Tamworth is a city in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Peel River, Tamworth with an urban population of 42,499 people is the major regional centre for southern New England and the seat of Tamworth Regional Council. As the seat of the Tamworth Regional Council the city provides services for an area population of 55,063. Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2004-05. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.</ref> The city is located midway between Brisbane and Sydney the two largest cities on the Australian east coast.Tamworth is nationally famous as the "Country Music Capital of Australia", annually hosting the Tamworth Country Music Festival in late January. The city is recognised as the "National Equine Capital of Australia" because of the high volume of equine events held in the city and the construction of the World Class National Equine and Livestock Events Centre. The city additionally is known as the "City of Lights", being the first place in the Southern Hemisphere to utilise electric street lights.

Whatever the raccoon's reasons for washing its food, it has been known to even do the same thing with pebbles, which it doesn't eat! The raccoon washes and scrubs the pebbles until they shine, then piles them up in a mound to dry in the sun.

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