Shooters Hill, New South Wales Explained

Type:town
Shooters Hill
State:nsw
Coordinates:-33.9167°N 201°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Lga:Oberon Shire
Postcode:2787
Elevation:1355

Shooters Hill is a locality and mountain located south of Oberon, New South Wales. It is the fourth highest point in the Central Tablelands at, behind Mount Canobolas at, Mount Bindo at and Mount Trickett at . Shooters Hill is a common location for snowfalls in the Central Ranges.

The tower location at is along Tower Road, accessible by turning off from a turnoff near the Shooters Hill locality area. The locality area (marked as Shooters Hill on most mapping software) is approximately . One can get good views over the area east of Shooters Hill at the tower location.

Shooters Hill Post Office opened on 1 December 1889 and closed in 1978.[1]

Climate

Although there exists no climate data for the summit or even the upper slopes of Vulcan State Forest, there is, however, climate data existing for a lower region located farther south in the Gurnang State Forest.

The region is subject to high winds and volatile weather year-round. Snow falls heavily, although by no means a regular occurrence due to its northern latitude.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Post Office List . Premier Postal Auctions . 2011-05-26 . http://web.archive.org/web/20110715112110/https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= . 15 July 2011.