Take time to explore the western side of the Snowy Mountains this Spring. Discover the beauty and countless things to see and do in Tumbarumba and Tumut.

The small township of Batlow, famous for Australia's favourite apple, is now online.

Specatators and visitors are invited to experience the very essence of rural Australia at the Batlow Apple Blossom Festival's Stockman's Challenge on Sunday 18th October 2009.

Discover the Tumut Region in Spring as it shakes off the last of winter with longer days and warmer weather.

Regional vendors are encouraged to book a stall at this years Apple Blossom festival on 17 October.

2009 Charity Ride

Festival of Irish and Australian music

Friday 7 to Sunday 9 August.

As the air cools and trees of Tumut begin their spectacular autumn show, the activity level continues to rise for the organisers of this year’s Festival of the Falling Leaf. TUMUT’S FESTIVAL OF THE FALLING LEAF 1st, 2nd, 3rd May 2009

Festival organisers are expecting over 3,000 people to flock to Tumut on the weekend of 2 May to enjoy the delights of the Snowy Hydro Gala Day – a highlight of the annual Festival of the Falling Leaf.

Great feats of endurance, droving treks, tales of horsemanship and a few good yarns - from humble beginnings in 2006, Bush Poetry returns for its fourth consecutive festival appearance on Saturday 2nd May in the Bila Park marquee.

TUMUT’S FESTIVAL OF THE FALLING LEAF 1-3 MAY 2009

Visit Beechworth 15-17 May to experience a regional food and wine weekend.

The Snowy Valleys Way management team has adopted its three-year strategic plan that focuses on strengthening relationships with the tourism industry in the five member Shires and the marketing and promotion of the touring route to its target market.

Romance is alive and well

Unfamiliar territory but magnificent scenery

Indulge your passions

Hear the name, visit the town!

Avoid the hustle and bustle

Celebrate the arrival of Spring in Australia’s most renowned apple growing region. Food, market stalls, music, art and games combine to bring the apple town of Batlow to life during the annual Apple Blossom Festival in October 2008.

Schmidt's Strawberry Winery

Indulgence Flyfishing

The Legend of Yarri

Batlow Apple Blossom Festival

If only walls could talk - Criterion Hotel, Gundagai

Aboriginal breast plate

Lannigan Abbey, Gundagai

Golf, of course

Explore the winding tracks of the Snowy Valleys Way

Salt and Earth

Over twenty five vehicles and their crews are expected to roll into Tumut on Friday 23 May for an overnight stop as part of the three day Italian Connection Rally which begins in Sydney and ends in Melbourne.

The township of Tumut will open its doors to a fleet of cars and crews as the Italian Connection Rally descends on the town on 23-24 May.

MARKETS A DRAWCARD FOR FESTIVAL

PARADE A PERENNIAL FAVOURITE WITH LOCALS

DISCOVER BLUEGRASS AT FESTIVAL

MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR FESTIVAL

When you think of going to the movies, you usually picture long queues at the ticket office, choc topped ice cream, popcorn and being seated in an expansive cinema with hundreds of other movie-lovers. Not anymore. Two Tumbarumba businesswomen are bringing a touch of intimacy to the classic cinema experience.

For two days at the end of February, the sleepy town of Tumbarumba, NSW wakes up to the lilting strains of guitars, the pounding rhythms of rock bands and the echoing delights of vocalists, all part of the annual Tumbafest festival. Visitors come to listen to music, peruse and purchase in the festival’s expansive Market, eat good food and swill local wines.

A balmy summers evening and the golden veil of the setting sun over the vineyard is the picture-perfect backdrop to an Al Fresco dining experience in Tumbarumba that is second to none

The Snowy Valleys Way touring project is getting ready to launch a major redesign of its official website (www.snowyvalleysway.com.au).

The self drive tourism market in Australia is accelerating, and the five member Council’s of the Snowy Valleys Way project are committed to gaining their share of it.

State of the art website for the Snowy Valleys Way