As a result of discussions over dinner Carmel and John decided to hold a concert in their home and invite interested locals from Murwillumbah and the local Tyalgum district. Shortly after their arrival at Limpinwood they were invited to dinner at the home of their neighbour, social worker Jean Brewer, who ran the Limpinwood Teahouse. They had recently taken up teaching positions at the Queensland Conservatory of Music. In 1990 Carmel Kaine, an original member and concertmaster of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and John Willison former Principal Second Violin of the London Philharmonic Orchestra purchased their country retreat at Limpinwood not far from Tyalgum in the Tweed Valley. The Tyalgum Festival of Classical Music also known as the Tyalgum Festival was borne out of the combination of two events. The Birth of the Tyalgum Festival of Classical Music - 1991 Numerous artists have ranked the 1908 hall alongside some of the best concert venues in the world. Since this date, the festival has been held annually in September as once of Australia's premier classical events. The Tyalgum Festival of Classical Music started in 1991 after concert violinists Carmel Kaine and John Willison discovered the idyllic acoustics of the village Hall.

For the last few years the region has been suffering from drought.Īs of 2016 Tyalgum plans to disconnect from the electricity grid, and produce renewable power locally, primarily using solar power and battery storage. The rainfall is generally high with an annual mean of 1,555.4 millimetres (61.2 in) most of which occurs during the summer months. It has a mean annual temperature of 18.9 ☌ (66 ☏). Some of the most important man made features in Tyalgum are Flutterbies Cafe (home of the famous Flutterbie Cakes), The Little Shop Next Door, Tyalgum Store (see photo) established in 1907, the Tyalgum Hall - home of the annual Classical Musical Festival – and The Tyalgum Garage located in the old Norco Dairy Manufactory Building. Another major natural feature is the valley environment around the village created by the Border Ranges and Mount Warning. These creeks provide Tyalgum with its water supply and when the village was first settled, the settlers would have used the waterways to transport the giant red cedar logs that they felled. Tyalgum is situated at the junction of Pumpenbil and Tyalgum Creeks. At the 2011 census, Tyalgum had a population of 503 people.

Located approximately 18 minutes from Murwillumbah, 45 minutes from the Gold Coast, Queensland and two hours from Brisbane.

Tyalgum is a rural village located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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