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The Dog On The Tuckerbox Monument |
The Dog On The Tuckerbox
Situated at Snake Gully 5 miles, 8.5kms north of Gundagai along the Hume Hwy.
The Dog On The Tuckerbox offers a peaceful picnic area and plenty of parking, public toilets.
The annual Dog On The Tuckerbox festival has been held each year since 1992, the 60th anniversary of the monument. The Annual Festival which is held in November includes a 2 day Snake Gully Cup Racing Carnival and festivities at the Dog on the Tuckerbox centre
The Dog On The Tuckerbox Monument was unveiled on 28th November, 1932. A faithful friend, the guardian of the teamster's possessions, a dog accompanied every wagon that pushed inland. It was the action of one such dog in spoiling foodstuffs whilst he sat on a tuckerbox that so amused a poet that he wrote the poem - "The Dog Sat On The Tuckerbox". There are now many poems and songs written about the dog. History of The Dog On The Tuckerbox
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Contact details
Tourist Travel centre
02 69440250 (ph)
02 69441409 (fax)
travel@gundagai.nsw.gov.au
