GILGANDRA LODGE MOTEL
Location
178 Warren Rd. Gilgandra NSW.
Travelling north from Dubbo along the Newell Highway turn left after crossing the railway line at the Rural Museum and drive to the end of the street.
Travelling south from Coonabarabran turn right after crossing the Castlereagh River then left towards Warren on the Oxley Highway 1.5 km from the Post Office westward along the Oxley Highway.
Travelling south from Coonamble follow the Castlereagh Highway through the main street and continue towards Warren on the Oxley Highway 1.5 km from the Post Office westward along the Oxley Highway.
The BP Service Station is right next door and has a great range of small goods whilst the Railway Hotel is a short walk across the oval.
There are many things to see and do:
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The magnificent Warrumbungles about 50 minutes drive via Tooraweenah on a sealed road.
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The Gilgandra Observatory where you can look through a professional telescope.
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Explore the Gilgandra Coo-ee Heritage Centre; housing items from the Coo-ee March of 1915, Aboriginal artefacts, local history and the recently expanded Rural Museum.
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Orana Cactus World where you can see all the prickles!
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The Hitchen House, home of the Hitchen brothers who initiated the Coo-ee March, is now set up as a museum.
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The Flora Reserve makes an ideal picnic location
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Berida Woolshed, Ian and Dianne McCutcheon invite groups of 15 people or more to look at the century old woolshed.