The seasons in Celtic Country - Glen Innes and surrounding district, in the heart of rural Australia - are distinctive and there's no better time to visit than in our breathtaking spring.

There's an added reason: the Land of the Beardies Festival, a special time for families, when we celebrate our rich, local history. It's a festival that has grown in stature and is building into a mini country music event with free performances by Felicity Urquhart and Aaron Bolton in 2006 and the Kirsty Lee Akers Band in 2007.

Only 2-4 hours from the coast or 4 hours South of Brisbane, the Land of the Beardies Festival in Glen Innes will provide you with a fun-packed program to suit families and all interests. Best of all most activities are FREE!

Highlights:

• FREE Fireworks Display
• Beard-growing competition – prizes to be won
• Market stalls and amusement rides -
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• Ulysses Club Bike Show & Dinner -
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• Ford vs Holden Car Show
• Glen Innes Truck & Trailer Parade

Celtic Country’s Attractions

The festival is your chance to enjoy a fun-packed program and to experience Celtic Country's unique attractions:

The Australian Standing Stones, unique in the southern hemisphere and national monument to Australia's Celtic pioneers, World Heritage national parks, Land of the Beardies History House, one of Australia's finest folk museums, tranquil rural villages of Deepwater and Emmaville, fossicking, fishing…

It's an opportunity, too, to sample our great food - a district noted for its prime beef and lamb - and New England distinctive wines.

Why Beardies?

It celebrates our very beginnings, taking the name from two stockmen with long, flowing beards, William Chandler and John Duval, who guided the first settlers, largely Scots, here 166 years ago.

Contact the Land of the Beardies Festival:
Telephone: (02) 6730 2400
Fax: (02) 6732 6090
E-mail us

If you did not arrive at this site from the Glen Innes Visitor Information Centre site, please visit there to discover all that Glen Innes and district has to offer.