Willow Tree

Willow Tree is a village (population 308 in 2016) in the southernmost part of New England region of New South Wales in Australia.

Understand
Willow Tree is located in what was the substantial land allocation named Warrah which was granted to the Australian Agricultural Company in 1833. An inn was established on the site where the road from the Hunter Valley branched north to Quirindi and north-east to Wallabadah and Tamworth. The site of the settlement and the first blocks of land sold in 1908. The railway station was opened as Warrah in 1877, but renamed to Willow Tree two years later. Willow Tree is a popular break for highway travellers.



By car
Willow Tree is located on the New England Highway (A15), approximately 1 km south of the junction of the New England Highway and the Kamilaroi Highway (B51).

Willow Tree is 19 km north-west of Murrurundi via the New England Highway, and it is 74 km south-west of Tamworth also via the New England Highway.

Willow Tree is 18 km south-east of Quirindi via the Kamilaroi Highway/B51.

By train
Trains run from Sydney daily to Willow Tree, and on to Werris Creek, where lines branch off to Tamworth and Armidale and to Narrabri and Moree.

Trains depart Sydney at Central Station M-Su 9:30AM and arrive at Willow Tree 2:25PM. Trains depart Willow Tree M-Su 11:41AM and arrive at Central Station in Sydney 4:39PM.

A timetable and map can be downloaded here.

Get around
Private transport is essential, as there is no taxi service or a local bus service in Willow Tree.

The nearest car rental agencies are in Quirindi, Werris Creek, and Tamworth.

Buy
Locals do their essential shopping in Quirindi, and what they can't get there they go to Tamworth to shop.

Banks and ATMs
There are no banks or ATMs in Willow Tree. It is advisable to do any necessary banking and to obtain cash before departing for Willow Tree, and to use EFTPOS whenever possible while there.

Go next

 * Quirindi - north-west of Willow Tree: 18 km via Kamilaroi Highway/B51 northbound (13 min)
 * Gunnedah - north-west of Willow Tree: 97.5 km via Kamilaroi Highway/B51 northbound, through Quirindi on the Kamilaroi Highway, pass the Quirindi Rural Heritage Village Museum on the left, through Breeza, through Curlewis, continue straight through both roundabouts ahead to Gunnedah (1 hr 4 min)
 * Tamworth - north-east of Willow Tree: 74 km via New England Highway/A15 northbound, through Wallabadah (53 min)
 * Armidale - north-east of Willow Tree: 180 km via New England Highway/A15 northbound, through Wallabadah, at Tamworth turn right/east onto the New England Highway/Oxley Highway, continue through Nemingha, through Kootingal, through Moonbi, continue straight through Bendemeer on the New England Highway/A15, through Uralla, continue ahead to Armidale (2 hr 10 min)
 * Murrurundi - south-east of Willow Tree: 19 km via New England Highway/A15 southbound (14 min)
 * Scone - south-east of Willow Tree: 58 km via New England Highway/A15 southbound, through Murrurundi, through Blandford, pass the Burning Mountain Nature Reserve on the left, through Wingen, through Parkville, take the exit on the left and continue ahead through the roundabout to Scone (44 min)