Category: Orana (Western) Region

The Orana region is a large and diverse area in central-western New South Wales. Includes major towns such as Dubbo, Mudgee, Coonabarabran, Wellington, and Narromine. It features a mix of agricultural plains, national parks, and scenic landscapes, such as the Warrumbungle National Park and the Macquarie River.


  • Carcoar Dam – Our Experience

    Carcoar Dam – Our Experience

    This is our review of our stay at Carcoar Dam, a positive one considering how busy it was. We stayed here with friends over Easter weekend. It was very busy, we still managed to find a spot to camp and would recommend this campground to anyone. The dam itself is nice with not many mosquitoes…

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  • Burraga Dam Thompsons Creek

    Burraga Dam Thompsons Creek

    This is a free campground by Thompson Creek, which is a short drive from the small village of Burraga. This is one of the better free-camps we have come across in our travels so far. We didn’t have a look at the village because this was only a overnight stop on our way to Oberon.…

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  • Cowra Showground

    Cowra Showground

    We stayed at this campground for 5 days, and found it to be well maintained, quite, and safe. A good place to stay, at a reasonable cost. This follows on from Bredbo Inn Hotel Our experience Our time here was a relaxed one, with Cathy working her 3 days, we didn’t do much, a quick…

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  • Coonabarabran Golf Club Campsite

    Coonabarabran Golf Club Campsite

    Our Opinion / Experience Coonabaraban Golf Club campsite – Coonabarabran is known as the “Astronomy Capital of Australia” due to its proximity to the Warrumbungle Observatory and the Siding Spring Observatory. Apparently, every year around Labour Day long weekend there is a StarFest. Could be worth a look so check out their website. This is…

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