Animals on Bikes Trail TOWNS & VILLAGES ORANGE we invite you to come, relax, unwind and indulge in the historic towns and villages of the orange region. JANUARY AUGUST SNAPSHOT Australia Day is widely celebrated in our region’s towns Molong Molong Players Annual Review ANNUAL EVENTS IN THE and villages go to www.visitorange.com.au for all listings CONTENTS TOWNS & VILLAGES OF SEPTEMBER 1 THE ORANGE REGION FEBRUARY Blayney Spring Bling - Heritage Gardens (St Joseph’s) Calendar of events Our villages and towns host a variety of Blayney Blayney Harness Racing Blayney Spring Flower Show (Anglican Church) Millthorpe Munch & Meander Canowindra Canowindra Show special and in some cases unique events. TOWNS & VILLAGES 3 You can taste our produce and meet Newbridge Newbridge Swap Meet & Market Day Cudal Cudal Show Blayney the locals at market days, festivals and Orange Region Banjo Paterson Poetry Festival Eugowra Eugowra Show 5 traditional agricultural shows. Try some Manildra Manildra Show Canowindra 7 hot air ballooning, find a bargain at a MARCH Molong Meet U in Molong local market and just enjoy the hospitality Carcoar Blayney Agricultural Show Molong Molong Agricultural Show 9 that we’re famous for. Blayney Anglican Parish Book Fair Neville Poetry Night Cargo 11 Here is a list of our annual highlights. Blayney Textures For One Exhibition Cudal 13 For full details on more activities or to Canowindra Canowindra@home 100 Mile Dinner OCTOBER find out what’s on today or this weekend Carcoar Art Weekend Blayney Rotary – Charity Spring Ball Cumnock 15 go to www.visitorange.com.au, Cumnock Cumnock Show Borenore Australian National Field Days Eugowra www.cabonnecountry.com or 16 Lyndhurst Team Penning Canowindra Twilight Markets www.blayneynsw.com.au. Lucknow Mandurama Millamolong Polo Carnival Carcoar Agricultural Show 17 Molong NSW Sheep Dog Trails Cudal Campdraft Tourism Trails 19 Eugowra Harness Racing - Canola Cup What’S ON EVERY MONTH REGIONAL MAP APRIL Lyndhurst Soldiers Memorial Hall Market Day Lucknow Wentworth Main Mine Open Day Blayney B2B (Blayney to Bathurst) Neville Agricultural Show & Fair Towns & Villages 20 First weekend of the Month Cyclo Sportiff Challenge Orange Region Wine Festival (Last week Oct) Services & Facilities 21 Canowindra Canowindra Balloon Challenge Trunkey Creek Annual Wool & Horse Festival 10am to 2.30pm Lyndhurst Mandurama Millamolong Country Classic 23 Manildra Amusu Theatre and Polo Tournament NOVEMBER Mandurama 25 Poster Museum Millthorpe Millthorpe Markets (March/April) Blayney NSW Senior Long Track Championships First weekend of the Month Manildra 27 Eugowra Eugowra Murals Weekend Carcoar Running Festival & Public School Country Fair Millthorpe Millthorpe Pym Street Markets Manildra Charity Ute Muster Errowanbang Shearing Championships & Open Day 29 Molong 100 Mile Dinner Millthorpe Garden Ramble - Open Gardens First Saturday of the Month Molong 31 Most villages Anzac Day Services Neville Agricultural Show & Fair Blayney Blayney Farmers Market Mullion Creek/Ophir 33 Orange Region F.O.O.D Week Newbridge Family Picnic Day Third Sunday of the Month Orange Region Wine Festival (1st week Nov) Nashdale/Borenore 34 8.30am to 12.30pm MAY Yeoval Banjo Paterson Weekend Neville 35 Canowindra Moorbel Markets Lyndhurst Team Penning First Saturday of the Month Orange Region Apple Festival DECEMBER Newbridge 36 8am to 12noon Yeoval Yeoval Show Millthorpe Millthorpe Markets Yeoval 37 Carols by Candlelight Blayney Cumnock Produce & Craft Markets Visitor Information Centres JUNE Cumnock Christmas Tree Third Saturday of the Month Newbridge Winter Solstice on Gladstone Green Molong Christmas Tree 9am to 12noon Manildra Christmas Party Molong Village Markets JULY Quarterly Molong Molong Players Annual Review Neville Christmas in July Scan here with your QR code reader Yeoval Quick Shear Competition and you’ll be taken directly to the what’s on page of the website. www.visitorange.com.au/whats-on 1 BLAYNEY N CHURCH HILL TO MILLTHORPE LOOKOUT MILLTHORPE RD FAST FACTS HILL ST Population: 3,100 Established: First settled in 1826; T ORANGE RD RAI RS town proclaimed in 1843. L HU S WAY AT TATION B O FAMOUS FOR: A warm country welcome across PALMER ST T four well defined seasons, historical churches and SPOR LEI T & Y CENTRESURE buildings and a thriving agricultural industry. W CHU OSMAN ST RCH ST BLAYNEY ESTERN H WATER ST W D I TO NEWBRIDGE M Historical Milestones: The railway arrived in NEWBRIDGE RD town in 1876, lime kilns were constructed in 1877 and CARCOAR ST CHARLES ST Council was incorporated in 1882. The first school was built in 1858, the hospital foundation stone laid in 1910 #blayneygolfclub and the high school opened in 1974. #blayneyfarmersmarkets What you CAN EXPECT now: Blayney is home to a friendly, vibrant community surrounded by picturesque countryside. You’ll find modern facilities and a growing Y W retail and dining scene in town. Take a drive along the H N R backroads from Bathurst, Orange or Cowra and enjoy TO COWRAE T TO NE S HOBB E the spectacular views and landscapes. W ID 200M M YS VILL KEY events to PLAN FOR: Y E A Blayney Farmers’ Market - Third Sunday RD RD of the Month Blayney Harness Racing meeting - February/May Blayney Agricultural Show - March Textures For One Exhibition - March Anglican Book Fair - March Blayney Spring Flower Show - September Must SEE AND DO: 1. Take in the view from Church Hill Lookout walk or drive 2. Take the boat or pitch tent at Carcoar Dam 3. Let the kids run wild at the Heritage Park Adventure playground 4. Take the Blayney Heritage Walk #heritagepark Scan here with your 2 QR code reader and you’ll be taken to this Blayney Tourism Information 02 6368 3534 village page on the website where you can add activities www.blayneynsw.com.au to your itinerary. www.visitorange.com.au/ villages/blayney 3 CANOWINDRA N TREET GE CLYBURN ST N FAST FACTS RODD S TO ORA Population: 1,512 BROWNS AVE Established: 1844 TRAIL: Wine trail FAMOUS FOR: Hot Air Ballooning, 360 million year old GASKILL ST fossil discovery, Heritage buildings, Galleries & Museums THOMPSON ST MILL ST MILL RYALL ST FERGUSO N ST canowindra ET BELUB Historical Milestones: Ben Hall’s bushranger gang ULA W managed to bail-up the town not once but twice in the TO AY BATHURS 1860s. The world renowned Devonian Fish Fossils were GA STRE T G L I A discovered here in 1956. T S BELMORE ST K IL L What you CAN EXPECT now: Canowindra is located S T on the Belubula River and the valley provides ideal A conditions for hot air ballooning – look out for these overhead as you enjoy the town. The “bendy” main street follows an old bullock track and the streetscape is like 200M TO COWR a step back in time. Bring your camera as the grand old buildings will make for some memorable pictures. Enjoy the friendliness of the locals, the boutique shopping and #windowrie the local produce. There are plenty of great places to stay too. Why not stay a night or two and explore our cellar doors. Canowindra is an RV friendly town with a dump point located at Canowindra Caravan Park. Don’t miss the 360 million year old fossil collection, housed in the Age of Fishes Museum – do the audio tour, there’s one for kids too. KEY events to PLAN FOR: Canowindra Balloon Festival – April (1 week event) Silver Winner of the NSW Tourism Award 2014 Canowindra@home 100 Mile Dinner - March #ageoffishesmuseum Canowindra Show - September Moorbel Markets - First Saturday of the month Must SEE AND DO: 1. Tour the Fish Fossil Collection at the Age of Fishes Museum 2. Explore the vineyards and cellar doors 3. Enjoy the Art Galleries and boutique shopping #canowindra@home100miledinner 4. Book a scenic balloon flight 5. Picnic along the Belubula River 4 #ageoffishesmuseum Scan here with your QR Cabonne Council Tourism Information 02 6344 1008 #canowindraballoonglow code reader and you’ll be taken to this village page on the website where you www.cabonnecountry.com can add activities to your itinerary. www.visitorange.com.au/ villages/canowindra 5 CARCOAR N ROTH ERTY ST JONES ST RODD ST BELUBULA ST FAST FACTS Population: 218 Established: 1839 FAMOUS FOR: Second oldest settlement west of the Blue Mountains and birthplace of famous Paralympian and Marathon winner Kurt Fearnley OAM COOMBING ST OKE LN ICELY S ST T #schoolofarts #militarymuseum carcoar TO BLAYNEY Historical Milestones: Thomas Icely was an early colonial NSW landholder and stockbreeder and a well- T respected member of the Legislative Council for over MID WESTERN HWY 30 years. Icely was granted land in the Carcoar district IVORY S which increased to 150,000 acres. He established NAYLOR ST Carcoar for law, order and services. In the 1850’s gold was discovered in the area creating a large gold rush and EULAMORE ST increase in population. In 1863 bushrangers Gilbert and O’Meally attempted the first daylight bank robbery in the colony! The Carcoar hospital was opened in 1861 and is the 2nd oldest hospital west of Blue Mountains. MANDURAMA TO What you CAN EXPECT now: Step back in time to the charm of an English style historical village with preserved 200M heritage homes and public buildings. Have a BBQ or picnic in Kurt Fearnley Park by the beautiful Belubula River. KEY events to PLAN FOR: #stokestablemuseum Australia Day Fair - January #centraltablelandslivestockexchange Carcoar Open Day - April/May Carcoar Show - October (last Saturday of the month) Carcoar Running Cup – November Must SEE AND DO: 1. Follow our history with a walking tour map (Available at all information centres and Carcoar businesses) 2. Visit the historic Court House 3. View St Paul’s Church, the second oldest west of the Blue Mountains 4. Visit Carcoar Dam and Windfarm 5.