Coraki, New South Wales 4.51

Coraki is a small town that sits on the confluence of the Richmond and Wilson Rivers in northern New South Wales, Australia in Richmond Valley Shire. At the, Coraki had a population of 1,478 people. The name Coraki is derived from the Bundjalung word gurigay, meaning the meeting of the waters.Coraki is positioned centrally to the hub of the Summerland Way Casino (30 kilometres east), the regional city of Lismore (25 kilometres south) and the popular tourist beachside location of Evans Head (25 kilometres west). Like many other towns in the area, it is a hub for the local agricultural industries such as cattle, sugar cane and tea tree oil.Coraki is the home of the annual Coraki Art Prize (formerly the Coraki Tea Tree Art Prize), an art competition and exhibition open to all artists and including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and printmaking, held late October. Each year, a major fundraising event for the Art Prize, the Coraki Trivia Night is held July/August at the Coraki Golf Club and MC'd by Senator John Faulkner.In 2010, the first Dylanfest celebrated the music, art and poetry of Bob Dylan in October at the Coraki Hotel.