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Warialda 'Place of Wild Honey', is an attractive small town on the Reedy Creek. Warialda, with a population 1300, is one of the major towns of the Gwydir Shire in north-western NSW. It is situated 602 km north of Sydney and 320 m above sea-level on a tributary creek of the Gwydir River. Warialda also lies at the intersection of two main roads, being 190 km north of Tamworth along the Fossickers Way and 62 km north-west of Inverell via the Gwydir Hwy.

A Brief Warialda History
The Warialda area received its first official European encounter in 1827 when Allan Cunningham passed through on his overland trek from the Hunter Valley to the Darling Downs. Cunningham reported the existence of ahut in the Warialda area, which may have been constructed by an escaped convict, thus indicating an earlier European presence here. More information regarding the History of Warialda can be found at the Visitors Information Centre Website (this link will open in a new window).