Central NSW Travel Guide
Central NSW accommodation, Central NSW activities and attractions, Central NSW maps, transportation to and around Central NSW - the ALL NEW Jasons Central NSW Destination Travel Guide is your complete visitor guide for Central NSW.
Located beyond the Blue Mountains to the west of
Sydney, and stretching from
Coonabarabran in the north to
Cowra in the south, this region is dotted with charming country towns linked by roads that mark the journeys of early explorers. Their architecture, from humble slab huts to the lavish hotels and mansions built during gold and farming booms, relate a history of pioneers, settlers, miners and bushrangers.
Today these towns are centres for a rich horticultural and agricultural region that produces livestock, grain crops and cotton. The clear skies and flat plains make this stargazing territory, with observatories at
Parkes,
Gilgandra,
Dubbo and Cowra and the nation's largest telescope at Siding Springs near Coonabarabran. At Dubbo, the Western Plains Zoo is home to over 1000 exotic and endangered animals from five continents, many ranging free in uncaged habitats.