The Portland, Wallerawang Area
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Central West NSW
PORTLAND NEWS, SOCIAL NEWS & EVENTS
Portland - “the town that built Sydney”..and much of NSW, lies between Lithgow and Bathurst. Portland is an historic mining town which was built up around the Portland cement works. It is also the place of the first cement works in Australia, which was opened in 1902. Cement produced at the Portland cement works helped build the city of Sydney and the cement was shipped around Australia until the works closed in 1991.
The Portland, Wallerawang and Cullen Bullen areas in NSW are part of the gateway to the Central West and are ideally located between Oberon, Mudgee, Bathurst, Lithgow and Katoomba, Blackheath in the Blue Mountains. It is only 2 1/2 hours from Sydney, an easy 40 minutes to Bathurst and 30 minutes from Lithgow.
Wallerawang and Cullen Bullen are just down the road and closely associated with Portland.
This area is surrounded by beautiful countryside and has many areas for bushwalking, Lake Wallace for sailing and it is close to Glen Davis, Newnes & Wolgan Valley and the Glow Worm Tunnel, Wollemi National Park and the Gardens of Stone National Park.
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Visit Portland for these Events...
- Crystal Cinema Movie Weekend on the 2nd weekend of each month (Fri and Sat)
- Portland Art Exhibition - 1st Weekend in March ea year
- Lake Wallace Sailing, Races - Every Sunday
- The Portland Great Aussie Pie Challenge - Australia Day Celebrations
- The Portland Spring Fair - normally annually October
- Christmas Carols - 1st Saturday in December
- Sunny Corner Sunday - 1st Weekend in December
- Racing at Cullen Bullen Speedway
A few of the highlights Not to Miss around Portland...
- Portland Signs of YesterYear
- The Bottle Kilns - the first cement-making kilns west of the Blue Mountains .
- Charlie Pinch's Museum - a large collection of Australian memorabilia.
- Mt Piper Power Station - Energy Expo
- The BEST Fishing at local Lakes and Dams.
- Beautiful nearby National Parks, Valleys & Wildernesses
- The Back Cullen Heritage Cemetery - graves dating back to the early 1800's
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Portland Annual Spring Fair - Back in 2012.
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Portland Area & Highway West NEWS -
1st Saturday in November
Parade, stalls, delicious foods & wines.
Portland NSW one of 18 regions in the HIGHWAY WEST , Central NSW, family of Town websites.
PORTLAND'S
AUSTRALIA DAY
GREAT AUSSIE PIE
CHALLENGE:
Portland hosts The 'GREAT AUSSIE PIE CHALLENGE' -
held during the Australia Day celebrations in Portland.
All adventurous cooks are encouraged to enter a pie.
CLICK HERE - for full information about the Great Aussie Pie Challenge AND to download the ENTRY FORM:
