marvel at the star clusters, planets, nebulae, our own awesome Milky Way galaxy and learn about our place in the solar system.
Gloucester Mountain Man Tri Challenge
Held on the second Sunday of September each year since 1991, the Gloucester Mountain Man Tri Challenges draws competitors from across the state.
Craven Creek Music Association
The Craven Creek Music Association is a community group that presents an extraordinary event of classical music performed in an old wool shed by talented musicians.
Deck Decor
There’s always room for more beautiful things in your life, and now you can find them here at Deck Decor in Gloucester.
Gloucester Garden Centre
The biggest & best garden centre in Gloucester offers a huge selection of plants for your home & garden, vegie patch, balcony or farm!
Helloworld Gloucester
Helloworld Gloucester provides travellers with expert advice to ensure your next holiday is a memorable adventure.
McRaes Fashion Centre
McRae’s Fashion Centre is a family-owned store with a large variety of women’s fashion, accessories, special gifts & much more!
Gloucester Town & Country Store
At Gloucester Town & Country Store you’ll find fashion & gifts plus beautiful homewares.
Devil’s Retreat
Located close to the Aussie Ark conservation facility near Barrington Tops, Devil’s Retreat is a farmstay-style retreat that’s the perfect place to relax with tickets to see the Tassie Devils included!
Gloucester Veterinary Hospital
Whether you’re a resident or a visitor, all pet owners should know where the Gloucester Veterinary Hospital is located, for check-ups, sickness or emergencies.
Gloucester Health Foods
Open 6 days, Gloucester Health Foods is a much-loved Gloucester establishment & can provide all your health food needs. Bring your own containers for bulk buy savings!
The Steps Mountain Bike Park
Looking for some outdoor activity off the river? Then take your mountain bike to The Steps Mountain Bike Park – the only purpose-built mountain bike park in the region!
Gloucester Tennis Club
Be part of the great sport of tennis at the friendliest club in Gloucester! Join the Social Club to play on our lovely all weather courts for $7 for the morning’s fun at Gloucester Tennis Club.
Random Adventure Gear
Random Adventure Gear is Gloucester’s premier adventure gear and camping gear outlet for regular paddlers, hikers & mountain bikers.
DD’s Little Lolly Shop
Fancy some sweet childhood memories? Check out the latest specialty store to open in Gloucester: DD’s Little Lolly Shop for a sweet trip down memory lane.
Gloucester Tucker Patch
The Tucker Patch is a unique demonstration & working food-growing garden with the future of the world at its heart!
Gloucester Farmers Market
Discover Gloucester’s fresh food treasure and stock up on foods that will give you energy, vitality and a twinkle in your eye.
Hillview Herb Farm
Hillview Herb Farm offers scenic farmgate tours, open for group bookings by arrangement or as part of Essentially Barrington’s Farm Gate Tour.
The Crepe Myrtle Tea & Coffee Rooms Stroud
In the pretty village of Stroud, south of Gloucester, the Crepe Myrtle Tea & Coffee Rooms offers all day breakfasts, a delicious range of teas and has regular high tea events.
Perenti Cafe
Perenti Cafe’s aim is to serve exceptional meals & beverages with Toby’s Estate coffee, teas, freshly squeezed juices and frappes in a modern & relaxed atmosphere.
Gloucester Bowling Club
Gloucester Bowling Club is centrally located within the beautiful district park, you’ll have close-up views of the Bucketts Mountains as you play lawn bowls or share a drink with friends.
Gloucester Soldiers Club
Gloucester Soldiers Club offers a relaxed atmosphere, features a wheelchair accessible lift & provides all the usual facilities of a modern services club: drinks, food, events & community.
Gloucester Arts Cultural Council Inc (GACCI)
Fondly known locally as simply GACCI, the Gloucester Arts & Cultural Council is responsible for bring a wealth of cultural entertainment to Gloucester: arts, live music plus live the
Gloucester Museum
Gloucester Museum is full of fascinating history & valuable artifacts from early European settlement times back to 1826.
Gloucester Gallery
The Gloucester Gallery is a community gallery space offering an impressive program of monthly exhibitions by local artists & community groups.
Villa d’Esta Winery
Villa d’Esta Winery is famous for producing easy-drinking styles, suitable for the table & ready to be enjoyed in the short term. Enjoy some today!
Gap Hill Winery
Gap Hill Winery specialises in quality verdelho wine that’s dry, fresh, fruity and flavoursome – and popular!
Tugwood Winery
The setting of Tugwood Winery is like being on a movie set & the wines are also winners, so make sure you leave room in your car boot!
Gloucester River Winery
Gloucester River Winery enjoys the most scenic setting of any winery in the Gloucester valley, you’ll love the intimate views of the stunning Buccan Buccans (the Bucketts Mountains).
Faulls Ridge Winery
Faulls Ridge boutique vineyard offers intimate wine tastings in the rolling hills overlooking beautiful Gloucester.
Woko National Park
Woko is wild. This national park is a steep & rugged landscape with large swathes of wet & dry rainforest, rocky outcroppings & the Manning River passing through it.
Gloucester Tops National Park
If you only have half a day to spare in the region then Gloucester Tops is your best option to experience a taste of our stunning world heritage wilderness.
World Heritage Barrington Tops National Park
The rainforests of Barrington Tops National Park are of international significance, forming part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area. Come see why!
Copeland Tops State Conservation Area
Copeland Tops SCA is the closest rainforest zone to Gloucester offering beautiful walks through heavily wooded gullies with towering trees.
Copeland Historic Gold Mine Tour
Be guided through this heritage gold mining precinct within Copeland SCA now protected by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Hebbys Bakery
Hebbys Bakery has a range of delicious meat pies, pastries, cakes & goodies to tempt your taste buds as well as hot & cold refreshments, tea & coffee. Good old-fashioned perfection!
The Roundabout Inn
The Roundabout Inn is a reasonably priced & comfy motel at the northern end of Gloucester’s main street, at the roundabout of course.
Barrington Store
Stock up on petrol & provisions at the Barrington Store, the last stop on Thunderbolts Way for travellers heading west to Barrington Tops & Scone or north to the New England region.
Walk with dinosaur ghosts in Barrington Tops
Is that a meat-eating Australovenator (“Southern Hunter”) waiting for you beyond those fern trees or just a harmless herbivore Minmi? Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Paddle like an explorer on the Barrington River
Fed by waters tumbling down from Barrington Tops, the Barrington River offers paddling adventures for modern day explorers. Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Swimming – Gloucester Olympic Pool
The perfect place to cool off is right in town, at the Olympic swimming pool complex: lap pool, wading pool with water feature & picnic area. #Gloucesterswimming
Gloucester Hydrotherapy Pool
The swimming pool complex in Gloucester District Park includes a 13 metre hydrotherapy pool with toilets and change rooms. The pool is open year round and is heated to 34°C.
Barrington Outdoor Adventure Centre
Fun by Nature: Barrington Outdoor Adventure Centre is the outdoor specialist for Barrington Tops adventures.
Horse riding along the Cobark River
For spectacular horse riding near Gloucester, come and join other horse lovers and ride over the mountain trails and stream in the foothills of the beautiful Barrington Tops and Cobark Valley.
Abseiling
The thrill of going over a rocky cliff and defying gravity is one of the great lures of abseiling & you can try it at two scenic locations in Gloucester.
Mountain Biking at The Steps
Looking for some outdoor activity off the river? Then don’t forget to bring your mountain bike to The Steps Mountain Bike Park at Gloucester because we have the only purpose-built mountain bike park in the region!
Barrington Tops Interpretive Tour
You’ll need a full day to see the best of World Heritage-listed Barrington Tops & this National Parks Eco Pass accredited tour has it all.
Paddling the Barrington River
White water paddling at Gloucester on the Barrington River by canoe or kayak, it’s what we’re famous for!
Hear world class performances in an old wool shed
The Craven Creek Concert Series is a unique classical music event where the sounds of Mozart, Ravel & Vivaldi meet the sounds of cows and cockatoos. Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Gloucester Mosaics Walk
Take a self-guided walk through the history of Gloucester depicted in art on the Gloucester Mosaics Walk.
Gloucester swimming – Gloucester River
You’ll find plenty of family-friendly swimming spots on the Gloucester River with easy 2WD access close to Gloucester. #Gloucesterswimming
Gloucester swimming – Barrington River
The Barrington River is fed by high-altitude wetlands in Barrington Tops & offers the best river swimming around the Gloucester region. #Gloucesterswimming
Taste nature’s purest in Gloucester Tops
At Gloucester Tops within Barrington Tops National Park step behind the green curtain into a dimly lit world of ancient Antarctic beech, towering tree ferns & pure mountain streams. Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
View Gloucester from the Buccan Buccans scenic walk
For views of Gloucester rarely seen, take this scenic walk up to the base of the Buccan Buccans. Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Push a gold mining cart hidden in a rainforest
Touch relics from gold rush days at the heritage Mountain Maid mine, hidden deep in the cool rainforest at Copeland Tops State Conservation Area. Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Ride the riverside trails of Captain Thunderbolt
Horse riding in the scenic foothills of Barrington Tops will inspire you with panoramic views, wildlife sightings & the prettiest river crossings of the Cobark River. #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Get fresh at Gloucester Farmers Market
Discover Gloucester’s fresh food treasure and stock up on farmers market specialities for energy, vitality and a twinkle in your eye. Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Toss a snow ball in Barrington Tops
Barrington Tops gets a regular dusting of winter snow so it’s not too far to drive for your family’s first snow ball fight. Just don’t forget to duck. Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Cool off where the platypus play
Swim in platypus habitat in the Gloucester River close to town or a short drive takes you to the platypus-friendly Barrington River, Barnard River or Manning River. Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Enjoy a natural spa in the Barrington River
Wash aware your cares at The Steps rapids on the Barrington River, it may be the only wellbeing treatment you need. #Gloucesterswimming #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Listen to original bush poetry in a cattleyard arena
Listen to original bush poetry by award winning poets in the all-Aussie arena of the cattle saleyard stands. Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Get up close to Tassie Devil joeys in Barrington Tops
Hidden in Barrington Tops, there’s no other experience like this on the Australian mainland! Become immersed in the devil’s huge free range enclosures to witness Tassie Devils in wild conditions & meet some Tassie Devil joeys… wickedly cute! #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Bike, paddle, run in the Gloucester Tri Challenge
A race for skilled athletes: 20km mountain bike ride, 10km kayak paddle, plus 8km run. Yes, all on the same day, back to back. Do you have what it takes? Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Camp in the state forest with your best pal
Wake up to your camping holiday with a morning lick from your best furry pal. There are plenty of options around the Gloucester region for camping with well-behaved dogs. #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Camp at high-altitude Polblue in Barrington Tops
Polblue in Barrington Tops is the highest campground in NSW that you can drive to. So forget the hiking backpacks, bring your camper trailer for some comfy camping. Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester
Feel the forests of Gondwanaland in Barrington Tops
Embrace the energy of 1000-year-old trees in Gondwana rainforests in Barrington Tops, you’ll feel like you’re on the filmset for Lord of The Rings. Add this experience to #YourBuckettsList #TopThingsToDoGloucester