 The Muswellbrook area is steeped in the history and heritage of bushrangers, gold mining, aristocratic landed gentry and convict settlement.
With the first planting’s of grapes at Rosemount, near Denman in the 1860s, the Upper Hunter boasts some of the finest wines produced in Australia with Callatoota Estate, James Estate, the famous Rosemount Estate, Two Rivers, Arrowfield, Bell's Lane and Yarraman Road Estate. Most wineries are open for tasting over weekends with many open seven days a week.
In Muswellbrook, Denman, Sandy Hollow and down country roads and rural lanes, the visitor to this area will find the quaintest accommodation - famous old homesteads, country cabins, top quality motels, camping grounds, bed and breakfasts and historical old pubs.
There's always plenty to do and lots of time to do it in the Muswellbrook and the Upper Hunter; fishing for Golden Perch and Bass from Lake Glenbawn, Trout in the high country, golf, bowls, bushwalking, art galleries, eateries, country shows and rodeos - all year round.
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