Bylong, New South Wales Explained

Type:town
Bylong
State:nsw
Coordinates:-32.4167°N 150.1167°W
Pop:23
Pop Footnotes:[1]
Postcode:2849
Lga:Mid-Western Regional Council
Stategov:Upper Hunter
Fedgov:Hunter
Fedgov2:Parkes

Bylong is a village in New South Wales, Australia, in the Mid-Western Regional Council. It is located on the Bylong Valley Way.

The area is home to numerous horse studs. The champion racehorse and sire Heroic was born in the area.

Bylong hosts an annual mouse racing event.

Access

Bylong can be accessed from the Hunter Valley by travelling west along the Golden Highway and turn onto the Bylong Valley Way, 10NaN0 before Sandy Hollow. If travelling from Ilford, Bylong can be accessed by travelling 20NaN0 north along the Castlereagh Highway and turn onto the Bylong Valley Way.

Railways

Bylong has a railway crossing loop, 10NaN0 east of Bylong on the Sandy Hollow-Gulgong railway line. The railway passes through a 2km (01miles) tunnel in the Bylong Range, 80NaN0 to the east-southeast between the Bylong River and Murrumbo Creek valleys.

Notes and References

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