Understand
[edit]A former gold-mining town, Gulgong was the birthplace of one of Australia's great 19th-century poets, Henry Lawson.
Visitor information centre
[edit]- Gulgong Visitors' Centre, 66 Herbert St, ☏ +61 2 6374 2691, [email protected]. Th-M 10AM-3PM. Pamphlets can be obtained here outlining the Gulgong Town Trail which takes in the town's heritage sites.
Get in
[edit]By car
[edit]Gulgong is on the B55 Castlereagh Highway, about 30 km (19 mi) north of Mudgee.
From Sydney, Gulgong is an easy 4 hour drive (291 km). Take the Great Western Highway through the Blue Mountains or alternatively the Bells Line of Road through Windsor. Turn off for Gulgong just past Lithgow.
See
[edit]- Gulgong Visitors' Centre, 66 Herbert St, ☏ +61 2 6374 2691, [email protected]. Th-M 10AM-3PM. Pamphlets can be obtained here outlining the Gulgong Town Trail which takes in the town's heritage sites.
- Gulgong Pioneers' Museum, 73 Herbert Street
- Henry Lawson Centre, 147 Mayne St (the old 1920s Salvation Army Hall), ☏ +61 2 6374 2049. Su-F 10AM-noon, Sa public and schools holidays 10AM-3PM. The largest collection of memorabilia (paintings, prints, cuttings, photographs, books) outside of the Mitchell Library in Sydney relating to Henry Lawson, one of Australia's best-known poets and short-story writers
Do
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[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Mayne St Cafe, 112 Mayne St, ☏ +61 2 6374 1738. M-F 8AM-3PM Sa Su 8AM-2PM.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Gulgong Motel, 71 Medley St, ☏ +61 2 6374 2259. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM. Has a pool and free Wi-Fi.
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