Murrurundi is at the head of the Hunter Valley. Its Aboriginal name means
' where the mists sit '. The town's history goes back a long way, with the first settlers arriving in the 1820s.

Murrurundi is a small, early Colonial town of about 1000 people situated 330km north of Sydney (four hours drive) on the New England Highway and 45km north of Scone at the very crown of the Upper Hunter Valley. At the foot of the Liverpool Ranges, mountains loom impressively overhead.