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Town in New South Wales, Australia
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Canowindra (pronounced "kuh-nown-dra") is a village in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is known as the Balloon Capital of Australia. It is a town with considerable charm and a historic town centre, but unlikely to be as popular as its neighbours Bathurst and Orange as it is down on the plains rather than up on the hills, thus is much hotter.
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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.
An event that displays some of the most luminous hot air balloons.
The most interesting part of this street is the 500-metre stretch that contains numerous heritage listed buildings with wide verandah's looking pretty much as they would have in the early twentieth century. The street is undulating so there are also good views of the surrounding hills.
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.
This place is not just a nursery it also has a good cafe very popular with the locals and rightly so.
Gift shop.
By coach (bus)
Canowindra sits on two different NSW Trainlink regional coach routes. There are no trains to Canowindra.
The town is small enough to be walkable. However, if you want to get out of town, you'll need a car.
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