Taree

Taree offers a range of ways to shape your stay: art and changing exhibitions, theatre, and routes connected with the town’s history sit alongside parks and a lookout. If you’re looking for a hotel in Taree, this mix can help you decide what to focus on during your trip – such as culture, historic routes, or parks and the river.

Art, theatre and local history

The Manning Regional Art Gallery is in central Taree and is a cultural hub. Its collection includes more than 330 works gathered over 60 years. The gallery also presents a programme of more than 20 new exhibitions each year; individual exhibitions change. This brings together a collection built up over the long term and a changing exhibition programme. The two offer different points of interest for art lovers: the collection developed over many years and the changing exhibition themes in each year’s programme.

The Manning Entertainment Centre is a theatre in Taree with 505 seats; seating configurations may vary by event. Its long history has also been shaped by the high-profile artists and ensembles it has brought to the region. The Centre complements the gallery with a different cultural perspective: its focus is theatre and its history of performances in the region. If performing arts are part of your trip, you can make this venue a focus of your plans.

Routes and places to help you find your bearings

The Taree Heritage Walk is a self-guided route highlighting built and natural points of interest connected with Taree’s history. It is approximately five kilometres long. The walk combines a look at the town’s history with a specific distance to consider when planning your day. The Western Walk, by contrast, is defined by its start and end points and route: it begins and ends at Fotheringham Park and follows the Manning River. The two walks therefore have different focuses – one on history and approximate distance, the other on the park and river as points of reference.

Queen Elizabeth Park is part of Taree’s foreshore and has a fully fenced playground. Taree Library overlooks Fotheringham Park. The same park is also the start and end point of the Western Walk, so it serves both as a point of reference for the library and as the starting and finishing place for a route. Queen Elizabeth Park offers a different named park reference along Taree’s foreshore.

Apex Lookout is a scenic lookout in Taree West, west of the Manning River and farmland. Its location distinguishes it from the gallery in the town centre: central Taree and Taree West are both specific points of reference to help you find your way around.

Discover more destinations: Manning Point, Hallidays Point, Harrington, Rainbow Flat, Wingham, Koorainghat, Tallwoods Village.

For the broader travel overview: Greater Taree City Council.