Cootamundra Heritage Centre

Located in the old Railway Barricks giving you a glimps at the past of Cootamundra

Bradman Birthplace Museum

The birthplace of “The greatest batsman the world has ever known” Sir Donald Bradman.

Canberra District Wineries in the Yass Valley

Our wine industry has been maturing a long time and today is famed for its distinctive quality. We now boast numerous James Halliday five star wineries among our more than 30 cellar doors. In recent times we’ve landed Winemaker of the Year for Clonakilla’s Tim Kirk to add to several famed Jimmy Watson Trophies, international […]

Yass Heritage Town Walk & Drive

Explore the town and wonderful architecture that give Yass its alluring charm. Europeans first entered the Yass area in 1821 and settlement started on the south bank of the Yass River following the Hume & Hovell expedition in 1824.  

Yass & District Historical Museum

From its formation in 1961 the Society have been actively collecting objects of historical interest related to Yass and District. The Museum was officially opened in its present location in December 1988 after extensive refurbishments were made to a former garage over a period of some five years.

Yass Railway Heritage Centre

The original station building was erected way back in 1891; The Yass Railway Museum is home to the steam locomotive 1307 and NSW’s shortest platform, it also exhibits a host of railway memorabilia housed in the original station, boasting static displays of original period steam engines, carriages and goods vans.  

Grenfell Museum

Open 2-4pm Saturdays and Sunday and 9-11am on Mondays or at other times by prior arrangement.

Ben Halls Cave- Weddin Mountains National Park

Ben Halls Cave is a 30 minute round trip from the Ben Hall’s Cave car park. A great short walk for the whole family.

Iandra Castle

If you should happen to be driving through the Central West of NSW, past grazing sheep, amid paddocks of wheat and canola, the last thing you would expect to see is a castle! On the road from Greenethorpe to Young, however, this is just what you will see. Mount Oriel homestead, or Iandra Castle, is […]

Johnny Gilbert’s Grave

Flash Johnny – snappy dresser, sweet talker, big spender… As you explore Johnny Gilbert’s stamping ground, you might consider whether he was the baddest bushranger of all. With 630 armed holdups to his short career he was certainly hard working! But May 13 1865 was a bad day for Johnny Gilbert as he was shot […]