"Mare & foal", a bronze sculpture by Gabriel Sterk, at Elizabeth Park

Scone is a town of 3400 people in the Upper Hunter Valley and is known as the horse capital of Australia.

Get in

By car

• From Sydney, 387 km.
• From Canberra, 689 km.

By train

Scone is on the Main North railway line between Sydney and Armidale, and NSW Trainlink services the town daily. Local train services are available to Newcastle

See

• Lake Glenbawn Recreation Area
• Gaol Museum