Get in
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Map of Canowindra
From Canberra, use the following routes in chronological order: A25, M31, then quickly turn onto B81 until you hit Canowindra. From Sydney, use the M4, A32, and B81 until you hit Canowindra. There's no buses or trains to Canowindra.
Get around
[edit]The town is small enough to be walked. However, if you want to get out of town, you'll need a car, although that shouldn't be a worry since the only way you could have got in was by your own car.
See
[edit]- 1 Age of Fishes Museum, 129 Gaskill St, ☏ +61 2 6344 1008, [email protected]. Daily 10AM-4PM (except Christmas and ANZAC Day morning). One of only two fish fossil museums in the world. A large number of prehistoric fish from the Devonian period are on display. Educational programs and tours are also held. Adults $10, Concession $8, Junior Students $5.
- 2 Canowindra Historical Society & Museum, Gaskill St, ☏ +61 433 130 859. W, F, Sa, Mo 10AM-2PM Closed other days.
Do
[edit]- 1 Balloon Joy Flights, 752 Longs Corner Rd, ☏ +61 2 6344 1819. 8AM-7PM Daily.
- 2 Canowindra International Balloon Challenge, cnr Rodd St &, Browns Ave. Late April to Early May. An event that displays some of the most luminous hot air balloons.
Buy
[edit]- 1 Canowindra Trading Post, 46/50 Ferguson St, ☏ +61 2 6344 1529. 8AM-5PM Daily. Gift shop.
Eat
[edit]- taste Canowindra, 42 Ferguson St, ☏ +61 2 6344 2332, [email protected]. Every day, 10AM-4PM. taste Canowindra is a cafe and cellar door, featuring local produce and wines from the Canowindra, Cowra and Orange areas. The lunches are both large, quite tasty and reasonably stylish; this is a cafe aimed at visitors, not locals. Lunch $15-30.
- 1 Délice Coffee, 18 Tilga St.
- 2 Finns Store, 35 Gaskill St, ☏ +61 2 6344 1638.
- Garden of Roses Cafe, 72 Gaskill St, ☏ +61 2 6344 2016.
Drink
[edit]- 1 Rosnay, 510 Rivers Rd, ☏ +61 2 6344 3215. 11AM-3PM.
- 2 Windowrie Estate, Winery Rd.
Sleep
[edit]- 1 Blue Jacket Motel Canowindra, 4 Bridge St, ☏ +61 400 363 620. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM.
- 2 Canowindra Riverview, 3 Tilga St, ☏ +61 2 6344 1633.
- 3 Rosnay Farmstay, 'Rosnay', 510 Rivers Rd, ☏ +61 2 6344 3215. Check-in: 2PM.
Connect
[edit]- The local code for Canowindra is (02) 6344.
- Telstra has a good 4G network in Canowindra
- Optus and Vodafone do not.
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