Guidebook for Oberon
Sightseeing
Kanangra Walls, famed for its majestic cliff scenery, is near Oberon, too. Parts of the 1955 movie Jedda were filmed there.
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Kanangra Walls Lookout
Kanangra Walls, famed for its majestic cliff scenery, is near Oberon, too. Parts of the 1955 movie Jedda were filmed there.
There are also a number of delightfully preserved rural villages within easy reach — Rockley, Millthorpe, Sofala and Carcoar, to name a few — where you can feel you have returned to the 1800s.
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Rockley
There are also a number of delightfully preserved rural villages within easy reach — Rockley, Millthorpe, Sofala and Carcoar, to name a few — where you can feel you have returned to the 1800s.
There are also a number of delightfully preserved rural villages within easy reach — Rockley, Millthorpe, Sofala and Carcoar, to name a few — where you can feel you have returned to the 1800s.
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Millthorpe
There are also a number of delightfully preserved rural villages within easy reach — Rockley, Millthorpe, Sofala and Carcoar, to name a few — where you can feel you have returned to the 1800s.
There are also a number of delightfully preserved rural villages within easy reach — Rockley, Millthorpe, Sofala and Carcoar, to name a few — where you can feel you have returned to the 1800s.
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Sofala
There are also a number of delightfully preserved rural villages within easy reach — Rockley, Millthorpe, Sofala and Carcoar, to name a few — where you can feel you have returned to the 1800s.
There are also a number of delightfully preserved rural villages within easy reach — Rockley, Millthorpe, Sofala and Carcoar, to name a few — where you can feel you have returned to the 1800s.
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Carcoar
There are also a number of delightfully preserved rural villages within easy reach — Rockley, Millthorpe, Sofala and Carcoar, to name a few — where you can feel you have returned to the 1800s.
Hill End, the famous goldrush-turned-artists’ village, is just over an hour away.
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Hill End
Hill End, the famous goldrush-turned-artists’ village, is just over an hour away.
Bathurst, with its wonderful store of 19th-century architecture, is an attraction in its own right, too. Feel free to take a spin around the Mount Panorama race circuit. Don’t exceed the speed limit, though — it’s a public road.
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Bathurst
Bathurst, with its wonderful store of 19th-century architecture, is an attraction in its own right, too. Feel free to take a spin around the Mount Panorama race circuit. Don’t exceed the speed limit, though — it’s a public road.
Just a ten minute drive from Kilbeggan Cottage is the amazing new Mayfield Garden, reckoned to be the biggest privately owned cool-climate garden in the world. The gardens are now open 363 days a year and include a nursery, produce store, music festivals, and The Mayfield Kitchen Café which serves delicious local produce and fantastic coffee.
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Mayfield Garden
530 Mayfield RdJust a ten minute drive from Kilbeggan Cottage is the amazing new Mayfield Garden, reckoned to be the biggest privately owned cool-climate garden in the world. The gardens are now open 363 days a year and include a nursery, produce store, music festivals, and The Mayfield Kitchen Café which serves delicious local produce and fantastic coffee.
The district's chief tourist attraction, The Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains are one of the world's most spectacular cave formations. Experience Australia's most spectacular caves, just a 40 minute drive from Kilbeggan Cottage.
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Jenolan Caves
The district's chief tourist attraction, The Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains are one of the world's most spectacular cave formations. Experience Australia's most spectacular caves, just a 40 minute drive from Kilbeggan Cottage.
Shopping
The town of Oberon, complete with two supermarkets, two petrol stations, bottle shop, post office and more is a ten minute drive from Kilbeggan Cottage. For more shopping options including stores selling clothes, books, homewares and more, head to Bathurst which is a 30 minute drive from Kilbeggan Cottage.
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Oberon
The town of Oberon, complete with two supermarkets, two petrol stations, bottle shop, post office and more is a ten minute drive from Kilbeggan Cottage. For more shopping options including stores selling clothes, books, homewares and more, head to Bathurst which is a 30 minute drive from Kilbeggan Cottage.
Parks & Nature
Evans Crown is less than 30 minutes' drive from Kilbeggan, just outside the village of Tarana and is a nature reserve comprising 425 hectares with spectacular granite formations. Climb the walking track to the summit at Crown Rock which is 1104 metres above sea level and affords stunning views across the Tarana valley.
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Evans Crown Nature Reserve
Honeysuckle Falls RoadEvans Crown is less than 30 minutes' drive from Kilbeggan, just outside the village of Tarana and is a nature reserve comprising 425 hectares with spectacular granite formations. Climb the walking track to the summit at Crown Rock which is 1104 metres above sea level and affords stunning views across the Tarana valley.
Everything Else
Voted Best Visitor Information Centre in 2009, the Oberon Visitor Information Centre staff can advise you on the best places to fish for trout, where to fossick for sapphires (and will hire equipment to you), how to book a truffle hunt and give you information onactivities in the region including mountain bike riding, horse riding, bushwalking and many others.
The Oberon Visitor Information Centre is open from 9.30am - 5.00pm 7 days per week.
Oberon Visitor Information Centre - Oberon
48 Ross StVoted Best Visitor Information Centre in 2009, the Oberon Visitor Information Centre staff can advise you on the best places to fish for trout, where to fossick for sapphires (and will hire equipment to you), how to book a truffle hunt and give you information onactivities in the region including mountain bike riding, horse riding, bushwalking and many others.
The Oberon Visitor Information Centre is open from 9.30am - 5.00pm 7 days per week.