Locomotive engines in Museum, Orange NSW

Heart of Centre New South Wales

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Being the centre of the state, there is a lot going on year round as well as a lot to see and do.

Racing at Mt Panorama, Bathurst, sampling wine in Mudgee, find gold in Bathurst or explore our country music heritage in Tamworth.

Bathurst NSW

Bathurst, known to Australians for its car racing at Mount Panorama, has grand historical buildings built in the gold rush days as well as during the sheep and farming booms. At the Bathurst Goldfields, there is a gold rush town with tours available. See more on Bathurst NSW.

Coonabarabran

Gateway to the spectacular and beautiful Warrumbungle Mountains, known for wildlife including koalas, wallabees, emus and colourful birdlife. Coonabarabran is the astronomy capital of Australia. There is a very interesting collection of minerals and fossils at the Crystal Kingdom, collected from the Warrumbungle Mountains. Explore aboriginal culture and art sites.

Dubbo NSW

Dubbo has a number of interesting attractions and has the largest open plain zoo in the Australia. An important stop during the cattle mustering days as well as the 1860’s gold rush days, the town has a number of historic buildings, one of them being the Old Dubbo Gaol, now a museum. See more on Dubbo NSW.

Mudgee

Settlement started at Mudgee in 1822 by George and Henry Cox and grew to a town by 1835. There are a number of beautiful National Parks in the area, including Wollemi, Coolah Tops and Goulburn River.

Mudgee is a wine growing centre, but also known for its olives, honey, jams as well as fish farming. If this sounds to you like it could make a great meal, you can fish for your own fish at one of the fish farms, buy wine from one of the many winery cellar doors and virgin olive oil straight from the press. Delish, it just doesn’t get any better.

Then again, if your like me, sample the fare at one of the many great little Mudgee restaurants!

Orange NSW

Orange, named after Prince William Orange, is the centre of this agricultural region and also known as the Colour City. A number of buildings are from the gold rush days and there is an obelisk that commemorates the Australian poet, Andrew ‘Banjo’ Paterson.

Situated in the mid west of the state, Orange enjoys four seasons, with snowfalls in winter, a green spring, sunny summer and colourful autumn and is an attractive city with wide streets and numerous parks.

The first gold in Australia was found near here at the Ophir Goldfields. There are some nice art galleries worth exploring and attractions there include the bird and wildlife sanctuary at Mount Canabolis, an ancient volcano crater.

Tamworth NSW

Tamworth, is known the world over as the Country Music Capital of Australia and has two, not one country music festivals during the year. In January, the 10 day Country Music Festival and in July, the Hats Off Festival. These are very popular events, book accommodation ahead if your planning to stay.

There are plenty of things to do throughout the year in and around Tamworth. For history buffs, there is the Tamworth Powerstation Museum, as the town was the first in Australia to get electricity, in 1888. There is a koala and native animal reserve at Oxley and the Walk A Country Mile Interpretive Centre for the history of country music in Australia.

Accommodation

There is a good range of accommodation in the Centre of New South Wales, with backpacker hostels, hotels, bed and breakfasts, farmstays, historic inns and motels as well as resorts. View Hotels in Australia

Camping grounds in various national parks is available and some have very well equipped caravan and camp sites. Bookings are essential. Phone Bathurst +061 2 6332-9488 for more information.

 

Work in Australia

For a different kind of holiday, the Australian Government has made it easier for people to work here. See Work in Australia - jobs.

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