On the show this week, we are going to talk about Tamworth and some things there, a little bit about the history and the Country Music Festival.
130 years ago Tamworth was at the forefront of technological change. Tamworth is better known as the Country Music Capital, the city, or municipality as it was known in 1888 was at the forefront of global technological change, all while boasting a population of just 3000.
Just 11 years after 16 Jablockoff electric candles (arc) lights illuminated the Avenue de l’Opera in Paris to mark the world’s first electric street lighting, and just eight years after Thomas Edison patented his light bulb, the then mayoress of Tamworth, Elizabeth Piper, flicked the switch in Tamworth, the first town in the southern hemisphere to bask in the warm glow of electrons.
So the other claim to fame for Tamworth is the Country Music Festival where people flock from all over the country to the 2nd biggest festival after Nashville in the states. Its held for 10 days in January with music, buskers, concerts to name a few.
The Country Music Golden Guitar Awards of Australia are held each January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival with The Golden Guitar Awards building the foundation of the Festival. The Awards have been a core event for over 40 years and they represent the pinnacle in Australian Country Music.
It all started in January 1973, radio station 2TM launched the Australasian Country Music Awards. Joy McKean received the first Golden Guitar for “Lights on the Hill”, the song that was made popular by her husband Slim Dusty. To date, over 500 Golden Guitar trophies have been handed out to deserving Country Music artists. Slim Dusty has won a whopping 37 trophies!
The Golden Guitar trophy stands 24cm high and weighs 1.5 kilograms, however it weighs heavily on the hearts of country music artists who have the privilege of winning this award.
tcmf.com.au
We meet Dianne at the Cutting Horse Farm Stay, we mentioned this place on the show last week. Dianne is a solo traveller with her dog as company and she chats with Phill about her vehicle and also about travelling on her own.
We move on from Tamworth and head to another farm stay. This time we are at the Springwater Trout Farm. Once again we came across this place on Wiki Camps. I have listed below some of the facilities. Deano as he is known is a great guy and Phill has a chat to him about the camping and also what else he provides. There is a shop to purchase his famous dip ( which I can say is just delicious). Great level sites with power, and of course you can fish for trout , and also he does tours of the trout ponds. Nice new amenities block and of course pets welcome. Its just a short drive of the New England Hwy and not far from Guyra.
- new office and tackle shop.
- Smoked trout and dip are available for purchase.
- A new camp kitchen has been built with two BBQ, and plenty of shade and seating right along side the recreational dam.
- Dump available
- New toilets and showers
- BBQ camp kitchen
- Open fire pits allowed (off ground)
- Purchase firewood
- Dogs allowed
I chat with Martina who is going to give us instructions on how to make sour dough bread. Unfortunately I did not actually get her recipe before they entered an area that now has no reception so I have googled one to give to you.
So your sour dough starter is the yeast. So instead of buying it is being made, fermenting flour and water. Once alive you need to keep feeding every day for approx 6 days and then you can use to make bread.
