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Town in New South Wales, Australia
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Gilgandra is a town of a little over 3,000 in the Central West region of New South Wales. It sits at the crossroads of the Newell Highway, a major road corridor betweel Melbourne and Brisbane, and Castlereagh Highway, the main connectors between Lithgow (and thus Sydney) and northwestern New South Wales. Add in Oxley Highway between Nevertire and Tamworth to the mix, though there is a 100-km-long concurrency with the Newell Highway.
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Gilgandra Rural Museum
Pub next to Gilgandra's former railway station.
By car
From Dubbo, Gilgandra is a 64 km drive north via the Newell Highway (A39). From Coonabarabran, head southwest on the Newell Highway for 95 km – or about 1 hour.
By coach (bus)
Gilgandra is a stop along the daily Dubbo–Lightning Ridge coach by NSW Trainlink, which in turn is timed to meet up with the Dubbo XPT from Sydney – leaving Dubbo at and arriving at Gilgandra at .
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