Portland, Wallerawang Area Town & Around Web site
Portland, Wallerawang, Cullen Bullen
ATTRACTIONS, ACTIVITIES - ART - ANTIQUES
- EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Take a trip back in time -
vintage advertising signs dating from 1895 to 1945 on local shop walls and throughout the town....And more are on the way.
The Bottle Kilns built in the early 1890's, are an impressive reminder of Portland's early industrial heritage.
Capertee Valley - Glen Davis
Gardens Of Stone
National Park
Newnes and the
Wolgan Valley
Glow Worm
Tunnel
Wollemi National Park - Wollemi Pine
Mt Piper Power Station
The Glen Museum
Cullen Bullen Raceway
Portland Olympic Pool
Lake Wallace - Sailing
Thompson's Creek Dam
Fishing - Thompson's Creek Dam
and Lake Wallace
Fishing - Lake Wallace
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Portland Annual
Art Show
Historic Bottle Kilns
Portland Crystal Theatre
Portland Yesteryear
Portland Historic Buildings
OCTOBER
Portland Spring Fair - held annually around October - (Back in 2012) .
A Good Fun Family Day!
Lots of competitions, HEAPS of Entertainment -
2nd weekend of ea. Month
"Pictures at Portland" at the Crystal Theatre
1st weekend in March -
Portland Art Exhibition
at the Crystal.
1st Sat in December
Carols at the Crystal
Central Tablelands
FISHING
Fly Fishers have been coming to the Central Tablelands since the late 1940's. The still water fishing of this area offers some very good fishing. Large Dams and streams available...
Thompson's Creek Dam is the newest dam in the area, competing with Lake Wallace and Lake Lyell for King of the Coxs River dam trio. It has been said that Thommo’s, as it is often called, has certainly built up the credentials and kudos from the many visiting anglers to wear this crown.
In the past year or so the resident brown and rainbow trout at Thommo’s have continued to grow. Many fish are now regularly topping an honest 2kg-plus and their general condition and fitness are a force to be reckoned with on the end of a rod and line.
- Sunny Corner Sunday.
- Car Rallies - Sunny Corner State Forest.
- KTM Sunny Corner Trail Ride - Premier dirt bike event
- 4WD Tours
- Camping
- old Gold Mining Town
Sunny Corner
A number of historic buildings are in Portland. The Masonic Hall (above) and St John The Evangelist Church (1881) being prominent ones..
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A power generating plant was built at Wallerawang in the late 1950s, and, in latter years Mt Piper Power Station opened near Portland. These stations created a ready market for the local coal.
Visit the Mt Piper Power Station Energy Expo - small groups of 1 -2 are welcome as well as bus groups.
'Charlie Pinch Museum' - Collectables and Nic' Nacs,
Industrial, Gardening and Kitchen supplies, Electronics & more...
Open Mon - Sun 9am - 4pm Entrance by Donation
Parking available
BUSHWALKING - PICNIC AREAS
WILLIWA CREEK & PORTLAND TOWN COMMON.
If you like to combine a picnic and bushwalking, the Williwa Creek Reserve and Picnic Area leads to trails through the Portland Town Common which is 650 acres of natural bushland ideal for bushwalks.
JANUARY - 26th
Great Aussie Pie Challenge
An annual event held during AUSTRALIA DAY Celebrations in Portland on 26th January.
Enter your pie to be in the running to win Cash prizes.
Farley Street, Cullen Bullen
Portland District Motor Sports Club Inc.
The 'ACTION' Attraction of the Central West..
Cullen Bullen Raceway turns on the excitement...watch the speedcar action as drivers take to the Cullen Bullen Raceway.
Portland, Wallerawang and Cullen Bullen are surrounded by beautiful country side and are situated in close proximity to a number of National Parks. Several of these valleys are of note not just for their beauty but for the early mining history and relics within them. There are very beautiful wilderness areas of limestone outcrops, precipitous sandstone cliffs, pagoda-like rock formations and a diversity of fauna and flora. Near the Newnes Oil Shale Works remains don't forget to visit the Glow Worm Tunnel. Of course everyone knows about the 'Wollemi Pine' discovered in the Wollemi National Park in 1994 - dating back approx. 100 million years.. Did you also know about the ancient aboriginal rock engravings??
Portland Great Aussie Pie Challenge
Portland Annual
Spring Fair
MARCH - 4, 5, 6
Portland Art Exhibiton
Crystal Theatre, Portland.
The 35th Annual Art Exhibition held by Portland Art Society Inc. is on the first weekend in March 2011 ..
Portland & District Olympic Pool
Williwa St,
Portland, NSW 2847
Phone: 02 6355 5194
Portland and District Olympic Pool Assoc.
PO Box 123 Portland NSW 2847
Hot Air Balloon Flights - excitement, thrills, romance and new experiences.
The Letterheads were back in Portland in 2011.
To celebrate 10 years the Letterheads returned to create another beautiful collection of 'Signs of YesterYear' around Portland
Our Thanks.......please mention the Portland-nsw website when you contact any business/organisation below.
Portland NSW one of 18 regions in the HIGHWAY WEST, Central NSW, family of Town websites.
