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Mention Tamworth to most Australians and they will immediately think of country music, an association the town has worked hard to promote. Known as 'The Country Music Capital', Tamworth is thought of as a sort of Australian equivalent to Nashville in the United States, albeit on a far more modest scale.

Here's their local icon, the massive guitar.

On Friday I'm headed North by train to Tamworth for a weekend of cookery workshop adventure to be held at the Retreat at Froog-Moore Park. My hosts Sandy and Peter Moore are picking me up at the station.

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Spent the afternoon with my grandchildren Sebastian, aged 4 and Toby, aged 22 months at their home in Sydney's Wentworthville yesterday. We had fun.