Canowindra

town in New South Wales, Australia

Canowindra is a village in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is known as the Balloon Capital of Australia.

Get in

From Canberra, use the following routes in chronological order: A25, M31, then quickly turn onto B81 until you hit Canowindra. From Sydney, use the M4, A32, and B81 until you hit Canowindra. There's no buses or trains to Canowindra.

Get around

The town is small enough to be walked. However, if you want to get out of town, you'll need a car, although that shouldn't be a worry since the only way you could have got in was by your own car.

See

Do

  • 🌍 Balloon Joy Flights, 752 Longs Corner Rd, ☏ +61 2 6344 1819. 8AM-7PM Daily. (updated Jun 2021)
  • 🌍 Canowindra International Balloon Challenge, cnr Rodd St &, Browns Ave. Late April to Early May. An event that displays some of the most luminous hot air balloons. (updated Jun 2021)

Buy

  • 🌍 Canowindra Trading Post, 46/50 Ferguson St, ☏ +61 2 6344 1529. 8AM-5PM Daily. Gift shop. (updated Jun 2021)

Eat

  • taste Canowindra, 42 Ferguson St, ☏ +61 2 6344 2332, . Every day, 10AM-4PM. 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. Lunch $15-30. 
  • 🌍 Délice Coffee, 18 Tilga St. (updated Jun 2021)
  • 🌍 Finns Store, 35 Gaskill St, ☏ +61 2 6344 1638. (updated Jun 2021)
  • Garden of Roses Cafe, 72 Gaskill St, ☏ +61 2 6344 2016. (updated Jun 2021)

Drink

Sleep

Connect

  • The local code for Canowindra is (02) 6344.
  • Telstra has a good 4G network in Canowindra
  • Optus and Vodafone do not.

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