Getting Here

Three people posing for a selfie inside a light tunnel installation.

Drive

Bathurst is centrally located in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales and conveniently located on the Great Western Highway.

By road, Bathurst is:

  • 200km northwest of Sydney – Approx. 2.5 hours
  • 255km from Canberra – Approx. 3 hours
  • 780km from Melbourne – Approx. 8 hours
  • 975km from Brisbane – Approx. 11 hours
  • 1,175km from Adelaide – Approx. 12.5 hours

Electric Vehicle charging stations are available at the Bathurst Visitor Information Centre.

No matter where you’re travelling from, the drive to Bathurst is full of beautiful scenery, including some of the most beautiful townships, farmland and mountain ranges of Central NSW.

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Train

The Dubbo XPT runs daily from Sydney and stops at Bathurst and on Mondays the Broken Hill Outback Explorer runs from Sydney and stops at Bathurst.

Daily NSW TrainLink services run from Sydney to Lithgow with coach connections to Bathurst also available. The ‘Bathurst Bullet’ train service links Sydney with Bathurst every day.

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Coach

Transport NSW offer a regular service connecting to the Blue Mountains Train Line at Lithgow. Plan your trip here

Or private coaches can be booked through Australia Wide Coaches.

Fly

Orange Regional Airport is a key transport hub for the central west, providing daily passenger connections with Sydney and weekday flights between Brisbane and Melbourne.

The airport is located 15km southeast of Orange, approximately 40 minutes drive from Bathurst.

Flight times between cities:

  • Sydney – Orange: Approx. 50 minutes
  • Melbourne – Orange: Approx. 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Brisbane – Orange: Approx. 2 hours

Currently passenger flights do not operate out of Bathurst Regional Airport.

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