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Orange (New South Wales)
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 Orange [1] is a small city in the Central West of the Australian state of New South Wales.
[edit] Understand Orange is not named for the citrus fruit: the area around the town is nowhere near warm enough to grow oranges! (Somewhat amusingly, Orange is instead noted for its apple orchards.) Rather, it was named for Prince William of Orange, later William I of the Netherlands. Orange has a population of approximately 40,000 people and is one of the older towns in inland New South Wales. The one square mile village of Orange was established in 1841, and grew quickly due to Australia's first payable gold discovery in 1851 in nearby Ophir and later due to agricultural output. The City of Orange municipality is located in the centre of the Cabonne Shire. The Cabonne Shire consists of farmland and orchards and calls itself Australia's Fruit Basket. Orange and the surrounding area are known for quiet getaways and excellent food and wine. Orange calls itself Australia's Colour City due to its large number of European trees and their autumn colours. Late March and April are the best times to visit to see the colours. Orange has a mild climate, with very comfortable summers (25℃-35℃/80℉-95℉ during the day), cool autumn and spring weather (15℃-25℃/60℉-80℉ during the day, falling as low as -1℃/30℉ at night) and, for Australia, cold winters (0℃-10℃/35℉-50℉ during the day, falling to -5℃/20℉ overnight). Because of its elevation (862 meters/2 828 feet) it is one of the few areas of mainland Australia other than the Snowy Mountains that has relatively frequent snow during winter, and it is one of the very few population centres that gets any significant snowfalls. [edit] Get inOrange is four hours west of Sydney by car. Travellers would take the Great Western Highway to Bathurst and the Mitchell Highway to Orange. Orange has several public transport links to Sydney operated by CountryLink (tel 13 22 32). There is one direct train service in each direction daily and several bus services meeting Cityrail trains at Lithgow. Train or bus from Sydney usually takes five hours. There are also less frequent Countrylink services from Canberra. Regional Express (tel 13 17 13 within Australia or +61 2 6393 5550 outside Australia) operates flights from Sydney to Orange and return. Flight time is approximately 45 to 60 minutes. [edit] Get aroundPublic transport in Orange is limited to the town itself, and to links to other towns in the district. Since most tourists will be interested in attractions around the town and in the Cabonne Shire, using a car is the best way to see the Orange area. [edit] See
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[edit] EatIn autumn, drive out to one of the many apple orchards immediately to the west of the town and buy a bucket of freshly picked apples, keeping in mind that it may make it hard for you to eat the year-round supermarket variety in the future. [edit] Drink
Like most Australian towns, there is a big drinking culture within Orange, due to the social focus of the local pubs, as well as due to the local wineries. [edit] WineriesWineries in Orange and Cabonne open for tasting include:
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[edit] Get outThe Indian Pacific transcontinental train passes through Orange westward to Perth. Dubbo and Forbes further west are the next inland towns. Cowra's Japanese Garden and World War II war cemetery are a good day trip. [edit] ContactMajor Australian mobile phone companies provide GSM reception inside the town and around Mount Canobolas (where the antennas are located) although reception may be patchy in parts of the area.
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