Wollomombi is a small village situated 1 km north of Waterfall Way

Waterfall Way

The Waterfall Way is a road and State Highway 78 in New South Wales, Australia. It runs east-west from the Pacific Highway to the New England Highway at Armidale. The route passes through some of New South Wales' most scenic countryside and has become well known as New South Wales best and...

 and approximately 38 kilometres east of Armidale, New South Wales

Armidale, New South Wales

Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale Dumaresq Shire had a population of 19,485 people according to the 2006 census. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region...

, Australia

Australia

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. The settlement is at an altitude of about 964 metres on the Northern Tablelands

Northern Tablelands, New South Wales

The Northern Tablelands, also known as the New England Tableland, is a plateau and a region of the Great Dividing Range in northern New South Wales, Australia. It includes the New England Range, the narrow highlands area of the New England region, stretching from the Moonbi Range in the south to...

 in the New England

New England (Australia)

New England or New England North West is the name given to a generally undefined region about 60 kilometres inland, that includes the Northern Tablelands and the North West Slopes regions in the north of the state of New South Wales, Australia.-History:The region has been occupied by Indigenous...

 region.

The village is centered between the Wollomombi River

Wollomombi River

The Wollomombi River is a river on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales in Australia. The headwaters of the Wollomombi River rise near the eastern slopes of Chandlers Peak on the Great Dividing Range about 17 kilometres south-east of Guyra...

 and Chandler River

Chandler River (New South Wales)

The Chandler River is a river of New South Wales in Australia. The headwaters of the Chandler River rise on the eastern slopes of the Northern Tablelands about 43 kilometres north-east of Armidale. It is in the Local Government Area of Armidale Dumaresq Shire. The Chandler River, Wollomombi River,...

. These rivers fall into the Wollomombi Gorge about 4 km away at a site known as the Wollomombi Falls

Wollomombi Falls

Wollomombi Falls , from an Aboriginal word, are located in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, 40 km due east of Armidale, New South Wales and 1 km off the Waterfall Way.At one time they were believed to be the tallest in Australia...

, which is in Oxley Wild Rivers National Park

Oxley Wild Rivers National Park

Oxley Wild Rivers National Park is in New South Wales, Australia, 445 kilometres north of Sydney and is named in memory of the Australian explorer John Oxley, who passed through the area in 1818...

.

Wollomombi’s population was 299 in the 1961 Census and 148 in the 2006 Census.

The village of Wollomombi comprises a general store, several houses, sports ground and a community hall. St John's Presbyterian Church, an original timber building, still stands in the village.

The dominant industry in the area is livestock

Livestock

Livestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. The term "livestock" as used in this article does not include poultry or farmed fish; however the inclusion of these, especially poultry, within the meaning...

grazing along with an expanding tourism industry.

The Chandler Public School is a small school of about 30 pupils that serves as Wollomombi’s school. This school is situated on the southern side of Waterfall Way, about 1.5 km from the village.

Wollomombi holds an annual rodeo in March and in October the village runs its annual Wood Expo.