Bathurst (New South Wales)

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Bathurst is a city in the Central West area of the Australian state of New South Wales, some 200 km west of Sydney.

	bathurst (new south wales) Travel Guide : 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By car 2.2 By train and bus 2.3 By plane 3 See 4 Do 5 Eat 6 Learn 7 Stay safe 8 Get out 9 External links

Understand

Founded in 1815 as the first inland European settlement on the Australian continent, Bathurst quickly became a regional centre of outback expansion and became an exceedingly wealthy town during the first wave of the Australian gold rush in the 1850s.

Get in

By car

Bathurst is approximately three hours drive west of Sydney. Car drivers should cross the Blue Mountains on either the Great Western Highway from the Penrith area or the Bells Line of Road from the Windsor area. On the other side of the mountains, follow the Great Western Highway from Lithgow to Bathurst.

By train and bus

Countrylink (http://countrylink.info/) runs a daily train service from Sydney to Dubbo and return that stops at Bathurst. Alternatively, travellers could take a Cityrail (http://cityrail.info/) train to Lithgow and change to a bus to Bathurst. Bathurst is part of the Cityrail network, so tickets for the bus-train combination should be relatively cheap, however they should be purchased from Countrylink.

By plane

Regional Express (http://www.rex.com.au/) offers several flights from Sydney to Bathurst daily.

See

• Holy Trinity Church, Kelso - the first inland church in Australia, built to serve the Anglican parish of Kelso that was founded in 1825. It was the first Australian church consecrated by a bishop and is built on a hill overlooking Bathurst, surrounded by an historical cemetery. Gilmour Street, Kelso, NSW 2795. Phone (02) 6332 4606. Opening Times: Sundays 1:30pm - 4:00pm or by arrangement.

• The Bathurst 1000. The Bathurst 1000 is an annual 1000km motor race for touring cars in the V8 supercar class, held once a year at Mount Panorama just outside Bathurst. The weekend of the Bathurst 1000 attracts Bathurst's largest contingent of visitors.

Do

• Drive around Mount Panorama's race course. The road is open to public vehicles when there aren't races on. Note that the speed limit on the mountain is 70km/h and it is strictly enforced: police set up radar traps regularly.

Eat

• Zieglers Cafe, 52 Keppel St. ph 02 6332 1565. This cafe does well prepared modern dishes, some of the desserts in particular are excellent. The best thing about it is the atmosphere though: nicely lit at night it's a haven against some of Bathurst's colder nights, and at lunch time you can sit in dappled light under the grapevine leaves outside.

Learn

Charles Sturt University (http://www.csu.edu.au/) has a Bathurst campus in Panorama Avenue in the south of Bathurst. ph 6338 4000. Its B Arts (Communications) degrees in theatre, journalism, advertising and public relations among others are particularly well regarded.

Stay safe

The weekend of the Bathurst 1000 is an extremely dangerous time to be driving in the area: the fans are keen to emulate their heroes, and reckless driving is much more common than at other times.

Get out

The second large town in the area, Orange, is only half an hours drive west on the Mitchell Highway, and several Countrylink bus services run between the two every day.

External links

• Bathurst Information, business and community website (http://bathurst-nsw.com)
• Bathurst Regional Council (http://www.bathurst.nsw.gov.au) - official website for the local governmental authority

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