Bathurst Region Tourism

Exhibition Tours
2025-10-25 11:00 - 2025-12-06 11:00, 2025-11-01 11:00 - 2025-12-13 11:00, 2025-11-08 11:00 - 2025-12-20 11:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70-78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, 2795
Join us at the gallery each Saturday during our current exhibitions, for a free guided tour!
Saturdays, 11am
FREE, all welcome, RSVP online or at BRAG reception
Our current suite of exhibitions includes:
A Tear in the Fabric presents new and existing works from nine Asian and Asian Australian artists who embrace distortion as a mode of disruption. In partnership with 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, the exhibition revolves around notions of aesthetic, material and conceptual interventions integrated into established forms of creative practice. Picking at the seams to make space for new narratives and artistic approaches, we see exploratory excursions into concepts of place, materiality, memory, identity and perception, manifesting in a diverse range of mediums.
Tea Ceremony in the Celestial Garden, is reminiscent of the famous Japanese food display ‘shokuhin sampuru’ or French pastries display in Paris, the cakes are mouth-watering, but not for consumption. The construction of the cakes in ceramics is labour-intensive, down to each sprinkle of hundreds and thousands. Their imaginary forms conjure a colourful, dream-like world. This project was created during a 2025 artist residency at the PumpHouse Albury.
Landscapes of Imagination: From the Collection, bringing together works from the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Collection that reflect the enduring artistic allure of Hill End. This historic village has captured the imaginations of artists drawn to its layered histories, dramatic terrain, and evocative sense of place.
Image: Jayanto Tan, Berries Cream Tarts, 2025, ceramic, 9 x 26 x 26 x 26 cm. Courtesy the artist.

Bathurst Grange Distillery Tour & Tasting
2025-12-05 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-06 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-12 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-13 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-19 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-20 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-26 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-27 11:00 - 17:00 and 1 more date | Bathurst Grange Distillery, Bathurst Grange Distillery, 3249 O'Connell Rd, Bathurst, Bathurst, 2795, Australia
Friday Tour Time: 4pm

Saturday Tour Times: 11am, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm

Book tours here http://bit.ly/4o2mTBx

Join a tour at the Bathurst Grange Distillery and see surrounding gardens and farmland on the heritage property, The Grange, established in 1823.

Share the passion for distilling Whisky and Gin as they explain the techniques and craft of making the premium spirits.

​Learn the art of distillation.

Taste premium small batch spirits

See farmland & friendly animals

Discover the history of the region

Cost : $20 per person

Bathurst Grange Distillery

Bathurst Grange Distillery, 3249 O’Connell Rd, Bathurst02 7228 79130413 632 643www.bathurstgrange.com.au

Miss Traill's House and Garden
2025-12-07 12:00 - 15:30, 2025-12-14 12:00 - 15:30 | Miss Traill’s House and Garden, 321 Russell Street (Corner of Russell and Peel Streets), Bathurst, 2795
Tours of Miss Traill’s House and Garden.

The home Ida bequeathed to the National Trust (1976) is today an elegant house museum containing Ida Traill’s significant collection of artifacts including furniture, intriguing horse racing memorabilia, paintings and ceramics – all linked to Miss Traill’s and her ancestors and the early history of Bathurst.

House Tour – per person:

National Trust members – FREE (excludes exhibitions)

Adult – $12

Concession* – $10

Family – $34

Child (under 5 years) – FREE

*Concession applies for full-time students, seniors, pensioners and children aged 5-15 years.

Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/miss-traills-house-general-entry-tickets

https://www.facebook.com/misstraillshouse

January 2026 School Holiday Tours at Bathurst Goldfields
2026-01-06 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-08 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-13 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-15 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-20 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-22 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-27 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Bathurst Goldfields Resort, 428 Conrod Straight, Mount Panorama, Bathurst, 2795
Looking for fun school holiday activities in Bathurst?Dust off your boots, gather the kids, and step back into the gold rush days with our summer holiday public tours at Bathurst Goldfields!
Bring the family along for an afternoon of stories, history, and a little bit of adventure as you wander through our goldfields re-enactment village. You’ll explore our Museum, Steam Shed and Blacksmith Shop, hear a few yarns from days gone by, and finish off panning for gold in our Panning Ponds. (Yes—for real gold.) The kids will be talking about it for days.
Tour Dates – January School HolidaysEach tour runs for 2 hours, giving you plenty of time to explore the village, hear the stories, and try your luck at gold panning.
Running every Tuesday and Thursday throughout January on the following dates:
• Tuesday 6 Jan, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
• Thursday 8 Jan, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
• Tuesday 13 Jan, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
• Thursday 15 Jan, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
• Tuesday 20 Jan, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
• Thursday 22 Jan, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
• Tuesday 27 Jan, 1:00pm, – 3:00pm
• Thursday 29 Jan, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Tickets:• Adults: $30
• Children (Primary School Age): $20
• Family of 4 (2 adults + 2 kids): $80
• 5 years & under: Free — bring the littlies along!
If you’re looking for something fun, hands-on, and a little bit different these school holidays, this is it. A great way to explore the Goldfields and make some summer memories on the iconic slopes of Mount Panorama.
Important information:No need to book — simply turn up on the day, and meet your guide on arrival.
Make sure to arrive by 12:45 pm so you’re all set for the 1:00 pm tour.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
The entrance to Bathurst Goldfields is located at 428 Conrod Straight, Mount Panorama – please follow the main driveway to our Office/Souvenir Shop to sign in and commence your tour.https://www.bathurstgoldfields.com.au/events/january-2026-school-holiday-tours-at-bathurst-goldfields‍

Hill End Gold 4WD Adventure
2026-03-14 09:00 - 2026-03-15 17:00 | Hill End
A weekend 4WD Adventure exploring the Sofala and Hill End goldfields, staying at Hill End Lodge.
A fully accommodated and catered 4WD Tag-a-Long Tour, suited for stock standard 4WD vehicles.
Learn how to find gold using gold pans and metal detector.

Bathurst Motoring Heritage - Autumn Colours Heritage Festival Event
2026-05-02 14:30 | National Motor Racing Museum, 400 Panorama Avenue, Mount Panorama, 2795, Australia
This is an audio-visual presentation by car and bike enthusiast Geoff Fry. This presentation embraces the history of motoring in general and motor sport around the Bathurst region.

Cost: Free – bookings essential (if participants wish to visit the museum prior orafter the talk, normal entry fee will apply)

BOOKINGS: Bathurst Visitor Information Centre 1800 68 1000 or online at bathurstregion.com.au/autumn-colours

Artist & Curator Talk // Elizabeth Day with Ann Finegan
2026-05-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70-78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, 2795
Hear from artist Elizabeth Day and Curator Ann Finegan on major survey exhibition The Fragility of Goodness: The Prison on the Landscape and Other Stories.
Saturday 16 May 2026, 11am-12pm
FREE, all welcome, RSVP essential

Elizabeth Day’s survey exhibition at BRAG examines the legacy of Empire and the colonisation of Australia and its First Nations peoples. The exhibition focuses on the lasting impact of colonial prison systems and how these institutions reshaped both landscape and society.

The project connects closely to Bathurst’s history as part of a network of colonial prison towns established west of the Blue Mountains. Day has explored these themes in earlier works: in 2023, she presented There’s a Reason Beyond a Reason, 1797 Parramatta Gaol at The National 4 at Carriageworks, Redfern. This large-scale textile installation was made from unravelled second-hand garments and referenced early colonial prison architecture. Through the slow process of unravelling fabric, the work suggested the possibility of undoing the prison’s imprint on the landscape.

The Fragility of Goodness: The Prison on the Landscape and Other Stories continues this investigation. The exhibition considers how the histories of colonial prisons continue to shape contemporary Australia. Day draws connections between historical penal sites including Parramatta and Tasmania, engaging with ideas of layered colonial, geographical and social histories. Her practice is informed by both historical research and personal experience within institutional systems.

A key work in the exhibition, The Law Is Not Always Just, forms part of a new series of grass-grown texts mapping prisons across the Central West. This floor installation sits among several significant works including There’s a Reason Beyond a Reason, Notes on the Castle, the sculptural recreation of Bathurst Gaol’s Lion Gate, Invisible Words Invisible Worlds, and the collaborative community project MYCO LOGIC.

Together, this exhibition invites reflection on systems of justice, power and repair.

Elizabeth Day in Carriageworks’ Clothing Store Studios, where she was artist-in-residence from 2021-2023. Photo: Jacquie Manning.

Gold Country Car Tour
2026-05-23 00:00 - 2026-05-24 23:59
This event has gained a strong reputation as a great weekend away, with people and their vehicles turning up from all over Australia. The Tour is different each year, giving the entrants a decent 100km-plus run through picturesque countryside and along good sealed roads.
