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Pushing the Boundaries:
Facilitation Frontiers
Charles Sturt University, Bathurst - New South Wales, Australia 26-28 November 2008
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The following suggestions are intended to enhance the visit by participants to the Bathurst district. Participants are responsible for making their own enquiries regarding the appropriateness of their undertaking any tour and the associated transport and equipment requirements for their safety and comfort.
A Bathurst Region Tour Planner and other information and advice can be obtained from:
Bathurst Visitor Information Centre (Kendall Ave & Great Western Highway) Open 7 days 9am-5pm
Tel: +61-2-6332-1444 Fax: +61-2-6332-2333 Freecall within Australia: 1800-68-1000
Email: visitors@bathurst.nsw.gov.au Web: www.visitbathurst.com.au
For further information see:
Bathurst Town & Around
Bathurst & Surrounds (Tourism NSW)
Diversions on the way to Bathurst
From Sydney
Highlights:
Blue Mountains National Park - World Heritage Area; spectacular scenic lookouts, bushwalks
Web: http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au
Mount York - historic place and lookout
Hartley Vale - historic place
Hartley Historic Site
Lithgow - national parks, lookouts, bushwalks, historic Zig-Zag Railway
Lithgow Visitor Information Centre - Great Western Highway
Tel: 1300-76-02-76 (within Australia) or + 61-2-6350-3230
Web: www.tourism.lithgow.comFrom Canberra
Highlights:
Yass - historic buidlings
Cowra - wineries, Japanese Garden, site of the Cowra Breakout in World War II
Cowra Visitor Information Centre - Olympic Park, Mid Western Highway
Tel: +61-2-6342-4333 Web: www.cowratourism.com.au
Canowindra - Age of Fishes Museum (fossils), historic buildings
Canowindra Visitor Information Centre - Gaskill and Ferguson Streets
Tel: +61-2-6344-1008 Web: www.ageoffishes.org.au
Carcoar - picturesque historic village classified by the National Trust
Blayney - wind farm
Blayney Tourist Information Centre - 97 Adelaide Street Tel: +61-2-6368-3534
Tourist Drives from Bathurst
Bathurst to Dubbo
206km (130 miles) long via Mitchell Highway
Highlights:
54km - Orange - wineries, extensive parks & gardens, historic buildings, accommodation and services
Orange Visitor Information Centre - Byng Street Freecall: 1800-069-466
Web: www.orange.nsw.gov.au
XXkm - Wellington -
206km - Dubbo - Western Plains Zoo; historic buildings
Dubbo Tourism Visitor Centre - Macquarie Street & newell Highway
Tel: +61-2-6801-4450 Fax: +61-2-6801-4459 Web: www.dubbotourism.com.au
Bathurst to Hartley
115km (72 miles) long, including 10km (6 miles) of unsealed road
Highlights:
20 km - O'Connell - buildings from 1830s; classified by the National Trust; fishing and picnic spots on Fish River
45km - Oberon - gem fossicking and fishing
Oberon Visitor Information Centre - Ross Street & Edith Road Tel; +61-2-6336-0666
Web: www.oberonaustralia.com
75km - Jenolan Caves - excellent limestone caves open to visitors (tours take 1 to 2 hours); accommodation
Bookings: 1300-76-33-11 (within Australia) Web: www.jenolancaves.org.au
95km - Kanangra Boyd National Park - spectacular lookouts and bushwalks; bushcamping (few facilities)
115km - Hartley - protected historic site
Bathurst to Mudgee
145km (90 miles) long, including 75km (45 miles) of unsealed road
Highlights:
30km - Wattle Flat - former gold town, now quaint village
40km - Sofala - Australia's oldest surviving gold town; accommodation, food, arts & crafts
75km - Hill End - protected historic site, gold mining town
145km - Mudgee - historic town, wineries, food, bushwalking
Camping
Hill End and Sofala historic gold mining towns
Macquarie Woods (halfway between Bathurst and Orange)
Fishing
Ben Chifley Dam - 20km from Bathurst (cabins available) and Lake Oberon - 43km from Bathurst
Fish River and Macquarie River
Gold fossicking
Sofala - 45km north, Hill End - 87km north-west; historic gold mining areas
Gemstone fossicking
Trunkey Creek - 70km south - quartz at Abercrombie Caves; sapphire, zircon, garnet at Tuena Creek
Bushwalking
Abercrombie Caves - 70km south; Jenolan Caves - 70km east; Macquarie Woods - 29km west
Boundary Road Reserve - 3km west off Mid Western Highway
Cave tours (some self-guided)
Abercrombie Caves - 70km south; Jenolan Caves - 70km east
